A Counseling Ministry

As with all of our lives, many challenges are there in ministry. We have more than 30 families we visit regularly, which includes well more than 50 children. So MANY challenges come before us: financial, drifting, rebellion, loneliness, worldly desires, boy-girl issues, anger at another person...the list goes on and on. We are very thankful for Brother Raju, here counseling a 14 year old named Jeevan. About 3 years ago, Jeevan almost seemed like a hopeless case, already totally out of control, the mother at her wit's end. But the Lord used Brother Raju and his wife Pavani to love and counsel this boy into making some changes. There are still challenges from time to time, as there will be among our own children, but we see Jeevan, and so many other youth, humbling themselves and allowing the Holy Spirit to work in their hearts. Please keep Jeevan and all of our youth lifted up in your prayers. 

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Happy Birthday Suma & Pavan!

Suma's birthday was April 27th and Pavan's May 4th, Suma the girl... Suma is now 18, and Pavan is 14 (and growing fast!). In the top photo Brother Raju, his wife and Bro. Marthababu's wife, both named Pavani, are with Suma & Pavan's family, 5 children altogether, and the dog. At this time, the mother was not home yet. The Daddy died in late 2023, so the mother is now working as a teacher with a low salary, so we're helping them with monthly support and education for the children. THANK YOU for being the Lord's compassion to make it happen! Please pray for Suma, Pavan, and their family.

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More Memories

I have so many precious memories of the many years that I've known Brother Puthra and his family (in the previous post we shared that he passed into glory last Friday). I hope to share some of those memories, including Puthra literally saving my life one day, in this month's newsletter. In the photo below, it was less than 3 years ago we shared with you about Puthra's mother passing. Somehow, the Lord gave Brother Wesley and I the honor of being there during that time, even though their area of ministry is a long distance from where I usually was at. It's hard not to sob during an Indian funeral, where the people freely express their pain at the passing of a loved one; and so it was that day. Brother Puthra is on the left with the microphone (shortly before his mother's body was moved to the burial site), and going to the right is his sister, his daughter Beulah, his niece, and his son Prem, leaning over the table. Continue to pray for Puthra's family, as the Lord puts them in your heart over the coming months.  

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Please Pray for His Family

With a very sad heart I share with you about my friend, Putra, a pastor in India I've known since about 1994. I don't have a lot of details yet, so will keep this short. All I know is that last Friday, Putra was taking his daughter, Beulah, from her hostel on his motorcycle, and they were hit by a "lorry" (transport truck). Putra died instantly, and Beulah (around 20), whom I've known since she was a baby, is in serious condition in the hospital. Back in the 90's and early 2000's Putra was often with me when we went to share in the villages, rarely as a translator, mostly as a companion. Please pray for Beulah, his son Prem, his wife Chinni, his father Samuel, and other family members. Even though they know Putra is with JESUS, I can only imagine the pain in their hearts.

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Lord, Cause Her to Shine for You

Her name is Shine (now 14, her name pronounced as Shine-ee). No doubt the mother wanted her name to be Shiny, but didn't know the correct spelling. I can remember the first time I met her, when she was only 11 in early 2023. Probably it was Brother Raju and I who were visiting another family, when Shine came up to me, asking us to help her, because her father (an alcoholic who later that year died in a tractor accident), was not taking care of the family. No commitments were made, but she was introduced to the ministry, and started participating in various prayer meetings. She has a tender heart for the Lord. After the father died, we did start helping her with education (she's starting the 10th grade in June). The mother is unstable, but there seems to be other relatives (including grandparents) to make sure Shine isn't going hungry. Please pray for Shine, and for the spiritual stability of her mother, and salvation of her older brother.

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RHM April Update

Thankful Hearts! RHM April Update

I know it's late for some of you, but read when you have opportunity. We are so thankful for what the Lord is doing in India, thankful for YOU, and most of all, thankful to the Lord. There is no One like Him!!! Below is Sister Mary with 6 children we recently took on an excursion. I commonly say "we" because our hearts are knit together, even if I and we can't be there in person with them.

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