Helping a Severe Paralytic

So thankful for His great love for the poor, and our chance to be a part of it!!! This is Samadhanamma, a long name, but it means "peace". We hope she is at peace in the Lord. She had at least one major stroke, which has left her partly paralyzed. She spends most of the time on the ground, as many of the tribal people don't even have chairs in their homes. They don't have the habit to sit in chairs. Her husband is alive, and works when he can, but he also has health problems. They have children in huts very near them, but it seems most of them avoid any responsibility for their mother, partly because they also are poor, the men mostly wasting their money on liquor. For many of the tribal people we know, poverty will likely be perpetual, because they have little or no desire for anything different, which carries onto their children. Here she has received monthly medicine for her paralysis. Please pray for her.

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Honest Abe's 20th Birthday!

Well, not actually sure how honest he is, but hopefully our Abraham is an honest young man. I can remember when he was only 17 years old or so, and I found him sitting in his home reading his Bible. At that time, there was only tarps, sheets and whatever they could find that were the "walls" on their home. Very poor family, but by the grace of our Father (through your donations and possibly some help from other relatives), they now have walls on their home. Praise the Lord! In the photo below, his sisters look happier than he is, but Divya (left) and Sandhya are giving cake to Abraham on his 20th birthday. Please pray for Abraham, who is near completion of his poly-technical studies.

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Request for Prayer and Participation

RHM is currently assisting 58 children this year with education. Sixteen are in colleges (degree, poly-technical or diploma), 13 are in "intermediate" (same as 11th and 12th grades), and 29 are from 10th grade on down. A few of the college students are being required to have a laptop or phone (access to the internet) for their studies. At the beginning of the year, the administrators and teachers don't tell us or the students these things, but perhaps because the internet enhances the student's ability to find answers, write essays, etc., some classes and colleges are now requiring these things. We have already told the mothers involved (photos below) that we are limited in how much we can assist with their education; if the requirements exceed our limit, then they must pay the remainder. They understand that, but these are unexpected demands, and the mothers would most likely need to borrow the money. Pray about this need, and about helping if the Lord leads you. With our modern age of technology, surely this will come up again in the future with other students. Below is Sowmya (top photo, girl on the far left), who is in her 2nd year degree, in need of a laptop. Suma (2nd girl from the right) is in her 1st year degree, in need of a phone, as well as Jone (tall boy in the lower photo), also in his 1st year degree. The price is approximately $200 per phone, and $300 for the laptop, a total of $700. 

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Going to School

We are thankful to be able to help all these children with their education, here waiting for the school bus or auto rickshaw to take them to school. From left are Yasaswi (11, 7th grade), Venkata Lakshmi (12, 7th), Bindu (14, 8th), Divya (12, 6th), Soniya (15, 10th), and Asiya (16 in a few days, 9th). The 5 girls to the left are in our girls home with Sister Mary, a precious ministry to children who are in more need. Parents and grandparents should have a great love for their children and concern for their welfare; we also have a great love in our hearts (His love), which causes us to want GOD's best for them. The education is useful, but our top priority always is their spiritual life. We hope that you will take note of the children we are sharing with you, observe and follow their stories, and pray for the Lord's blessing and power to be upon their lives.  

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First Birthday Girl of 2026

As we shared previously, we celebrated the birthdays of more than 70 children and youth in 2025, and hope to do the same this year. Our 1st birthday child of 2026 is Jyothi, 3rd girl from the left on the front row. She turned 18. Jyothi's family lives more than 2 hours by bus from our main area of ministry, but Brother Raju tries to go there once a month, sometimes taking other girls if they have some kind of holiday from school. Jyothi's family is one of our poorest, the father having health problems and not able to work. The mother is able to work, but must stay home most of the time with Jyothi's older sister, Pavani, who is mentally impaired. The father also has some impairment, which limits his ability to take care of Pavani. Jyothi's such a precious girl, now in the 11th grade. Her family loves it when we can come to visit them. Please pray for Jyothi and her family.

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RHM January Update

New Things, RHM January Update

Looking to the Lord for "new things" in 2026, "even a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." Isaiah 43:18-19  Nothing is impossible for our GOD, so we continue to look for the impossible. Please take a few minutes to see the latest from the ministry in India. Below is Brother Raju teaching some precious boys in one of their homes (story in update). 

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