Happy 11th Birthday!

This is Vijay Babu with his grandparents on his 11th birthday earlier this month. Their family is very poor. Vijay Babu has an older sister, Prem Kumari, who is deaf. Their father left the family after much quarreling with the children's mother, who then committed suicide by taking rat poison. Vijay Babu was a baby at that time, his sister about 2 or 3 years old. The grandfather has always worked to care for the family. Previously, there was great grandparents, these grandparents, an aunt, and the 2 children living together. The great grandfather recently passed away, and I'm not sure what happened to the aunt; now there are 5 living together, but the grandfather has hurt his back and is not working. They get a small disability pension because of the deaf child, but little other income. Please pray for Vijay Babu and his family. We have started helping them, praying for the grandfather's health.

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Updates

Last month Sirisha (right) had her birthday, which we already shared with you. Since that time, Prasanna (left, they are sisters) has had a procedure to remove a large growth or boil on her head, the 2nd time this has been done, the first time not successful. She needs one more procedure to get the entire growth taken care of, and I have much concern for her total recovery, but trusting in our faithful Lord. This procedure is supposed to take place tomorrow (Friday). Sirisha has a hemoglobin count of about 6, and is very weak. She is on medication and a change of diet. 

Another girl we asked you to pray for, Shiny (20), has had severe stomach pain, which turned out to be an ulcer. Hopefully, her treatment is almost completed and she has improved. We also shared with you about Soniya, again having skin problems. Again she is on a different medication now. Another new need I just learned about is 10 year old Deborah, who is having a fever and vomiting. Please keep Prasanna, Sirisha, Shiny, Soniya and Deborah in your prayers. Only Shiny is hopefully healed completely at this time.

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Independence Birthday Girl

Independence Day in India is August 15th, but this little one, Kavya, wasn't born then, but was born on the US Independence Day, July 4th. So our 250th anniversary was her 10th birthday. Her sisters are here with her, Soniya (left, 16) and Divya (13). Pray for Soniya, again having a skin problem, this time the medication not helping her. Kavya finished 2nd grade, but is a top student (and a little old for her grade level), so they "jumped" her to the 4th grade this academic year. Pray for Kavya.

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Operation on This 17 Year Old's Head

Rarely will you see a photo of Prasanna (17) without a beautiful smile, but she's been in much pain recently. A few months ago she had a growth on the back of her head, which was treated as a boil, draining it and giving medication. It grew back again, but this time worse, causing severe headaches and crying. This time they removed the growth. Please pray, as we are tempted to have zero confidence in the competency of the doctors. Our hope truly is only in the Lord to watch over our precious children and youth (and all those we work with). Pray there will be no complications arise, and that she will heal properly. Also, pray for her 20 year old sister, Sirisha, whose hemoglobin level has gone very low; we don't know why, and need to have her checked also.

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More Accidents

A handful of kids are gathered for Sunday School in the village of Chilakala Colony, some of the children out of the village because parents take them with them when they go to other places for work. I don't know what happened to the cute little girl on the left with the cast on her arm, but she doesn't seem too sad about it in this photo. Brother Bhaskara Rao, who's leading the Sunday School, had some motorcycle accidents in early June. In fact, he shared with us that he met with 2 accidents when leaving this very meeting in Chilakala Colony. Then a week later he had another accident while going to visit a different village. He hurt his back and damaged his bike. Please pray for this brother, in his late 50's or perhaps older, still doing full time children's ministry to earn some income. We're concerned that he might not be able to ride the motorcycle safely, especially at night.

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A House Full of Boys

The tallest boy, Akhil, turned 11 on June 25th. He and 2 of the boys are brothers; the other 3 are the boys who lost their Dad in 2024. Their mothers are both sisters, and after the loss of the one Dad, both families live in the same house, 9 people altogether. The boy on the left is one of Akhil's brothers, deaf from birth. Pray for Akhil, and for the ministry the Lord has us doing with these boys, visiting their home regularly, and helping 4 of the boys with education. 

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