RHM October Newsletter

RHM October Newsletter

In this month's newsletter we share about our Father's Heart for the poor and oppressed who suffer injustice in this world. We also share some prayer needs concerning spiritual battles in the financial arena, and fevers among our children. We also share how we use educational support to tackle the cycle of poverty, and how the Lord is using this ministry to bring more souls into His kingdom (one story about a Muslim family). Please take a few minutes to read.

Below is a family that we're very encouraged about, one by one coming to the Lord, even in the midst of persecution. 

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Blessed Excursion

Not sure if this falls within the definition of an excursion, but Brother Raju took several girls to visit a family a couple of hours journey away. This family's Dad & daughter are to the far left, the son, mother and an aunt to the far right. We can praise the Lord that all of the youth in this photo, even the youngest girl, have a tender heart for the Lord, and want to serve Him in some way. I think the boy, Kethan, is going to help us some with our website in the days to come. He's studying computer design, etc. in a college now. 

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Our Beloved Twins

Martha (left) and Mary have been with us since 2021. Amazing the difference 5 years can make! Their family didn't know the Lord, and they were in deep poverty, literally only having cement posts to hold up the asbestos sheet roof, along with one wall. No electricity or running water, and an open bathroom (no roof or door, walls incomplete). The girls mostly stayed with their grandmother nearby in those years. The Dad died years ago in a train accident. Now, both girls are in their 3rd year of nursing college, and both have a bigger desire to use what they are learning in nursing to help the poor in some way in the years ahead. Pray for the fulfillment of those desires He places within their hearts (Psalms 37:4; 2 Thess. 1:11-12). The top photo is the girls looking at the fireworks-type candle on their cake. In the lower photo they are with Brother Raju and other children who came to celebrate with them on their 21st birthday, September 21st.

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Village Poverty

The girl is Prem Kumari (14, deaf) and the boy Vijay Babu (11). Their father left the home when Vijay was a baby. Their mother then killed herself with rat poison. The grandparents have always cared for the children. The grandfather's spinal cord and knee problems have progressed to the point he is no longer able to work. The family (there's also a great grandmother in the home) is surviving with a disability pension for Prem Kumari, another pension which the great grandmother is receiving as a widow, and we are giving some food each month. Please pray for this family.

A quick update about Brother Raju's 3 month old baby boy: he's doing a little better and came home a couple of days ago. Still they are keeping a close eye on him, and taking him to the doctor again soon. 

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Pray for Raju's Baby Boy

Brother Raju leads our children's ministry. He and Pavani had their 2nd child on July 2nd, Daniel Benson. Raju is asking for our prayers, as his baby boy has a lung infection and is in the hospital. Thank you for your prayers! 

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Pray for Latha's Family

Here is Sister Latha with her 2 girls, Teja (left) and Keerthi, probably in the 10th grade. We (and you as the prayer partner and supporter) are helping their family with monthly food, and we were helping Teja in a small way with her education. For some reason she decided to stop her studies after the 12th grade. In their culture, it is likely she will be married within a couple of years, which is one reason we try to keep them in their studies: giving them more time to develop their relationship with God, and hoping they will be able to learn a skill and find a job somewhere, helping them to break the cycle of poverty. The father of the home died unexpectedly around 2022 or '23. There's another son, Rishi, who is living in a hostel and going to school. Please pray for this precious family. 

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