Lord, Cause Her to Shine for You

Her name is Shine (now 14), but actually pronounce as Shine-e. 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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In Training

Here, Brother Wesley is praying for one of our married elderly women, Samadhanamma (her name meaning "peace"). For the last 6 weeks or so Wesley (a pastor) has been learning how to handle the RHM finances, and has been coming on a weekly basis to do ministry in our primary region of ministry. Already he has been working mostly with the elderly in his part of the state, and still is, but it has become a small amount of ministry for him to oversee. Previously, some of you might remember that Brother Prasanth was our main person to oversee the funds, but he is now working full-time with his father in their pastoral ministry. Please pray for Wesley and this transition, that he will have the Lord's wisdom and love as he meets and ministers to many new people and families.

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Such a Precious Child

Of course they're all precious, but we're very fond of Akshaya (right in photo), who turned 16 on April 4th. We're not sure if there's any particular diagnosis, but since childhood she has had some mental impairment. We're not sure what her correct grade level is, but she attends 5th grade year after year in her village school (less comprehension and memory power). When we met her family, she was having some seizures, so we helped with medication for a year or more. She hasn't had any seizures for a long time, and we're not giving anymore meds for that, but are still helping her and her younger sister, Abhinaya (left in photo), with food (both have weak immune systems). Their father works, but still doesn't care for his family properly. Pray for his salvation, and pray for Akshaya.

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Sunday School in the Colony

These children are in the Sunday School class at a village called NTR Colony, NTR probably an acronym for a ridiculously long name! Our friend, Bhaskara Rao, continues to faithfully lead SS classes in 5 different villages each month. He comes once a month to each village, but comes to teach new songs, action songs, stories, do puppet shows and magic tricks the Sunday School classes don't usually get to learn or see. The SS ministry is not a big part of our ministry, but we still believe it has great potential to plant seeds into the children's hearts, and hopefully prepare the ground for salvation. I know that when I was a child, I didn't get a lot out of it at the time, but unknowingly the SS classes were building a faith within my heart that GOD is real. No doubt, it helped me to understand that we didn't come from monkeys, but that "In the beginning, GOD created the heavens and the earth." Genesis 1:1

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Enjoying Time Together

One of the blessings of this children's ministry in India is how many of the children are developing healthy and spiritual friendships with one another. In these photos, we're focusing on 5 girls who live together in a girls home, but many times our children (more than 50 altogether) are gathering together in homes or a church for meetings, or sometimes going on excursions together. We hope in the Lord that many of these friendships will last a lifetime. In the top photo, Brother Raju, Mary and Pavani (Marthababu's wife) are with the children crossing the Krishna River to Bhavani Island, which is a large theme park within the city of Vijayawada. In the lower photo is Sister Mary with the 5 home girls. From left is Mary with Venkata Lakshmi behind her (12), Soniya (15), Yasaswi (11), Bindu (14), and Divya (12). Please pray for these precious girls.

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