Children from  desperate  circumstances  joyfully  gathered  with  loving foster parents  where   they  have  a  happy home, enough food,  much  personal attention, and the opportunity to learn of Jesus.  Many others are waiting.  Only 50-cents  a  day  will  give another child a chance.  There is a waiting list ... $15 a month ... $180 for a whole year!

     Friends, this is Packiapriya.  Her father died of a heart   attack during her fourth year of life.  Her poor mother by doing cooli works (day field labor) looked after her and the other children.  But she was not able to feed Packiapriya well or send her to school.  The child has had eagerness to study.  Her relatives are very poor.  With little income and no property, the family lived in a poramboak area in a hut.  (Poamboak is government-owned border strips or right-of-ways, illegal to use, where very poor folk erect meager huts till they are thrown off the property.)  Bro. Selvaraj met this family during a gospel outreach ministry and after seeing their suffering and poor family condition, admitted her to the BHC Home.

     This little fellow is Bibin Murali.  He is 9 years old.  While just a lad, his father divorced his mother and went to live with another woman.  Bibin's mother has a defective heart that has made her very weak and therefore unable to support her little children.  The family has suffered from lack of food and shelter.  They have lived in a rented hut, poor and hungry.  They were discovered during a village outreach ministry.  By God's grace there was 'room in the inn' for this child because someone has cared and shared through Reaching Out.

Bibin Murali

    R. Sivaraman lost his mother at birth.  His grandmother took him in because his father is a drunkard and wasn't caring for him.  Sivaraman was practically deserted and was wandering in the streets searching for food where he was seen and helped by one of the brothers at BHC Home.  Investigation determined him to be needy, and anxious for a chance to go to school.  After being admitted Sivaraman has become very happy and he loves Jesus!

     I don't know why my father left my mother to live with another woman.  When my mother had no way to care for us and no place to live, she and my brother and I had to live on the street.  My mother is sickly and cannot do the field labor work.  I became a street child, wandering here and there in search of something to eat.  Now the people at Destitute Welfare Centre have taken me into their home.  Just look at me smile!  Thank you for helping.

Maria Angelin

"...Take this child and nurse it for me..."  Exodus 2:9

    My name is Christopher Raja.  December 14 is my birthday.  I am 11 years old.  My life was very hard in Vilankudi with my poor dear mother and my older sister Maria Angelin until we were found by the Christians at DWC Bob's Happy Children's Home.  Now we have a good place to live and many new brothers and sisters.  Please pray for my mother, Jeyarani and my father, Antonyswamy, who left us and my mother.  Every day we are singing songs and learning bible verses and praying to Jesus.

      Do we look alike?  We are sister and brother.  I am Santhini and I am 5 years old.  My big brother Selvarajan is over six.  Our daddy died before I was two, so my mommy had to work in the fields to take care of us.  My mommy didn't get to go to school much when she was young.  Now she could only make enough money for us to eat a little.  We couldn't go to school.  Last summer our mommy asked the missionary who comes to our village telling about Jesus if we could live with them because she just couldn't earn enough to take care of us, and he said yes.  Now we have a good house and food every day.  And we even get to go to school.   See my pretty Sunday dress?

Shanthini

Selvarajan

     Daisy is the 'mother' to all these children.  She is there for them and spends some time with each one.  They love her dearly.  Here, she happily demonstrates her new stove.  There is also a 'grandmother' and a precious little lady who is the cook, and a couple that serves as wardens.  Her husband is the 'daddy' in the home as well as director of a large evangelical ministry fulfilling Christ's commission.  It is the love gifts of God's people that make this possible.

"When you have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren ..." Jesus

It's time for school again!  By now we have been up for several hours.  We have a time for singing and worship together early each morning.   We have some chores and we must draw water from our well so we can bathe and dress.  We also eat breakfast and clean up everything before we go.

 Please, come see where we live...

REACHING OUT, INC. -- P. O. BOX 902 -- ATHENS, TN 37371-0902 

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