The new Grace Orphan Home
is very well underway, and yet comes to a standstill now as we wait for God to
provide. Let me tell you a little about
Vijay Babu, before I go on about the home…
Vijay was a compassion sponsor child from age 5. When he grew older he was touched by the
sight of orphans at the train station begging for food. He then went on to start Grace Orphan home.
Vijay supports 10 pastors, an orphan home with staff and
teachers, and many others. Any and all the money that comes in - every penny -
comes from God. This is God’s orphan home, and Christ’s bride. The present orphan home has quite a few issues; from
snakes and even wild pigs able to get into the home, the children having to sleep in an inch of water during the rainy
season, a general lack of space, through to the destruction of the mess hall due to snakes
destroying the foundation. The new orphan home hopes to combat these issues, providing
a new home for many of the orphaned children in Gudivada.
So here is your virtual
tour… I’ll try to give you a good mental picture of the new home.
From the front…
you can see the full width of the building from this picture. On the
left you can see a wall just after the stairs, and on
the right - a wall just after the second floor stairs. These two walls make
up the orphan homes full width.
Inside: Here is a look at the inside, the lowest
floor. This is raised a good 5 maybe 6
feet off the ground to avoid flooding; the man in the yellow is breaking land, and
the man in the green, shovels it up to dump into the trench on the left. The first floor will be a meeting hall and mess hall, the second floor will be a study hall,
and the third floor will be the
sleeping area for the orphans
Right wall: the walls are red brick with a kind of plaster
pasted over top… this was in
progress as I took pictures.
Back wall: this the back wall… the men are just finishing up the plastering as I took the photo.
The building to the
right of the back wall, is another house entirely… very close, very tight… this
is India after all.
These 5 men sleep here to keep watch over the construction-
they have been their since the start, and will stay until the end
Thank you James. What a blessing to watch and pray with you. Please pray for my dear neighbour Tracy who is close to the point of choosing Christ as Saviour. All praise and glory to God who has chosen us to be partners together in His great work. For you i pray that God will continue to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way.....Colossians 1: 9 through 14.
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