India Mission

Brother Samuel, of Ongole India, is a 22 year old man with a selfless anointing and so much compassion in his young heart that he puts most of us to shame.

 He reached out to us over a year ago pleading for the poor villages in his area that had suffered a flood and much destruction. He told us of the great need for safe water, for food and other necessities.

Here is what we saw.

This kind of poverty reminded us of Haiti 30 years ago. Barefooted children sit on the ground in front of a wall with a stick to point at numbers for school. Animals and people live together in straw houses. Hand pumped water flows into dirty pans delivering sickness. Malnourished children, grateful for simple rice, eat with their hands.

 Brother Sam visits the village children every day even when he has nothing to give them. Their cries fill the air as he approaches. Will he have rice? Candy? Sometimes he just kicks a ball around with them, but at least they know someone cares about them.

 Sam and his family were our hosts in Ongole, India and took very good care of us, giving us traditional Indian meals, (the best chai tea!) and loving hospitality. 

 What an honor it was to give them three Air Mobile Rescuer water purifiers! These will provide safe drinking water to over a thousand villagers under Brother Sam's watchful care. 

 We only wished we could have done more to help them feed the children and help with their need for education, sanitation and many basics of life.

 We continue to pray about all of this and are open to whatever God leads us to do! Please pray for the children of Ongole and for Brother Sam and his family.

They surprised us with a welcome banner and children lined up outside the church to sing, dance and throw flower petals at us!