Archive for April 2011

One of my darling girls named Swapna, meaning dreams, age 11. Died yesterday. Cause: poverty & illiteracy: she went to her remote village for a wedding feast, got food poisoning and because the doctors were too far, her relatives gave her roots/herbs which shut her liver. I cannot stop my grief. This is why I…

This is resurrection week celebration. People ask me why I am a Christian? One word: Jesus… My heart is at peace in Him. Jesus is all the world to me. After 42 years of serving Him, I “find no fault in him.” What a Savior!

Waiting at Delhi airport for a flight to the beauty and comforts of Phoenix to family and friends. Yet I am so torn between the two worlds i live in. I am reviewing dozens of applications from very desperate tribal children deep in the forests where there are NO options to beg, steal or work.…

Spent the day with our Tihidi kids in South Orissa… these are my heroes…. they withstood a siege for 17 days against a mob of 200, two years ago during the big Orissa persecution. These 6 – 16 year old kids prayed heaven down. And they were willing to die for the Cross rather than…

Just got word that all our Lodha tribe kids – (a whole primitive culture of violent dacoits) have totally excelled at and now dominate their local School system. This is community transformation. Their world was destined to follow their parents until the Good News touched their lives. I spent several hours with them yesterday and…