Two local churches and their
leaders in India are offering to participate in the Bryce Homes Program.
This report shares what the Board of Understand The Times is in the process
of deciding.
One of the churches has been
sharing the Word of God among the downtrodden poor people outside of their
city for several years. Their key goal is to serve the Lord, teach and
preach His Word so that ultimately people may come into Christian faith, by
knowing and surrendering their lives to Jesus Christ so that Lord’s name be
glorified. One of our Understand The Times Board members has had contact
with the pastors in this region for several years. We believe that God has
directed us to this location to come alongside the church.
We asked one pastor to
share his vision. Here are his words:
“During our journey we met a
community of prostitutes and HIV effected parents and children and we shared
the gospel with them, and gave them counseling to bring them and their
children from their present condition. The mothers have now opened their
doors to save their children. That gave us hope so we as Bryce Homes are
ready to become foster parents for these children with all your support.
These children are semi orphans, school dropouts, suffering with
malnutrition and ready to enter the same profession as their mothers in the
future. They look very beautiful. The foster parents that have volunteered
from our church are unable to do this without financial support.”
This program that we are
proposing provides a new way for Bryce Homes to help poor and desperate
children. The possibility of having Christian foster parents and a
Christian home environment will be a great blessing. Bryce Homes India will
be able to give them food and shelter and raise them in Christian faith. Our
goal through Bryce Homes is to give them a safe Christian home, proper
education, lead them in Christian faith by educating them in prayers and
Bible reading and attending church. Ultimately one day the children may grow
strong in Christian faith and never turn back to the dark world where they
were held captive. Our prayer is that they will become witnesses to the love
of Jesus in their community.
Pray for Pastor W and his
wife and the foster parents that God has raised up. May they be given
wisdom, protection, guidance, and power to deal with all kinds of obstacles in
saving these precious children physically and spiritually.
The cost of supporting a
single child is approximately $50 per month. Understand The Times, by faith
has committed approximately $1000 per month for the first year. We are
simply letting you know by sharing the need and our vision.
We have already chosen five
Bryce Homes that are relocated in another city. These are Christian families
that attend a small church where the pastor is faithful to the Word of God.
He and his wife have several leaders in the church that are willing to help
them implement the Bryce Homes India program there.
We share this vision with
you for your consideration. As more details are formulated we will post the
family photos so that you will be able to see the faces of the people that
make up the program.
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