August 10, 2012

Before and After...


CCH has new children every year.  This year we welcomed 200 new children into church homes, got them ready for school, and after 3 months, they are feeling more settled!  We are so blessed to have so many children in the care of CCH!  God is good and His story is being told all throughout India!

Jyothi - Living in CCH home since 2009

Sean and I have been with CCH now for one and a half years now.  In this time we have learned how to get around Ongole, the city of our headquarters, and make a little home for ourselves.  We know where to buy breakfast on the street, where to get chocolate croissants, where to buy uniforms, shoes, pencils, plastics, and all the other things needed for 400 kids.  We know where all our children's homes are, what school the children go to, what their grades are and we know the principals' names.  We know the children's hemoglobin levels, we know most of their names but all of their faces.

But there are so many other things we don't know.

We don't know what it is like to be abandoned or orphaned.  We don't know what it feels like to go without food, sleep outside because there is no shelter, or not have good drinking water.  We don't know what it is like to study in a school where they are speaking and teaching in a totally new language (English).
Solomon Raju - Living in CCH home since 2008

But we do know someone who knows...Jesus.

Jesus meets our kids and takes them in and becomes their Father.  He provides food for them, puts a pillow under their head, and gives them Living Water.  He speaks to them in their language and they know his voice.  He heals them and protects them and loves them.

And our kids know it!  And they live it!  And they share it!

The pictures below are just some of the faces that have changed since becoming a part of CCH.  The first one is taken upon entering the home.  They may or may not have heard about Jesus before they came into the CCH home.  The second picture is a year or more after being in our church homes.  Jesus is doing amazing transformations in this part of India!

Thanks to all of you who have co-labored with Jesus in the journey of these children.
Monica - Living in CCH home since 2011

We look forward to seeing the changed faces of the newest 200 CCH children!