The Arts: Music, Painting, and Dance

Lavanya is in the middle smiling at the camera!

School in India is very important.  They study: English, Telugu, Hindi, Social, Science, Math, and Computers.  Electives are not offered.  So, we decided to bring the electives, The Arts, to each of the homes in order to provide them with a more well-rounded education.

Prim Kumar is teaching the boys the basic musical scale.

Our first endeavor began just last week.  We are bringing music into the homes through worship.  We have a 4-person team of worship leaders from Hyderabad, who have been through worship school training, teaching our children about the heart of worship and training them to sing and play the keyboard.  Each home will be visited twice in the next 3 months for 3 hours of training each time!  So far, the children are loving it!

Rakesh won "Best Young Artist".

In February we will begin our next "arts" course, which will be an painting/drawing course.  We are praying that God will provide a Christian artist to come and train our children in the techniques and artistic expression of drawing and painting.  We have so many children already interested and even one who has already won an award in his city for "best young artist."  We want to encourage and provide an outlet for the creative side of learning to be experienced and for these children to develop their unique gifts.

John Paul with his paintbrush.

In June our last course will begin, dance.  We hope to be able to teach our children how to choreograph and move to the music they are listening to.  Each month when our 110 children gather together they like to do some kind of performance.  Also at Christmas, the children prepare a performance for their church congregation.  We want them to develop these skills and use this as an expression of their love for the Lord.

Here Santhi learns which fingers to use.

All of these experiences will cost money. We need funds to be able to put these dreams into reality.  We have stepped out in faith and started the music training without any support yet, but believing God will provide!  We need to pay for transportation to each of the homes, dinner for the team of teachers coming to teach, and to pay the teachers for their time with our children.

Narsimgolu children doing their performance

Each home visit costs $23. So every week we are spending $46 to bring the arts to the homes.  The worship course is 18 weeks long and we assume that the other courses will be the same length.  We take the worship team to a different home each Tuesday and Thursday evening after school.  The children are loving it and feel so blessed by this opportunity!  Please consider helping us bring The Arts to each of our homes.  

Samuel

1.  What do you remember from your life before coming to the CCH home?

My name is Samuel and I am studying 3^rd class.
Before I come to the CCH home I use to study in Government Hostel, but I never go to the school and I use to play in the streets.  I use to speak very bad at the other children.  They use to gave us insect food for us, after we are eating that food, we use to get stomach pain.  No one will care for me.  I always use to think about my life, why God gave me this problem.  I feel some time to run way from there.  I was full of confusion in my life.

2.  What is the best part about living in a CCH home?

I came to the CCH home through my church pastor.  When I joined in a CCH home I really feel so happy, you know why? When my father was died no one was to pay for me to study.   My mother always use to think about me.  When I see her I feel so sad, but my pastor helped me a lot.  I stopped my bad words and I started to speak about Jesus.  I am so happy now.  I so thankful providing me every thing and studying too.

3.  If you were going to describe God to your class, what three words would you use to describe God?

• Believe God, you may receive Jesus,
• God is great.  Pray to him.
• Love the Jesus then you may love the others

4.  In ten years, how old will you be? What do you want your life to be like to at that time?

After ten years I may get 21 years old, and I just want to see in my life is very beautiful.  I want to become a pastor that I may help, those who struggling like me.  I just want to comfort them.

These are the Marturu boys!  They love to draw and these are their water color paintings! 
They also love their picture to be taken!  The pastor and his wife have 2 sons of their own and they have taken in 10 boys to raise!  Please pray for the pastor's wife - 12 boys plus a husband to care for - she has her hands full!






 

Here is a picture of Samuel at the beach!  These boys live 2 hours from the beach and none of them had ever been to the beach before!  The pastor and his wife, too, had never been to the beach!  It was a great day for everyone!

These boys are studying hard.  Some of them really struggle with school because before moving into the CCH home their education had been interrupted.  They have learning gaps.  Please pray that we can help them with these gaps and that the Lord can give them supernatural wisdom in these areas.

Joythi

1.  What do you remember from your life before coming to the CCH home? 

My name is Joythi I am studying in pre-school.  Before I come to CCH home, I just use to enjoy with my friends and I never go school.   I never obey my elders and my grand mother use to say, "You are so small you have to go school and you have to obey your elders", but I never listen to her.

2.  What is the best part about living in a CCH home?

I come to CCH home through my church pastor.  Actually I don’t like to go school.  But when I see CCH home children I was very interested to go school and study well.  So, I decide that I will study until I get to be an engineer

3.  If you were going to describe God to your class, what three words would you use to describe God?

• God was died on the cross for my sin.
• Jesus loves me so much.
• I will walk in Jesus way.

4.  In ten years, how old will you be? What do you want your life to be like at that time?
In ten years, I have 17 years old.  I just want to see in my life will be so beautiful.  And that I able to help others, those are like me.  And I love Jesus very much because, even though I don’t have father, I can feel that heavenly father is mine.  

These home parents have two children of their own and they have taken in 10 girls to raise and love and support!  Please pray for them!

Joythi is the smallest one in her home.  In the last 6 months we have seen her experience the joy of the Lord like never before!  She is truly loved in her home and where there is true love there is freedom!  She always has a smile on her face now!  It is so great!

This picture is taken upstairs in the church during our Vacation Bible School this summer.  Joythi loves to sing and dance and so do her sisters!  Please be praying for Joythi!

New Homes, School, and a Visit

These are the newest faces of Covenant Children's Homes.

These homes were open May 2011.

We are in the process of getting all these children their school uniforms, school shoes and school bags.

Choppakatlapalem

The bags are $5 each or $50 per home.

Domakonda

The uniforms are $6 each or $60 per home.

Konduvaripalli

The shoes are also $6 each or $60 per home.  

Medaramitla

So, you could sponsor a child for $17 or a home for $170!  

Or you could sponsor a home for bags for $50.

Or a home for uniforms for $60.

Or for shoes for $60.

Kamalapuram

We have sponsors for 5 of our homes totally covered already!

Gummallakunta

But 6 more homes need sponsors.

Kuderu

Our CCH staff will be visiting these children 
and their schools in October. 

Punukula

The estimate cost for the 2 week trip is $1,000.

Saravaram

 This money will cover transportation, food, and living arrangements for the 2 weeks.

It is about $75 per day.  Can you sponsor a day?

Somovaram

We are very excited to visit these children and get to know them a little better.
Then be able to share their stories with all of you!

The school bags will be delivered during this trip!  The children are so excited to receive them!

If you would like to help sponsor any of these needs, 

please donate using the PayPal button on the Home page!  

The children are so thankful to you for your support!  

Akash

1.  What do you remember from your life before coming to the CCH home?

My name is Akash I am studying 6^th class, before I come to the CCH home, I use to play on the streets with street children.  I use to smoke and talk bad words.  I never go school and I never obey my elders.  I don’t know what life I am living.

2.  What is the best part about living in a CCH home?

I come to the CCH home through my church pastor. When I come to the CCH home, a few days I did not adjust with other children. I feel likeI want to run away from there. But one day my pastor told me, if you feel want to run away from here don’t run without telling us. God gave you a great opportunity to live here. So pray and ask God that your mind will be change into the Jesus.  Then I just started to pray as I am praying, really my mind get a some relief, and peace, then I stopped to smoke.  Now I get a fear of God inside of my heart.  I am going to school. 

3. If you were going to describe God to your class, what three words would you use to describe God?

• Jesus is redeemer; he was done many wonders in my life.
• Jesus is our savior; believe him and pray to him.
• If you love your parents, you can love Jesus.

4. In ten years, old will you be? What do you want your life to be like at that time?

After ten years I may get 22 years old, that time I just want to see in my life wonderful for others.  I want to become a doctor.  Then I able to help poor children and struggling people.

The pastor of this home is a public school teacher as well. He is very good at encouraging the children in their studies.  The pastor's wife is an amazing cook!  Her Lemon Chicken is my favorite!  They have two boys of their own and have taken in 10 orphans.





These boys have great English skills and they are very artistic.  Ruchit, the tallest boy on the left, won an award for best artist in their city.  And Vamsi, the boy standing on the far right, is a very good dancer and choreographer.  The pastor and his wife really encourage these boys to do what they love.  Check out the video below!

This video is 3 minutes long...you don't have to watch the whole thing!
These boys are in 5th - 7th grade.  Akash and all the brothers enjoy being together and studying together.  They are the oldest boys in our homes and they are such great examples to the rest of the children.  

Komali

1.  What do you remember from your life before coming to the CCH home?

My name is Komali I am studying 5^th class, before I come to CCH home I am not happy in my life.  When my father was died I feel so sad all the time.  I use to think about my studies, who is going to help?  I like to study in English medium, but no one is going to be help pay my studies.  I believe God but not much.  I pray with every one but not deeply.

2.  What is the best part about living in a CCH home?

I was come to the CCH home through the church pastor.  When I come to the CCH home, I feel really so happy. When I see other children’s also I really praise the God.  He heard my pray and he gave me a reply to my suffer. So I feel that I am not alone even my father is not with me, but my heavenly father is with me.  I always thankful to my Jesus.

3.  If you were going to describe God to your class, what three words would you use to describe

God?

• You’re not alone the God is with you always 
• If I need something I will pray to God, then he will provide me all things.  So, if you need something also pray to God in his name he will provide what you asked.  
• You can love Jesus too. 

4.  In ten years, how old will you be? What do you want your life to be like at that time?

In ten years after, I may get 23 years old that time I just want to see my life is very beautiful.  I able to help those who struggling like my life before.  And I want to be an engineer.

The pastor and his wife have 3 children of their own.  They play, study, and encourage all their children in a very special way!  It is so great to see the love in this home!

The girls were so happy to get their school bags.  Komali was so happy to get her uniform, school bag, and shoes!  Thanks for all who supported financially to meet those needs!

Komali and her sisters just played a VBS game...and they won!  They love being together and playing!  (The boy in the picture lives in the village, he wanted to play the game too!  The girls said ok!)

Ashok

1.  What do you remember from your life before coming to the CCH home?

My Name is P. Ashok: I am studying 5^th grade. Before I come to the CCH school I use to field work.  When I see other children’s are going to the school, I feel very bad and I use to think about my life.  Because of this I started to bite others and say bad words. I don’t know what I am doing. But I know I am behaving very badly, that I can’t control my anger.

2. What is the best part about living in a CCH home?

I was come CCH home through the church pastor.  When I joined the CCH home I really so happy that I am going to           school.  After joining the CCH home, my life was become faith, and I learn about Jesus.  I receive Jesus as my personal Savior.  Now I don’t feel that I am alone.  I have a friends I always love my CCH friends really they are so good, if any thing happens to me, they all pray together for me. Now I am not getting anger because they are showing me God love on me. When I become a big I want to be a doctor.

3. If you were going to describe God to your class, what three words would you use to describe God?

When I was in school, some time my school friend use to ask, why the home providing money for you to study?  Then I said:

• If you believe Jesus he will provide you.  Also they are providing for me through Jesus love.
• He is faithful God.
• When I ask in his name My God will provide my all things.  So you also believe God then you may receive whatever you need.

4.  In ten years, how old will you be? What do you want your life to be like at that time?

In ten years after I may get 20 years, in that day I want to see my life was become beautiful and I want to be doctor, that I can help the other’s and I want to help CCH home. 

C.V. Palem boys at the beach.  They had a blast!  It was Ashok's first time to the beach and he said he wants to go back!

The pastor and his wife have 3 boys of their own, under the age of 7, and they took in 10 more boys!  They are amazing parents and they love all the children as their own!