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- India in the News | 6.17.13
- Being A Father To The Fatherless
- Bonding Time at Ban San Rak
- Where Are We At With Life Clinic?
- Government Rules – No Girls On Campus
- Dedicating Pastor John’s New House
- High School Is Officially Over for 34 Students!
- CTD: A Widow’s Poem From Nepal
- What Happens When a Student Fails High School?
- Scripture Saves
India in the News | 6.17.13
June 18th, 2013
India in the News highlights interesting articles found around the web on Indian politics, culture, and current events.
India Seeks Water Management Lessons From Israel
As Indian municipal officials and water engineers search for ways to provide cleaner water to their nation’s 1.2 billion people, they are increasingly turning to Israel, which has solved many of the same problems that India is now experiencing.
India’s Small Change Problem
If you’ve shopped in India you likely know the problem. You go to a store to buy a few things and when it’s time to pay, you hand over the cash. But the cashier’s run out of change. Instead of the few rupees you’re owed, the cashier gives you one or two candies, or a stick of chewing gum, to make up the shortfall.
India vs. Pakistan Cricket Match
On paper, Saturday’s Group B matchup between India and Pakistan at the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy may not have much at stake. However, the quickest match to sell out at this tournament in England and Wales between two neutral sides gives notice that even if pride is the only thing up for grabs between India and Pakistan, that pride still means a helluva lot to the Asian rivals.
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Being A Father To The Fatherless
June 13th, 2013
This Sunday is Father’s Day. A father should be a source of strength, guidance and unconditional love for his children. But most of the children in Master’s Home have lost their father, either through his death or his abandonment of the family.
That is why our director, Arjuna, takes seriously his responsibility to be involved in the lives of the children at Master’s Home. While he and the other male caretakers could never replace the loss of a father, they make it a priority to provide care, counsel and love to each child at Master’s Home.
The feeling of care and security the children feel towards these “father figures” in their lives is especially evident when it comes to graduating seniors choosing a career path. High School ends in 10th grade in India, and kids choose which Junior College to attend based on their desired career path. Imagine having to choose your career at 15 years old!
One by one, all our kids come to seek advice about what to do with their lives. Our director, Arjuna, recalls one of these conversations:
Adi Narayana
You see, he was planning to study engineering. That is very common and a known path. However, this score had brought in doubts, that maybe he should do something else. We talked for a bit and I said to him ‘What do you think about becoming a medical doctor? It will be hard studying, but you could do it.’ He liked the idea, and so we enrolled him in a different Junior College than all the other seniors that year. He is now finished with Junior College and recently took his entrance exam for Medical School. We are awaiting the results. No matter the outcome of the exam, we are very proud of him. Actually, we are proud of all our kids.
It is the same with each and every one of them. Graduating High School is a very big moment, and they know they can come at any time if they need to talk doubts or ideas about their future.”
Vision Nationals cares for 140 children from the time they arrive at Master’s Home until they graduate from college, secure a good job, and can provide for themselves. We consider it a privilege, as well as a necessity, to provide caring male role-models to our children. If you would like to give to the work we are doing at Master’s Home, you can give online.
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Bonding Time at Ban San Rak
June 10th, 2013
Vision Nationals partners with The Family Connection Foundation in Thailand to pursue our goals of planting churches, training nationals and caring for orphans and widows throughout Asia. The Family Connection Foundations runs a home for children called Ban San Rak.
Recently, Ban San Rak Children’s Home organized a trip to Ob Luang National Park for the children and staff at the home during the Thai summer break. We had a great time playing in the water, fellowship, eating and singing together. Thank you God for allowing us to have this special time together.
Please continue to pray for our children as they are entering the senior year in high school and for their preparation for the university examination.
If you would like more information about the Ban San Rak Children’s Home, please contact our partners at the Family Connection Foundation.
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Where Are We At With Life Clinic?
June 7th, 2013
One of Vision Nationals’ lesser known ministries is Life Clinic. The clinic is housed in a small building on our campus, and provides affordable health care for families in the area that could not otherwise afford to see a doctor. Life Clinic is one of the ways we seek to serve the city of Vizag.
Currently, our clinic is only open when Medical Missions Teams come to India. Lisa and Steve Replogle lead our medical teams. They are veteran Medical Team leaders, and if you are interested in joining a future Medical Missions team to India you can contact them at this email address.
Our hope is that we will soon be able to open the clinic two to three days per week. We are networking through Theresa, the top nurse in Vizag City this year, to connect with city doctors willing to partner with us to make this a reality.
In addition to securing doctors to work in the clinic, we also need a clinic director. Please pray with us that God would provide the right person to oversee Life Clinic.
If you would like to give to towards Vision Nationals medical clinic, you can give online.
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Government Rules – No Girls On Campus
June 5th, 2013
Due to government rules, we are required to have completely separate living quarters for the boys and girls in Master’s Home.
In accordance with this law, we temporarily moved the girls into the conference hall space above our cafeteria (a building separate from our current dorm). However, as this is not a long-term solution, the decision was made to send the girls off-campus until we complete the New Dormitory.
Most of our children have extended family they can live with, however the living conditions are poor and their access to education is limited. We will continue to support these girls throughout the year so they will not have to work to help support themselves.
Those that are close enough will continue to attend Master’s School, and those too far away will attend that best school we can get them enrolled in where they live.
Please pray for all the girls in Master’s Home. This is an unforeseen and sudden change. Some of them may loose a year academically as their village schools are not strong. Pray especially for those that have gone to live with extended relatives who may consider them a burden. We are incredibly saddened that we have had to make this decision.
In addition to prayer, please consider giving towards the building costs of our New Dormitory. Our goal is to break ground this fall and have the Dorm completed by the beginning of next school year so we can bring the girls back to live on campus and attend Master’s School.
Vision Nationals’ top priority this year is to build a second dorm. You can read more about how this new dorm will impact the children in Master’s Home here, and how it will affect our Master’s College students here. Recently we announced some changes to our original plans that were in the works.
If you would like to give towards the new dorm need you can give online.
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Dedicating Pastor John’s New House
June 3rd, 2013
Pastor John has planted more churches than any other church planter in our network. Vision Nationals recently helped him build a new house, and despite the fact that he should have died from a cobra bite a few months ago, God saved his life and he was present to dedicate his house to God!
Enjoy these photos from the beautiful dedication ceremony to celebrate the completion of Pastor John’s house!
Please be in prayer for Pastor John’s continued healing. At the time of this dedication, he was using a cane and limping from the surgery that removed the poisoned flesh where the cobra bit his leg. He was scheduled to return to the hospital a few days after the dedication for more surgery on the wound to continue its healing. Thank you for keeping Pastor John and his family in your prayers.
Vision Nationals trains and resources national church planters like Pastor John. Our goal is to see Ten Thousand Churches planted in Asia in the next twenty years. If you would like to partner with us in this endeavor, you can give online.
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High School Is Officially Over for 34 Students!
May 31st, 2013
2013 High School Graduating Class
The results are back and we are proud to say that out of the 36 students who sat for the exam, 34 of them have passed and will be joining in Junior Colleges (for 11th and 12th grades) this fall. The two that did not pass still have options, and we have posted about those options here.
It is a blessing to note that 13 out of the 36 students are children from Master’s Home. All 13 of our Master’s Home children, now young men and women, have passed their exams! Praise Jesus for his faithfulness to our children!
Durga, excited after hearing the results!
As the years go by, we have more and more young men and women in Master’s Home attending colleges. Because of this, the cost of sending our kids to college grows each year. If you would like to sponsor the college education of one of our Master’s Home children, please email Karla. Generally, the tuition and fees for one year of college run around $1,000.
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