December 2, 2007 by scot.

Boy shot trying to feed his brothers and sisters and I am to blame I am reprinting this from Spotlight on Orphans Extra.

Mr. Richard was a church elder in a local Seventh-day Adventist Church. He and his wife were blessed with seven children. He contracted the AIDS virus
through a blood transfusion way back in 1996. Then he unknowingly infected his
wife. They both died in March, just around the time Esther, Vicki and Steve visited us here in Africa. Mr. Richard left behind seven children.
The local church tried to support the family but due to abject poverty in Africa they could not continue with the support. The firstborn boy, aged sixteen, came to
me and narrated his story. He wanted us to accept even two of his siblings into the Centre. At the age of sixteen he had become the sole breadwinner for his six siblings. It was too much for him. Unfortunately, we could not accept them into Hope for Children Center orphanage because of our financial capabilities.
Sadly enough, I read in one of the local newspapers just last month that the boy was shot dead by police officers in an exchange of fire during a bank robbery in Nairobi. I went to their home to confirm what I had read, thinking that the names could be similar. I met his thirteen-year-old sister who is his follower. She told me that her brother resorted to robbery in order to feed them. In fact, he was lured into it and that was his first attempt.
The boy is already buried and so in the family, the girl is now the sole breadwinner. We visited them last week while on missionary outreach with our orphans and took for them some little food. This is what she told us, which is just painful to me, “Pastor, I am very tired and hopeless, I have nowhere I can get food for our children. The future is completely dark for me. My siblings will soon die of starvation. The only option I have is to look for somebody who can marry me if he is promising to care for my siblings. It has to be soon, or else they’ll all die.”

Sixteen year old boy shot trying to feed his bothers and sisters. Now his sister will have to sell herself to feed them if no one will help. I feel responsible for this boys death because I have not done more. It only costs $30 a month to sponsor an orphan. Why didn’t I cover the $210 a month until sponsors could be found for these orphans.

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December 2, 2007 by Society Seeds.

Pure religion and undefined before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. (James 1:27)

SOCIO ECONOMIC AND EDUCATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY (SEEDS)
(Regd.under societies Registration Act XXI of 1860)
(Regd. No. 8/1989)
D.No.1-111, Thalluri Nagar, NARASARAOPET-522601, Guntur Dist., A.P.,
South India.
Our Web site: http://orphanages.ws/Asian_Orphanages/SEEDS
E-mail: societyseeds@yahoo.co.in TEL: 08647 230061
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Dear Beloved in Christ,
This is T.A. Rachel. I am a house wife. I wish to do social work in my leisure I think it’s not my opinion its Gods wish. When I do regular pray God told me to do social work for widows, orphans and the persons who are facing financial troubles. For that purpose I brought land for Orphans and widows in need to establish it for the sake of God. My entire property is only land. I need build a house for orphans and widows. In my regular pray I asked the God you need to do. Later the might God replied that I will help you through my son’s. . We are in Andhra Pradesh, and most of Andhra. He knows the love of God and many of the Christians where from abroad are also still giving and sharing their love to Andhra. Love is nothing but giving .Because of this only many of the orphans are loved by the children of God. Each of us has to do what we can, I can give my love by giving my service but I am not financially fit. I am a trainee, training up some women in sewing and sometimes cooking and feeding for widows and orphans. We have society named SEEDS registered we are in needed help to the more in service to the village level.

We have orphans and poor in three villages we can even send you the details, up to about 30 children all that we need is your cooperation. And also we stick to the word of God and we obey. So we ask you to uplift the needed, like us and also please pray for us and our needs.

So please for our SEEDS members and well-wishers. I will ask your help in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I wish God will stretch your arms in order to help the poor Christian developing society.
We are in interested in ministry work also and we want to spread the Gospel also.
I will ask all this in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Please reply to me as soon as possible.

OUR Activities -
Helping the poor and orphaned children in India. Orphans counseling programs . Health campus and literacy programs. Spiritual assistance to orphans.
Reach the Gospel unreached villages.
Leadership Development.
Sewing training centers.
Good encourage in the sports and games.

In Christ,
T.A.Rachel

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