Meet Pravallika



Pravallika is 10 years old. She and her brother, Vickram, are new here at East Coast Children’s Home. Pravallika is a shy girl with many talents. She can draw beautiful pictures using an art form here in India where they draw pictures by connecting a certain number of dots forming a perfectly symmetrical picture (sorry do not know the name). She is at the top of her class in her new school she attends with the other orphans and enjoys learning. She wants to be a doctor when she grows up. :)

Of all the talents this beautiful young girl has there is one that brought me to tears last night. Last night she sang a song for us called “Child Labor” (She won first place at her school when she sang this song for some government officials.).

***Jeevan had heard the song before and so he translated for me***

In this song a child a singing to anyone who will listen and then ends with the child singing to his/her parents. It talks about how the child’s parents had borrowed money from a rich man in their village and could not pay it back and so now the child was his “slave” until the debt was paid. She wishes to go school but is stuck in the cycle of poverty. She has worked for many years yet still the debt is not paid. The song ends with the child begging her parents to help her and to allow her to go school.

I honestly do not think that anyone could here this dear one sing this and know what the words are and not be moved.

Pravallika is in need of a sponsor for $25 a month. When I return to the states I will have children’s pictures and sponsor forms for anyone that is interested.

Please pray for the children and for the staff here at W.O.N.


Study Time for the Children!





Vocational Training Classes

W.O.N. offers a 6 month Vocation Training Course to girls that are interested in learning skills that will help improve their quality of living. They girls are taught Computer, Spoken English, and Tailoring. I really enjoy spending time with them and just talking and learning about their lives. Today I sat in on their tailoring class. There was about 20 girls in a small crowded room all sitting on the floor. But everyone was laughing, learning, sewing, and joking. How wonderful our God is that He blesses and encourages us to teach others using our gifts so that we may glorify Him while serving others.