India

RESHMA KHAN
Born: 2001
Place of birth - Delhi
Language Knon - Hindi

Reshma’s Parents are refugee from Bangladesh. Reshma, along with her parents, her four sisters and three brothers were staying at the slum. Her parents were “rag pickers” but since they did not have any identity with them when they arrived in India, the authorities were constantly pursuing her parents to put them in jail for months at a time. Her parents hid separately for days together in different places and out of their slum for months together. They eventually left and no one know where they are.

When her parents were away the children would beg at houses for food. They didn’t have clothes and were open to all kind of evil, nudity and abuse. With absolutely nobody to look after them, Reshma and 2 of her sisters were put in the children’s home.

Reshma was tough to handle and take care of at first her but now the child has improved drastically in every part of her life. Since coming to the home in June 2005, she is doing well in her studies and has secured more than 85% marks in her English medium School.

Rwanda

Good news for Shafi

Shafi is one of our orphans who was found on the street and brought to church orphanage by the late Bishop Karera, Shafi’s mother and father were both killed in the genocide. He survived but lost contact with his elder brother who went with people into Congo. Because their parents were gone, Shafi’s brother decided to remain in Congo until all Rwandan people were ordered to come home.

When this young man came back to Rwanda he was taken to the rehabilitation camp where he inquired if there is any of his family members who survived and he was told that his brother is in the orphanage at the Church of God of Prophecy. He is very grateful to the Church for caring for his young brother and all the people who are involved with providing for him.

This young man is sickly and is suffering from wounds inflicted on him by gun shots and beatings by UNAMIR soldiers during his stay in the forests of Congo. Please pray for his healing.

Mali

Tiénou
Born: 2004
Bamako, Mali - capital city

Autres commentaires : Son père était peintre, suite a une maladie violante, sa mère s’est retrouvée sans soutien des parents de wa. Elle priait avec nous dans l’église de sébénikoro.

Translation:
Her father, a painter, died of a violent disease. Her mother attended our local church in Sébénikoro. Being left without support after the death of her husband, she brought Tienou to the orphanage to be cared for.