Please Pray for Anjali, age 11, in India.
Anjali is a sweet, eleven-year-old girl who has known so much loss in her young life. She was born in Maigaon, Maharashtra in India and is the second child in a family of four girls. When Anjali was only five-years-old her father died of AIDS. Less than two years later, Anjali also lost her two-year-old sister and her mother to AIDS, leaving her and her remaining two sisters in the care of their paternal grandmother.
After the death of their mother, Anjali and her sisters joined their grandmother working in the fields. Each morning before school, the girls helped harvest and sell cotton. Their paternal uncle struggled to provide as much financial help as he could so the girls could continue going to school but the two years following the death of their parents were filled with financial and emotional strain. It wasn't until Anjali's uncle learned about the Orphan Outreach sponsored orphanage that Anjali's life began to change.
When she first arrived at the home, Anjali did not know Christ; she did not even know how to pray. One day her home parent asked her to pray, and as she prayed she felt something passing down her back as though someone were touching her. She opened her eyes but there was no one near her. After praying, she asked to borrow a Bible and as she opened the pages of the Bible she came across the promise given by Jesus that says if one has faith as small as a mustard seed you will be given what you ask. It was then that she came to understood that Jesus is really the Living God.
Anjali has been in the home for the last 2-1/2 years. She is doing very well in her studies. She is good in sports and spends much time reading the Bible and praying. She wants to attend Bible College and become a pastor.
Please pray for Anjali as she continues to grow in her relationship with Christ and pray that He will provide all her needs. Pray also for children throughout India who have never experienced the love and hope of Christ. Pray that they will find refuge in Him.
