New Faces

 Samuel arrived just today from South India. He's going to try one of the school's here. If his Hindi is sufficient, he'll stay. He's in the 9th grade.

 This beautiful baby boy belongs to our friend LL. It's my first time to see him. Lindsey brought her friend Mary Beth, who is visiting from the U.S.

 I shared the latest news about our ministry with Mary Beth and LL.

 Mary Beth visited with the children. Aniket is loving on Ashish!

 Sudrahsan wanted in on the photo.

 The kids didn't mind a break from homework time to visit with Mary Beth. Deborah is our volunteer, who comes everyday for two hours to help the kids.

Satiya and Dipanshu love to have their photo taken, and then look at the picture!
We love having visitors and the chance to explain our ministry. We are dependent on the people God lays on their hearts to help our children. If you come to Shimla, please come to visit.

Easter Celebrations

He is Risen! Alleluia! Easter blessings to you all. Thank you for following our blog. Here are photos of some of our Easter weekend.
The children were invited back to American Aunty's for an Easter celebration. Aunty told the Easter Story in several ways. The younger kids had stickers to make scenes of the Resurrection morning. All of the children made photo frames. Each of our children is unique and special.

 Sarah and Evangeline made flower vase picture frames. Friends of Aunty L. sent the kits from America for the children to make.

 Pearly displays her "God made me special" photo frame.

 Jevan is proud of his photo frame.

 Satiya had some help from an American uncle -a friend of Aunty L.'s.

 All Happy needs is a photo!

 Here is another of our new boys.

 Aunty served cookies, cupcakes, juice, and chips to the children.

 The older kids served the younger ones, then finished off the food! Two of my husbands nephews are visiting from the south. They joined the other children at Aunty L.'s party.

 Uncle J. and Uncle C. hid eggs for the kids to find. It is an American Easter tradition.

 Aunty L. hands out Easter gift bags to the kids, as well as the new bucket.

 Sarah and Rani check out their gifts.

 Heading for home

 Aniket finds some of his neighborhood friends. Uncle gave them Tootsie Pops from America.

 Abishek and Anju are happy about the sweets.

 Christy says good-bye to Marley. She will go back to boarding school on Sunday evening.

Gifts and crafts in hand, the children haed back to the home.

 Easter Sunday morning, all of the children except little Diviya who is ill attended the service at Christ Church up on the ridge.

 Deborah is staying with Aunty L. She is volunteering at the home, helping the children with their homework. These girls sang in the choir at the Good Friday service.

 This is the church we attend. My husband is in charge of the English Sunday service.

 "Happy" also sings in the choir. He is one of our new boys.

 The view from the ridge.

The older children sing in the choir on Sundays. Jevan poses for a photo after Good Friday service. The children were invited to another family's home for Easter dinner. We are thankful to God for those who care about our children.
Happy Easter!

Reunion

Christy is currently boarding at Auckland House School in Shimla. She recently came home for her first visit since boarding. Marley was so happy to see her. Pearly went to visit Marley as well. They took care of Marley for two months while his mommy was out of the country.

Christy wasn't the only one happy to see Marley. My sister and I were so glad to have Marley come back to visit with our friend. Pearly is holding Marley.

Marley Goes Home

Marley stayed with us from January to March, as Aunty LS was out of the country. The children love Marley very much. He needed special care because he has a bad back. Christy went to boarding school on 27 Feb. but Pearly and the others took care of Marley. They carefully carried him up and down the stairs, and took care of the wounds on his feet from dragging his legs. Aunty LS was so appreciative of their good care in her absence. 

 Ashish and Emman look on with one of our new boys.

 Back in Mommy's lap. He's happy.

 Emman, Ashish, Aniket, and Satiya help carry all of Marley's things home.

Home at last! Marley unpacks his blankets.
From time to time, Marley will return when Aunty has to travel. Until then, the children like to go to Aunty's to visit. 

Bye mom.....

        Wel come marley........Our new guest
 Kitty (Christy) loves Marley so very much that she canceled  her trip to south. She is very fond of Marley as well as Aunty. So marley is on his holiday trip....
And she waved bye bye to mom and brother Andrew.
Andrew..back to his school after Christmas holidays.





Kitty with Marley

                        I love  this sunshine......

                                   I don't want to be disturbed.....right?

 

Christmas Party at Aunty's

 Christmas Eve, our kids went to Aunty's house for a Happy Birthday Jesus Party.

 Aniket shows the nativity scene he made with stickers as Aunty told the story of Christmas beginning with Creation and the first sin, telling of the need for a Savior.

 All of the kids worked on their sticker sheets.

 Diviya tries to put the star on top of the tree. The star reminds us of the star that shown on top of the birthplace of Jesus.

 My son Andrew is home from school. Abishek is happy to see him.

 Archana is such a great help with the kids!

 Snowball toss.

 Princy tries to see how many balls she can get in.

 Abishek gives it a try.

 Kirty and Archana take a snap.

 Playing Jesus Bingo with symbols of Christmas.

 The guys made Christmas pictures.

 Satiya shows his picture.

 The kids played a pass-the- gift game.

 Showing off their prizes

 Dinner was Chinese- chowmein, fried rice, momos and lots of cakes and cookies.

 Happy Birthday, Jesus!

 Pearly and Rani help out in the kitchen.

 The girls performed for Aunty.

 The boys open their gift bags with Aunty.

 Getting glow-in-the-dark bracelets for the walk home.

 Getting story Bibles

Showing their gift bags. The kids had a wonderful time with Aunty.