Our small mountain town is resplendent during the Christmas Season. The street lamps on Mail Street are bedecked with red ribbons and fresh wreaths; all the trees are twinkling with blue lights; store windows are dressed to the hilt with beautiful Christmas scenes. The first weekend of December is always [...]
"The ongoing blockade of Nepal's border with India, which has now stretched for months and created shortages of essential goods like fuel, food and medicines, may soon put millions of infants at risk of disease or even death. UNICEF says that the lack of essential medicines, as well as the [...]
December is a very busy month for the TWAM staff. There are children’s letters to mail, cards to send, sponsor payment books to make and post, as well as lengthy year-end reports for the IRS. At the same time, we are trying to fit our personal Christmas traditions into the [...]
We have 10 sick children at the LOT Home in Relli, India. Nitesh, Jitesh, Anugrah, Alex, Dipesh, Chitesh, Sunil, Saran, Ashish Majhi and Ashish Subba. It's not unusual for children in this region to contract a fever and cough at the change of the season, but even so, the disease [...]
"UNLESS someone like you Cares a Whole awful lot, nothing is going to get Better. It's Not." - Dr Seuss "Living generously is about giving your life to other people so that everything you do - whether it is your work, your charitable giving, or your contribution to your neighborhood [...]
We wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving and Holiday Season! At this time of year there is a practice of remembering why we are thankful. At TWAM, we are deeply grateful for all those who support us. It’s been a rough year for our projects but by God’s grace, the New [...]
Yesterday I took my little granddaughter, Olivia, shopping. She will be 4 ½ in January. She wore her new antlers and wore them proudly. As I pushed her in the grocery cart she shook her head ever so slightly at random people, giving them a jingling hello. I smiled as [...]
Devi reports from Nepal: On Tuesday they had a rumble measuring 4.2 and yesterday at 10 a.m. there was a strong jolt measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale. All students dashed from the classrooms in quick order. No damage to our facility. Lucy reports from Malawi: We are thrilled to [...]
One of the students from St. Devi's Academy, Kamali Soren, wrote a letter to her sponsor in Michigan which included a picture of an angel that she drew. We thought it was very cute so we are sharing it with you!
Biveak is a new student at St. Devi’s Academy. Biveak writes: “My dad was killed by earthquake. We were in church. God saved me. God is great. The church also fell down and my dad is not in this world. My dad was killed on 2072/1/12 (April 25, 2015), in [...]