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January 26, 2015 A very dark cloud hangs over St. Devi’s Academy. Shristri Magar, one of our own precious, young people, die today. Shristri, a pretty young woman of only 15, was an honor student, a kind person, and was loved by her schoolmates & teachers. Her untimely, tragic death has left us bereft and stunned. Tears are running freely on the campus of St. Devi’s. Teachers, students and friends are mourning the devastating loss. “To Yu, OLord, Ilift upmy soul. Omy God, inyou Itrust.” Psalms 25:1

The azure sky and the balmy air enveloped me yesterday as I harvested vegetables from my garden.  My son and daughter were helping too along with my 3 and 5 year old granddaughters.  The girls were darting here and there between huge potato plants, thick rows of beans and towering [...]

Who resides within the safe compounds of St. Devi’s Academy and the LOT Home in India? Leprosy is rarely thought about in the Western World. Yet in many countries with high levels of poverty leprosy is still an active disease. Leprosy has generated fear in societies for thousands of years [...]

Who resides within the safe compounds of St. Devi’s Academy and the LOT Home in India? Within our walls we have little girls who would have been sold into prostitution.  They are children from families so very poor, with circumstances so dire, that parents or relatives either sold their girls [...]

Abishek’s face keeps popping into my mind numerous times a day. While putting dishes in the dishwasher, filing at the office, folding laundry or when I am awake in the middle of the night – his sweet face appears like a photo disrupting my thoughts at that moment. The last [...]

Laxmi, one of the primary caregiver at the LOT Home in Relli, India needs your prayers. Laxmi suffers from diabetes and has been feeling poorly recently. As a key part of the LOT Home, we ask by God’s grace Laxmi’s health improves!!

Last night I talked with some of the older children trying to get them to open up about their lives and experience at the LOT Home.  The children are reticent when speaking to me in English, and furthermore, communicating about feelings is not encouraged in this culture.  Consequently, it is [...]

The air is white with mist like a sheer silk scarf.  A neighboring cow moos quietly, birds chatter in a red poinsettia tree, and a hen with her brood of chicks strolls down the street.  The day is very young; light is just peeking over the ridge and the children [...]