This is one of my favorite pictures of the children from this project. The reasons that this project is so important is 1) Compassion wouldn't run this project because it is too far out of the city for them. 2) This is a highly resistant area to the message of the Gospel. The local villagers gave the church and child development project a lot of opposition when it was launched. The first two sets of Indian missionaries were run off. One night the villagers cut a whole in their roof and dropped a live cobra into the room. Thanks to God's provision, this did not turn deadly. Many of the villagers no longer oppose the project but embrace it and the impact it is making. Some of the local leaders set out to shut it down due its Christian message. The Hindu teachers protested that these children are the best behaved and highest performing children in the entire school (there are 50 sponsored children). In addition, the church is growing and was almost filled for the meetings we had with the parents and children.
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