During the summer school holiday, children participate in two weeks of Vacation Bible School on the Mukti Church grounds. Last year’s theme was, “It’s Your Choice….” Each year, the VBS TEAM, comprised of teachers, volunteers, and a worship team, leads the children through action songs, Bible stories, and other inspiring stories. Tasty snacks during break times add to the children’s […]
Vacuna* thinks she heard His voice. Of course, she listens to His voice all the time through God’s Word, but she feels she heard His still, small voice, too. When she was just a young girl seated on the floor of Junior Church on one particular Sunday years ago, she heard God say, “Listen to Me.” She knew she needed […]
“Please Mr. Postman, look and see; is there a letter in your bag for me?” These lyrics from an old song remind us of the joy and excitement when a letter is received in the mail (remember mail?). It’s such a good feeling to know someone thought of us and sent a note of greetings. This feeling is experienced at […]
Quietly, with bowed heads, two young ladies approach. Looking at the two forces a double-take. Who is who? There’s no denying it: Devani* and Dharani* are twins! While they’re both quiet around older people, their housemother declares they talk incessantly in their Flower Family home with their sisters. Devani, the older twin by a few minutes, enjoys her studies in […]
“No! This can’t be happening!” Janna* shuddered. Abandonment engulfed her. Much of her married life had been a nightmare. She had to walk on eggshells around her alcoholic husband, always fearing when his next beating would come. But harder than the abuse she suffered was the dizzying reality that she had been deserted; her husband had abandoned her and her […]
I longed to know my roots. Being an orphan and growing up in a children’s home I longed to know where I had been born. I wanted to find my biological parents. I also did not know how I came to Mukti Mission. I was only told that I had a brother, my only relative. He lived in another orphanage […]
“Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind.”-Psalm 107: 21 She stood at the front gate of Mukti Mission, pregnant and forsaken. With no place to call home, no family to take her in, and an overwhelming sense of abandonment and hopelessness. Mukti was her salvation. The last resort. A place […]
Mukti means Salvation Oh! What a beautiful sunrise. Aren’t we all going to worship the sun god? Exclaimed Swati*. Having come from a very staunch family background, Swati was fully aware of the idolatry that was so rampant in her home and neighborhood. Swati was 9 years old when she came to Mukti Mission and these practices were fresh on her mind. She did […]
Steam seemed to rise to the sky from the ground, returning from the sky only to stick to me like an unwanted blanket. Summer afternoon heat in south-central India can be brutal.
At the age of four, Pushpa* witnessed her father’s death and then watched throughout her childhood as her mother, dying of AIDS, grew sicker and weaker.
With my arm lightly draped across Jarita’s* shoulders, I sat next to the sobbing three-year-old (who had positioned herself in the corner of the room) as tears pooled in my own eyes as well.
The girls were about to go on the much-awaited trip. During the summer holidays, many of the resident girls return to their families. However, for some girls, Mukti is their only home.
Succumbing to family pressure and her dreams, she had backed out of a vow made to the Lord and things went downhill from there. When her hopes for studying further fell flat and she was driven almost to suicide, she was reminded that the way out was by clinging to God’s Word.