A new home, a new day

Satish, his mother and the two other children went to their new home yesterday.

We had heard that the keys to the shack were with Mrs. Langru's sister. Turns out that it wasn't true. Rahul and Akshaydeep had helped Mrs. Langru sift through the debris of her home and pick out some things from the collapsed lean-to she lived in on the pavement. They then took her and the belongings to the new place.

The rain poured. Poured. Kalwa is pretty low-lying. A large river suddenly appeared where the road should be. No rickshaws willing to go there. Both young men soaked. They eventually got back at 5 PM.

In the meantime - they went with the Mrs. Langru's sister to find a new home. The man who said he would rent out turned out to be a drunkard. Amazingly they managed to find one within walking distance of Mrs. Langru's sister.

The little family left for their new home at 6 PM. Today they set up in the new place - which Mrs. Langru's sister is supporting. The staff met the family at home - and were pleased to see that Mrs. Langru had worked at cleaning up the place.

Satish is still sick and needs daily - hourly care. At the centre he always wanted to eat - showing his severe malnourishment slowly ebbing away. Remarkably, we found one of our trained volunteer from a local church who said she would go every day to meet the family and help out. Every day.

God doesn't do things halfway. We really need to keep trusting Him.