Flash back to New Delhi in 1989. A small child from the slums knocks on the door of Dr. Jebasingh, not knowing that God had led her there to be the beginning of something huge. God used that child to awaken a calling within Ananthi. After a year of many children from the slums coming to Dr. Jebasingh desiring to be taught, she began her mission in a small garage. By the next year, 1991, the school had grown to over 600 children and had to be moved into meeting at a toilet complex in the slums. In 1998 God led some unsuspecting American’s into the slums to find the Good Samaritan School working daily to feed, teach and love an astounding number of children, and forever bound their hearts to the work that was being done here. As of the last 4 years, God has blessed the work with an amazing facility (plus another smaller facility in the slums), and already has it busting at the seams with over 2,000 children!
I don’t know that I have ever seen a more incredible and worthwhile ministry. Through Ananthi’s original willingness to answer God’s call, these unbearably poor children are given some medical care, food, a quality english medium education, and above all else, HOPE. They learn science, english, reading, computers, math, social studies, and of course about the ONLY God who could possibly make all of this happen. I encourage anyone who is interested in helping with this school to check out their website below for more information about the school and about sponsoring a child so that even MORE children can experience God’s grace in possibly the most tangible and practical way I have ever seen!
http://www.friendsofthegoodsamaritans.org/sponsor.htm
As an added bonus, I was gifted with the opportunity to teach a class on photography while I was at the school. After one period of teaching, the students actually said they wanted to continue for another period! Maybe I’m not as bad a teacher as I thought 🙂 These very enthusiastic young men in the class below requested a special photo of them to be taken as well. Who am I to deny them that privilege!
