The past two days have been unreal.
One of the big reasons Ericka and I came to India was to get a better understanding of WHERE our kids come from, WHY are they in our homes, and WHAT are we trying to protect them from exactly?
Oh of course we always "knew" the answers right?
The kids come from poverty. They are in the homes because their parents can't care for them. The kids need a place to get an education so they can have a chance to break out of the cycle of poverty.
Sure, those are the quick and easy answers.
But it goes much deeper...
Four kids at our Asha Mission home in Delhi come from one of the nearby leper colonies. A lot of times leper parents send their kids away because there is no future in the colony. All they can hope to become is a beggar. You can forget getting any type of education. Lepers are the lowest of the low. So, OUT OF LOVE these parents turned their kids over to the care of Asha Mission. Now, they see their children maybe once per year.
Well... the other day, we snapped some photos of their adorable kids at our home, got 'em printed off and took them to the parents. As you can imagine, the moms were so excited to get a recent photo of their little men:)
You know, to SAY some of our kids come from leper colonies is one thing, even to SAY their parents are just trying to make a better life for them is another.
But to SEE a leper colony, to SEE people living out their days in a small wooden box, to SEE what exactly it IS the parents are trying to spare their kids from - is an entirely different thing.
One of the big reasons Ericka and I came to India was to get a better understanding of WHERE our kids come from, WHY are they in our homes, and WHAT are we trying to protect them from exactly?
Oh of course we always "knew" the answers right?
The kids come from poverty. They are in the homes because their parents can't care for them. The kids need a place to get an education so they can have a chance to break out of the cycle of poverty.
Sure, those are the quick and easy answers.But it goes much deeper...
Four kids at our Asha Mission home in Delhi come from one of the nearby leper colonies. A lot of times leper parents send their kids away because there is no future in the colony. All they can hope to become is a beggar. You can forget getting any type of education. Lepers are the lowest of the low. So, OUT OF LOVE these parents turned their kids over to the care of Asha Mission. Now, they see their children maybe once per year.
Well... the other day, we snapped some photos of their adorable kids at our home, got 'em printed off and took them to the parents. As you can imagine, the moms were so excited to get a recent photo of their little men:)
You know, to SAY some of our kids come from leper colonies is one thing, even to SAY their parents are just trying to make a better life for them is another.
But to SEE a leper colony, to SEE people living out their days in a small wooden box, to SEE what exactly it IS the parents are trying to spare their kids from - is an entirely different thing.
Tomorrow I'll tell you about our trip down to the Red-Light district here in Delhi. Yet another place our kids come from...
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