Continue to Pray to Our Faithful GOD
July 31, 2025 Update
Dear RHM Friends,
Greetings in the Name of our Precious Lord JESUS.
"A Father of the fatherless and a Judge for the widows, is God in His holy habitation. God  makes a home for the lonely..." Psalms 68:5-6
I'm in a race to get this month's update to you, needing to leave soon for Vacation Bible School in my church in Shawnee, Oklahoma. So not a lot to share with you at this time. Check in with our blog (link above), where we try to give info, photos and updates about the ministry at least 15 times a month.
Some quick items:
A continued THANKS to all of you who support and pray for this precious ministry. You are so much appreciated!
Please continue to pray for us as we make decisions in regard to downsizing the ministry, if necessary.
Another prayer request. We're currently communicating with another organization about helping us or joining with us to do ministry in India. I honestly don't know what will become of this, but myself and others are praying and trusting the Lord. Pray with us!
Please see and read the photos & captions below. These captions always give you things that you can pray for, as well as rejoice with us for what the Lord is doing in the lives of our precious Indian friends. Please pass on the info as the Lord might lead you.
Thank you ALWAYS for your love, prayers and support! Bless you.
Brother Dan
"So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith." Galatians 6:10
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ABOVE: Brother Raju sharing with a group of people in the town of Ponnur. We only help 2 of the youth here with their education, and have helped their family with financial needs, but there's about 4 families represented here who are faithful to have a meeting (usually prayer, singing, and a message) with Raju whenever he comes. |
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ABOVE: Brother Prasanth (a pastor who helps us in ministry) sharing the Word at our weekly meeting every Sunday afternoon. There's an average of about 40 youth & children, and close to that many adults who come weekly. They attend their own churches in the morning, then come to this meeting after lunch.
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ABOVE: Sister Lakshmamma, one of our sweet widows with a real helping nature, after falling and breaking her hip. Please pray for her. |
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ABOVE: Samadhanamma, a married woman, but in a poor village and not able to purchase her diabetic medications. We have been supplying that for at least 2 or 3 years, but are having to reduce the amount. Please pray.
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ABOVE: Brother Marthababu (one of our fulltime children's workers) sharing in a small village. It's actually in a town, their huts on the roadside. At least once a week he and his wife try to visit those who are willing to come to this little meeting.
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ABOVE: Precious little ones in the same little village as the previous photo. Although the people are poor, and the fathers generally are drunkards who don't provide properly for their families, still they regularly have new children being born or coming into the village (perhaps relatives).
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ABOVE: Raju sharing with 2 mothers, both having one son living with them. Pray for Arun (boy on the right), who has been suffering with an earache. And pray for the other boy, Johnbasha, and his mother. The mother has some mental issues (or demonic) at times, and recently became angry and sent her son back to his father (a Muslim). We've been ministering to this family for years, and are praying for some miracles so that we don't lose them to the enemy.
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ABOVE: Marthababu goes to a church about once a week and shares with many of the children who live in the nearby area. For some children, this is about all they will hear about JESUS, being part of Hindu or Muslim families. |
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ABOVE: This is in Martha and Mary's home, they being the 2 girls on the far left and right, twins. Two other girls we minister to regularly, Sirisha and Prasanna, are also here. Chandrika, the girl with the little boy in her lap, is Martha & Mary's sister-in-law. Raju regularly ministers to these families, and had just given them a list of 40 Scriptures that he is encouraging them to memorize. |
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ABOVE: Sai Bhavya (14) is showing her new school books and school bag. She's in 9th grade. |
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ABOVE: Meramma (married) and Ratna Kumari (a widow) writing in literacy class being conducted by Sister Jhansi. Though we may need to make reductions in the support of the widows and elderly, most of them we are not removing from our list, and we definitely plan to keep Jhansi. Waiting on the Lord. Jhansi is a real blessing, going to minister to our elderly regularly. She used to be a nurse, which is also very helpful as she ministers to them. |
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ABOVE: Sathyavathi, one of our widows, here with some rice we were distributing monthly. We have stopped that distribution for now. |
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ABOVE: The small girl with the birthday present is Kavya, who turned 9 on July 4th. She was so happy when Raju and his wife Pavani (left), along with Marthababu and his wife Pavani (right) brought other children to her and her mother's home to celebrate her birthday. |
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ABOVE: Brother Bhaskara Rao (on back row toward the left) is a children's minister who has worked with us for years, now doing Sunday School ministry for us in 5 different villages. The older woman in the photo is leading the congregation in this church building, and is one of our widows. |
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ABOVE: This also is one of the villages where Bhaskara Rao does Sunday School classes. Brother Peter (middle on the back row) is the pastor in this village. The children are part of the SS class, and most of the adults are parents or grandparents of the children. |
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ABOVE: These are the 5 girls staying in a rented girls home with our Sister Mary. Because of her recent bout with TB, she is weak, and we have one of our widows and a handicapped woman helping her with cleaning, etc. The girls from left are Yasaswi (12), Bindu (about to turn 14), Divya (12), Soniya (15), and Venkata Lakshmi (11). Please pray for them. |
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"Whatever you do, do all things to the glory of GOD." 1 Corinthians 10:31 |
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