Trip Cost: $3,400

I have been invited to a place like none other.  A place where I will experience the heartbeat of Christ.  A place called Happy Home for the Handicapped.  A place for the orphan, the disabled, and the discarded children of Shimoga.  A place that I call home. 

Many children born with disabilities such as downs syndrome, cerebral palsy, blindness, are simply cast out from their homes and families from shame, poverty, and a lack of knowledge in how to properly care for and nurture them.  When families are able to keep these children, they are often locked up or tied up for 12 or more hours each day while both parents work to keep them safe and from running away.  These children find the love of Jesus at Happy Home where they are loved, fed, given physical therapy, speech therapy, and the kind of family that sees beyond the broken flesh.  While not all children at Happy Home are handicapped, many others come to receive the same love and care when families are no longer able to provide for them.  

Taking care of the 80-100 children at Happy Home is a 24/7 commitment of love that is run by Roshan, Rose, Irene, and a few aunties.  The work is rich, yet exhausting.  Teams that serve will help to feed them twice a day, encourage them with their chores, help get them ready for school, play sports and games with them, all while giving the family some much needed rest.  Happy Home is housed in a 200 year old structure that is in need of continual upkeep.  During my time I will also help with projects on the facility, help with gardening, and get to enjoy authentic Indian cuisine from the bounty grown on the land.


In a country filled with Hinduism and idolatry, all of the children at Happy Home learn about Jesus and the Scriptures.  They study daily, they pray, they share their stories, and they change you.  

I have been able to witness this all first hand by having the opportunity to spend time in this country in the last year. By your financial donations I have been able to witness EIGHT children in happy home follow Jesus in the waters of baptism. Some of them were terrified of the water because they have encountered water, but they all knew when they were washed clean they were as white as snow. I have been able to pray for lost brothers and sisters in india, and know that God knew exactly where they are. I have seen radical healing in the kids, and witness pure joy while being side by side with them. Absolutely incredible memories that have all been possible by God's voice to lead me to India, and financial supporters, so THANK YOU in advance to your contributions. 

"I will not leave you as orphans, I will come to you" John 14:18

Amen! We have a father who will come to us! How incredible!