We made it here to MUMBAI!!!! What a different part of the world.... i have never seen this many people in my life, the city is constantly busy of traffic, people and animals... the horns never stop honking, the smells are the worst i have ever smelt, and the tastes are always spicy.. and the LORD is doing AMAZING things!! We have been able to experience the lives of those living in slums, living on the street and rescued from brothels.. When we were at the half-way home i met a girl who was 16 years old, she for the first time shared her full story with Jennifer( a girl on my team) and I.. Over 45min or so she shared a story and in brief this is what it was..


her father died of cancer and she was given to her uncle she had been given drugs by him and then raped on a regular basis by him and his friends, she then showed us scars marking her body from brands that he would do to force her to take the drugs and often beat her as well, one time she spend more then 2 months in the hospital due to injury and sickness, she ran away many times only to be tracked down by police of her uncles who supported what he was doing, sending her back to his home every time where she was beaten and raped even more out of his anger... this last september she ran away to a hostel and was sent to the half way home with Oasis( the organization we are working with) on May 4th... she was trapped in this for 4 years now, and is for the first time feeling safe, although she said many times she is scared her uncle will find her ... "he always does" she says she wants to be a doctor someday, her english was outstanding! and her relational skills blew me away, for 16 years old she is very mature and has a servants heart as all she wanted to do was help us and the other girls in the home... not only did she touch my life but in the end she said with the most sincerity " Its like.. a weight, a weight has been lifted right off of me"..Praise God!! I am so excited to visit her again next week and all of the other girls at the home.. Please Pray as we step into the lives of these girls that the Love of Christ would touch their lives so the would be healed and restored... She was an inspiration.

From Mumbai India :)