Kesinga is a town of 40,000 people in a region that is almost completely Hindu. Sixty-five percent of the people in this town are illiterate. Siani and Suphala wanted something better than Hindu schooling for the children who live in the orphanage and together this young husband and wife team founded New Life Christian School in May 2005. The building they found to rent for the school was on the opposite end of town but it was the best they could do.Six days a week at 6:30 in the morning three teachers lead the children past a Hindu temple, past a local Hindu school, past the cows standing in the road until they reach their own school. There they are joined by 120 children, most of whom have Hindu parents who find that the education offered by the Christian school is so much better than that offered by the government schools in their town. After attendance and a check for lice, the children sit cross-legged on the floor in one of three classrooms, or in the entryway, which is currently functioning as a fourth classroom.
Alongside the children's home is a foundation for a new building. Siani and Suphala dream about building a school so that the children will not have the long trek through the city each day, but up to this point they have only been able to afford the foundation. Hindu parents have begged them to start a larger school so that there is room for more children.
Siani wrote the following:
This year we have all total 165 children in our school, which is 45 more than last year. Only 22 of these children are from Christian families. The others are Hindu. We continue to share the Biblical story and gospel and we believe these children will come to know the Lord one day. Once we build the school we will have more than 600 children and it will be a privilege to teach more children the love of Jesus. We believe God is able to do. Please pray that God will make it possible.
Siani says that $100,000 US would build a lovely, large new school and by charging tuition from the Hindu families that can afford to pay, they can work to make the school self-sustaining and we can start another Christian school in other needy area with that help. Just imagine how it would be if the parents and students in 20 Christian schools in Australia would each work to raise $5,000 for the new school!Please visit us at www.newlifeorissa.org Imagine how it will be when many more children of Hindu parents come to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior!We can reach more people with Gospel of Jesus Christ with your prayerful support. Please do contact us at nlpgforissa@yahoo.com