Help Bring LIGHT to Dark Places
Monthly Donations help us plan and respond to needs.
Monthly Donations help us plan and respond to needs.
Together Let's Help People Find LIGHT!
There are exciting developments in South Asia! Gatherings are growing, young leaders are being successfully discipled, and most heartening of all, Father's Word is reaching children and people afflicted with leprosy. Through our collaboration with Our Friends in South Asia, we are witnessing an increasing number of individuals coming to know Father and His LIGHT.
But our journey is far from over. We are just beginning, and we need your help to continue this vital mission
Teaching TRUTH
In 2023, over 110 leaders from two different states attended our training sessions. Each year, we find it more and more difficult to find a location for the teaching. To ensure safety, we limit participants to 60-100 per session. Many leaders face severe persecution, including accusations of forceful conversions, destruction of property, beatings, and imprisonment. Keeping the training groups small helps protect them. But soon, we will need to find a permanent solution for a place to hold these meetings.
Now, your donation helps us teach men and women the Truth by providing Father’s WORD during our 3-day training sessions held twice a year. These leaders, unable to access formal education or online resources, return to their villages equipped to teach others. This grassroots effort is multiplying home gatherings, with many attracting up to 100 people daily. Your support helps them spread the LIGHT.
During our twice-yearly trips to South Asia, we provide comprehensive support for the training sessions. We cover transportation and housing costs, offer three meals daily, and provide each participant with new clothing (inexpensive, modest, and some gently used). These often become the best clothes they own. We also distribute essential items like notebooks, toiletries, and socks. For those without a Good Book, we provide one in their language, if possible. Each 3-day training session costs about $100 per person.
Food is a LIFELINE for People with Leprosy
Our work in the leper colony is bearing fruit. After ten years, 18 individuals have come to Believe in LIGHT! Our Friends have started a Gathering, meeting twice a month to teach Father’s Word and provide a lifeline through weekly meals.
The conditions in the leper colony are dire. The people live marginalized lives, often begging daily for food. They face rejection, insults, and even violence. Your donation helps us provide clean, nutritious meals to over 750 people in the colony. $750 covers a meal for all 750 individuals. This weekly meal is a lifeline, offering both sustenance and dignity.
Our Friends describe the gatherings as transformative. Despite the challenges—overcrowded rooms, unbearable smells due to untreated sores and gangrene, and the general hardships of leprosy—the lepers are deeply thankful for the food and the hope it brings. Our Friend reminds us, "This food is a lifeline to them."
Please, help us continue to be Father’s hands and feet. We currently provide one meal a week to 750 people in the leper colony. Your support can help maintain and expand this critical service.
EDUCATION IN A SCHOOL BUILDING for the Leper’s Children
We have over 30 children enrolled in the leper school for the upcoming year, with 30 more waiting to attend. These children, learning to read and write in Hindi and English, hear the GOOD NEWS daily. Education offers them a chance to rise above their circumstances.
In 2022, a dilapidated building was given to house the school. Located on the edge of the leper colony, it is rent-free but was in dire need of repairs. Thanks to two grants in 2023, we’ve renovated the building, providing desks, chairs, and playground equipment. This building offers a safe haven where the children can learn without facing insults or physical danger from outsiders who do not believe they deserve an education.
However, we need a third teacher to handle the growing number of students. The salary is $350 a month. Can you help provide this essential support? Education is a powerful tool that will give these children the opportunity for a better future, outside the confines of the colony.
Other GOOD THINGS Happening
Every day, Our Friends travel to Sambhar Lake and oversee their private school with over 250 children. These students are required to take a course called Moral Science, which includes teachings from the Good Book. Several teachers have come to LIGHT through this course. However, the school needs a new building as the current rented space is no longer viable. Generous donors have enabled us to start construction on new land, but we need additional funds to complete it.
Our Friends are also busy traveling from village to village, meeting new leaders, conducting weekly Zoom studies, and providing for those in need. Extra donations help them assist those who show up on their doorstep or whom they encounter daily on the streets.
How You Can Help
There are so many needs. Can you please commit to a monthly donation? We need 16 people to commit to $100 a month. Monthly donations help maintain consistent funding for this mission. Choose your donation amount and apply it to a designated need or give it to the general fund. 100% of your donation goes directly to the cause. Alternatively, you can send a check to 221 Ministries, 733 W 2nd Ave., Corsicana, TX 75110.
Help Spread the Word
Due to visa investigations, we cannot post about our work on social media. Please help by sharing this ministry with others or inviting us to speak at your gathering or organization.
We hope you will join us in making a difference for those in need. As the Son said, “they are the least of these.” Thank you for helping us bring the LIGHT in dark places.