God’s timing is always perfect!

God knows exactly what he is doing and His timing is perfect. Even in the midst of challenges, hardships and difficult time’s He is right there working it all out. We just need to have faith and trust

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At the time of writing this article I am currently in India half way through my three months voluntary work at Prema Vasam Orphange in Chennai. It would be so easy to write about the enormous challenges and terrible conditions here and how God’s amazing strength and blessing has saw me and my friend through, and how we grew to absolutely love it here. Or, about the terrible circumstances that these children have come from yet they still have amazing happiness and love.... However, there is something else I feel that God wants me to share; a true God moment (one of many) here in India.  A testimony to not only the Power and Provision of our Wonderful Father but His unfailing love and most importantly His Perfect Timing!

About four weeks into our stay here at Prema Vasam a lady called Stella arrived. After spending a little time with Stella she explained that back in Sheffield she works with the daughter of Jaya a lady who along with Selvyn (the Director of the Orphange) took little Prem (a little boy) off the streets and started Prema Vasam Orphange. She continued to explain that her visit to India was in Kerella (a flight away from here) and she was not planning to visit Prema Vasam during this particular trip. However, the day before Jaya had got in touch and after the phone call a flight was booked and that was how she came to meet us at Prema Vasam.

(Left to Right) Myself, Stella, Anton and Maneesha

After feeding and lifting the children that day Stella called me to the office to meet 'Anto'.  Anto was an Indian man who was born healthy, however tragically when he was younger he was abused and had his eyes taken out and was then used to beg on the streets. Jaya (mentioned previously) had taken Anto off the streets, looked after him and gave him an education. Now many years later he is a teacher in India.  Jaya had arranged for Anto to meet Stella as he desperately wanted advice on how to teach English to the children at his school, however Stella was a charity worker and had no teaching background. But you see God always knew and planned that Stella would 'spontaneously’ visit for only 24 hours at the same time that I was there which meant that I could help him with teaching ideas/advice (I am a qualified Primary School Teacher). In addition I was also blessed to go and visit a school in India, something I would never have been able to do through Prema Vasam.  Furthermore we were able to bless the school with £600 to buy this very deprived school a laptop and projector to help teach the children. The photographs below show us presenting the laptop and projector to the school.

The moment the Laptop and Projector were handed over

God knows exactly what he is doing and His timing is perfect. Even in the midst of challenges, hardships and difficult time’s He is right there working it all out. We just need to have faith and trust; Proverbs 3:5-6 ‘Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight’. Stella was continually amazed at the 'coincidence and timing' as she called it but as we know there are no coincidences with God.

Be blessed everyone.

Author: Joleana O’Neill

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Here are some further pictures from Prema Vasam Orphange in Chennai