Let the Freedom Reign!

Daya was spotted on the streets,

cradled in the arms of her grandmother

while a suspicious onlooker (a Cook to be specific)

gazed on.

So you see,

Daya had come from a broken home. Her father had

started to beat her mother very, very, badly,

and neither one of her parents "had any love

for Daya."

Soon,

her father

ditched the family

and married someone else.

Her grandmother chose

to take Daya under her wing,

and from then on out they had started begging 

as a means of survival.

When a Gospel for Asia supported Cook noticed

the lady holding Daya in her arms he wondered

if this was another common case of a beggar

taking advantage of a young child in order

to 

draw passerby's pity and make more money

when it wasn't even a child related to them in any way.

Yet much to his surprise

after asking and waiting for a reply to his question...

the woman

broke down

and 

began

to 

weep.

The cook was moved at this surprising

scene and decided to invite Daya to become

a part of the Bridge of Hope family.

So she joined the Bridge of Hope centre which

was sandwiched between a railway station

on one side,

and

a 

slum

on 

the other.

Daya stood out at the school

due to poor hygiene habits.

She knew little about the art

of cleanliness after spending many

years of life in

a

slum.

Parents of other children at the school

became quite concerned and feared for their

own children's wellbeing in Daya's presence.

If Daya were to be cast out from the centre; many dangers would await her there.

(Prostitution, child labour, and street begging to name a few.)

   Yet because the Bridge of Hope staff

knew that God had brought Daya to them,

they got to work and gave her a scrub down

plus new threads. 

The crew also started teaching Daya (and other students) practical hygiene tips and tricks.

Today,

Daya has been enrolled at the Bridge of Hope center

for more than 6 years.  She wears beautiful dresses

that have been given to her & dreams of becoming a teacher.


Daya is no longer out on the streets. She is not begging her way to her next breath,
or selling her body. Nor is she in bondage to bonded labour.

Through the kindness Daya's grandmother as seen given to her granddaughter,

she too has experienced great life change as she too now lives in the beautiful love of our God.

side note: Did you know that more than 60,000 children such as Daya,

are finding hope in in Jesus through Bridge of Hope centers...yet there

are still MILLIONS out on the street who live in the despair that comes from not knowing the truth of the Gospel? And from having a pretty rough life style?

You can play a role in reaching out in love to these children through sponsorship.

http://www.gfa.org/sponsorachild/

Thank-you for taking the time to read this article.

May you have a blessed, beautiful, life changing 

& soul saving sort of day.

-Jenna-out