God Uses Sewing Machines to Redeem Loss, Illness, and Hopelessness

Names have been changed to protect the identity of those featured.

Anxiety chilled S’s heart. About one year after cancer took her husband, S noticed the same symptoms he had experienced severe headaches and blurred vision. S already struggles to provide for herself and her two daughters. What would happen to her girls if she had brain cancer?

FEAR OVERSHADOWED BY FAITH

S prayed fervently to her deities, but she knew there was no cure, she was too scared to go to the doctor, and she hid her pain from her daughters for a month. When she finally told them, her daughters were scared, but P, the old daughter, had an idea. There was a church in the village. “people go for prayers there,” P said.

Desperate for healing, S and her daughters visited the church. Deepam Ministries Pastor Timothy and his wife, warmly welcome the family. When S shared her concerning health symptoms, the entire church prayed earnestly for God’s healing. S trusted Jesus to heal her, and He didn’t disappoint. S sensed her pain shrinking, after two months, the Lord had completely healed her!

With strengthened faith, S and her daughters chose to follow Christ. Life, however, was still difficult. S’s job at the stone braking factory provided for the family’s basic needs, but P also went to the same stone mines in order to reduce their financial burden and take care of the home. Would they ever have a life beyond poverty?

AN OPPORTUNITY AND A GIFT

One day, Pastor Timothy wife, who was an accomplished seamstress, offered to teach P to sew. Motivated to seize the opportunity, P diligently learned from Pastor Timothy wife each day. Her skills grew, and so did her chance to help her family financially!

One obstacle remained, however, P didn’t own a sewing machine, and she couldn’t afford to buy one. Knowing the family’s challenges and the young woman’s diligence, Deepam ministries planned an event to help widows in the area, including S. S received their first sewing machine, S’s face beamed as she brought the sewing machine home, knowing the potential this tool had to change her family’s situation.

P began to sew clothes for the family, reducing their expenses. As she grew in her skills, she planned to one day sew clothes for others, too, so she could earn income.

Now, as S watches her daughter stitch away on the sewing machine, she knows it’s a gift from the same God who healed her and who wants to give her and her daughters hope and a future.

Kindly pray for S and her daughters, safety, and productions

Kindly pray for they can fully give their life to Christ and take Baptism

Kindly pray for Pastor Timothy and his family, His son needs medicine, which is cost few hundred $.