Missionaries cashing on Tsunami tragedy
Soon, they had formed Global Harvest Outreach, an interdenominational Christian missionary organization.Their goal: to build an orphanage for 80 children. But when they arrived, they found what White calls a "miracle".Following a "calling", she went to India-and found a life's work
Ray Clark
Jennifer White lives in Gray, but her heart and mind are often in southern India, in the Nilgiris Mountains of Tamil Nadu.
For in that tsunami-ravaged area, in a village called Coonoor, White found the cause that now dominates her life: dozens of orphaned children.
She first heard about the orphan problem in India through fellow members of her church. The more she learned about the abandoned and forgotten children, the more she knew she had to go there.
So she and a friend, Dianne Reynolds, packed for a trip to India. They packed no clothes, no toothbrush, no personal items. Instead, they filled their luggage with school supplies, health care items and other things they thought the children might need. (They bought clothes when they got to India.)
"We think everybody in the world lives the way we do," White says, "but that isn't the way it is. There are families in that part of the world living in abandoned boats that washed up on the beach when the tsunami hit. They can't fish, because the government prohibits it. They have no money. Most in the village live in poverty. In spite of it all, they live peaceably and are caring to those around them."
Soon, they had formed Global Harvest Outreach, an interdenominational Christian missionary organization. Their goal: to build an orphanage for 80 children. But when they arrived, they found what White calls a "miracle".
A doctor in the village had built a hospital. But it never opened: local economics prevented that. "It's perfect for an orphanage," White says. "It's as if it was waiting for us."
Now Global Harvest Outreach is working to raise $100,000 to acquire and equip the orphanage. White says they've already raised about $25,000.
If you'd like to help, send your contribution to Global Harvest Outreach, 120 Tandberg Trail, Windham, ME 04062, or call White at 712-7371. You can find out more about Global Harvest Outreach at its website, www.globalharvestoutreach.com.
Ray Clark
Jennifer White lives in Gray, but her heart and mind are often in southern India, in the Nilgiris Mountains of Tamil Nadu.
For in that tsunami-ravaged area, in a village called Coonoor, White found the cause that now dominates her life: dozens of orphaned children.
She first heard about the orphan problem in India through fellow members of her church. The more she learned about the abandoned and forgotten children, the more she knew she had to go there.
So she and a friend, Dianne Reynolds, packed for a trip to India. They packed no clothes, no toothbrush, no personal items. Instead, they filled their luggage with school supplies, health care items and other things they thought the children might need. (They bought clothes when they got to India.)
"We think everybody in the world lives the way we do," White says, "but that isn't the way it is. There are families in that part of the world living in abandoned boats that washed up on the beach when the tsunami hit. They can't fish, because the government prohibits it. They have no money. Most in the village live in poverty. In spite of it all, they live peaceably and are caring to those around them."
Soon, they had formed Global Harvest Outreach, an interdenominational Christian missionary organization. Their goal: to build an orphanage for 80 children. But when they arrived, they found what White calls a "miracle".
A doctor in the village had built a hospital. But it never opened: local economics prevented that. "It's perfect for an orphanage," White says. "It's as if it was waiting for us."
Now Global Harvest Outreach is working to raise $100,000 to acquire and equip the orphanage. White says they've already raised about $25,000.
If you'd like to help, send your contribution to Global Harvest Outreach, 120 Tandberg Trail, Windham, ME 04062, or call White at 712-7371. You can find out more about Global Harvest Outreach at its website, www.globalharvestoutreach.com.
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