Source: Charisma Magazine, March 5, 2015
For two baby girls in India, life almost ended in a public trash bin. That’s where their parents dumped them right after they were born. Noor and Parveen are girls—and in India, almost no one wants a girl. Girls are useless, not worthy of being educated, and on top of every other encumbrance, parents have to pay huge dowries when they marry. No wonder the greeting given to an Indian bride on her wedding day is, “May you be the mother of a hundred sons.”
Thankfully when Noor and Parveen’s parents dumped them in a public trash bin, Raja Kumar Undurthi, pastor of Mission Mobilization Church, heard their cries and rescued them. He brought them to Mordecai House, a Christian shelter where 33 girls now live. Every single one of the girls was abandoned by her parents, but here they receive healing from their past, education for their future, and encouragement to transform nations.
» Read full story, which profiles a ministry that rescues and empowers abused women. So far The Mordecai Project has initiated projects in Guatemala, Peru, Colombia, and India, with plans to expand.
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