HOPE Building Project

A home for orphans and widows

HOPE began in 1998 in Devasahayam and Buelah's own home. Improvements and additions were made over the years, and by 2004 they had a 2 story, 2,000 sq. foot building which was eventually home to over 30 children. We knew God was telling us to expand, not only for the relief of congestion, but to enable more ministry to take place, a home for many orphans and widows in the coming years.

After purchasing a small piece of land, in early 2008 we began building a larger orphanage, this one about 6,000 sq. feet. The downstairs is for the HOPE family and a few widows to live, as well as a dining hall, kitchen, office, sickroom and bathrooms. The upstairs is a smaller area designed for 2 guest rooms, 4 school classrooms and bathrooms. The Lord has been gracious to help us finish the ground floor, with the guest rooms near completion (June '09). We hope about $15,000 will complete the school rooms and bathrooms, the HOPE School presently functioning either downstairs in the children's rooms or upstairs in the open air when it's not raining.

As the Lord provides we will continue to expand with various building projects. Once we complete building this orphanage, then we can build a tailoring shop which will provide jobs for growing children and income for the home. A small boys home will be needed within the next couple of years (along with adjoining land), and a small widows home for the more desperate widows is also desired. As the "Father of the fatherless and Judge for the widows" (Ps. 68:5-6) touches your heart, please join with us in prayer and support of these projects. It's not about bricks and stone or trying to impress anyone, but in ministering to as many needy and hurting people as possible. Pray with us about the future vision of a tailoring shop, boys home and widows home, and the completion of this orphanage. "And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed." 2Corinthians 9:8