Hi bro here is an update on life in the India.
I miss you

Something that will last

Recently I was speaking with a few locals about what I’m doing and the importance of giving these kids consistent love like Jesus. I spoke about how my goal is just to be a pillar of love and support for the kids, In short someone who thinks they are the most special kids in the world and is willing to give up his life to better theirs. After speaking the local seemed totally unmoved and said “that’s great but it’s not sustainable, because after you go no one will ever treat them like that. In fact your showing these girls special love and kindness now but the reality is that when they get older and get married their husband is going to see them as beneath them. If he goes to work and has a bad day he will probably come home and beat her up, and because she is receiving this love she will think she is a princess and not stay with him because she will not be willing to be treated like that. What you’re doing is going to enable these kids to cope with hardship the hardship they will face in this country.

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Hello everyone, the new address was included in the last post but in case you didn’t get to the bottom yet, I posted it below.

Please send all gifts to:

Robin Braat
Hope foundation
New No. 13, Old No.7 , Flat-D, Sharath’s Apts.,
Nehru Nagar 1st Street, 1st floor,
Adyar Chennai – 600 020.

Thanks to all who support our mission and continue their interest in this.

- Johnny

The Shift
Leaving the home in Chennai was a lot harder on the children then I ever expected it to be. I thought the move to a nice new place would be a huge dream-come-true. I mean they have more room to play than they know what to do with. Although the children are happy with the new home a small wave of depression has hit the kids. It seems that even though the Chennai home was very small and unable to provide for the children’s needs correctly, it was a pillar of stability for them. Since the move, a lot of the kids have moved forward where as some have moved backward in their emotional growth. I was surprised to see how insecure the children were about whether or not I was going to be moving with them. No matter how many times I reassured them they would say “ Enna Achilarparakkarm coming? America going? (continue reading…)

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Deodorant
I feel like Vinodini comes up rather frequently in my emails, and how can she not; she is just an amazing little character. She is our second youngest girl and probably the most underdeveloped of all the children. She also happens to be our weakest physically has a series of physical problems but despite of that she is super joyful and silly. Almost daily she will come into my room and start rummaging through my things. Normally this would irritate me but it doesn’t because I don’t like people going through my things but when she finds something she is unfamiliar with and starts using it the wrong way it’s really funny. So the other day (continue reading…)