Thottaganga Bhavani

Sharon Tailoring Center Graduate

15/01/2012

Name- Thottaganga Bhavani, Age- 32,

Married to- Thotta Malleshwar Rao- age 48

Children- Nagadurga Rao age 14, studying in 7^th class,

Family Background

Thottaganga Bhavani hails from a non-believer family. She is living a happy family life with her husband. This is her second marriage. She was married to Mr. Rambabu earlier. He was murdered in a property dispute. With she has a boy Nagadurga Rao who is living with her and with step father.

On the other hand her present husband Mr. Thotta Malleshwar Rao was also a widower. His wife died because of cancer. In such typical and different life situation they met each other in the year 2005 and married. He present husband accepted her son and was ready rear him under his fatherly responsibilities.  

Her present husband is suffering with polio. But he is very energetic and never backs from hard word. Eventually he took up a job of school bus driver and is earning good money of it. Along with her husband t Bhavani is also working in paddy field she helps landlord in planting saplings of the paddy. She earns 100 rupees for per day’s job.

As she is from other faith but still she has lots of respect towards Jesus and to all Christian community.

Learning the tailoring Skills

She heard that Share & Serve is offering free tailoring training o the needy people she also approached Ps Spurgeon to join the course. At that time she was under debt of 50, 000 rupees. She and her husband had known no way to pray it off. Her husband also encouraged her to join the tailoring course. Thinking if she learns this skill she can be at home and work. Thus they were excited hearing about such opportunity.

Her Vision and future plan

As all other ladies has a plan to put up a small shop she also has the same desire. She can also earn 150-200 rupees per day. Thinking of that she learned this skill. She also learned about stitching ladies Churidar, sari Border, kids wear, women’s petticoats, blouse and other garments.

She is very much thankful to the Share & Serve charitable Trust for granting her this opportunity to learn the stitching skills.

Please pray, as gospel is shared to them they may believe in Jesus and turn from their ways. In heaven you will never regret that you did it.

Thummalagunta Durga Devi

Tailoring center Graduate

15/01/2012

Name- Thummalagunta Durga Devi, Age- 29, Married to Mr. Srinivas Rao

Children- Two daughters- Names- Mansa Kalyani , age 12 years old, Studying in 6^th Standard in a government school     (2) Hari Priya, Age 10 years old, studying in 4^th Class in a government school.

Life before coming to faith

Thummalagunta Durga Devi Comes from a broken family. Her husband is Lorry Driver. Most of the days, he is away from the family. On another hand he is a heavy drunkard. Whatever money he earns he spends ion drinking and never gives enough money to his wife T Durga to meet the family expenses. Somehow she was meeting the needs of the family.

Her husband once came to the faith as he was healed from the sickness. Once her husband severely fall ill. They went to different doctors and visited different hospitals for the treatment but there was no healing coming to his way. His both the Kidneys were weak because of the heavy drinking.

Conversion Experience

In their difficult situation his wife found shelter in Church. She shared the situation of her husband and family situation to pastor Spurgeon. He started visiting their family and began to share the word of God to them. Meanwhile her husband was hospitalized and admitted into ICU. Ps Spurgeon regularly visited him in the hospital and kept praying for him. Back in the church also all the believers were praying for him and all the Sunday school kids were also praying for him for his faster healing.

Thanks are to the Lord who always performs miracles. Amazingly her husband got complete healing. He got discharged from hospital and came to the family and for few months kept coming to the church. His spend around 60,000/- rupees on his treatment.  She borrowed this money from one the known person. She was able to pay 40,000/- rupees back to the person. Still she is in debt of 20,000/- rupees. As a family they became the true followers Christ.

After coming to faith

After coming to the faith, for few months her husband kept coming to the church. As he got complete healing he again began to go for the Lorry driving. Again, most of the days of a month, he will be away from the family. Again he fell into heavy drinking habits. The family lost the peace and joy. Now he developed some psychological problems and bothers the family a lot. His wife and two daughters are praying earnestly for him that he may come back to Christ and live a life of devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Learning the tailoring Skills

 Thus living a peace less life without having money, depending much on the husband, she was in a difficult situation. In such a phase of the life S&S launched the free tailoring tuition center. Joined this Sharon tailoring center in Gunadala, Vijayawada. This 6 months course has become a boon for her, as she learned to stitch children’s cloths, blouse, baby frocks, woman’s petticoats, and cloths for small kids and all the modern dresses. Along with that she learned some handicraft works such as ladies mini vanity bags, decorative stars etc.

Her Vision and future plan

As she received her graduation and a free sewing machine she is very much optimistic about the future. She says with this sewing machine she can put up a small tailoring shop. Once the customers start to come in to the shop she can easily earn 150/- rupees per day. Once her get settles she will move to the city and start the shop there and she can earn more money. This tailoring skill is making her self-supportive and independent. The money which she will earn she can easily take care of the children and their studies and meet other expenses of the family.

She is very much thankful to the Share and Serve Charitable Trust Vijayawada for imparting the sewing skills, empowering her and giving her an independent personality in the society. Thank to the Lord and thanks to the share & Serve charitable Trust India.

Keep praying for Thummalagunta Durga dev, for he husband, for her family, her children and her shop. In heaven, you will never regret that you did it.

Gunupudi Malleshwari

Sharon Tailoring Center Graduate

15/01/2012

Name- Gunupudi Malleshwari, Age- 17, She is SINGLE

Father- Mr. Sanjay Rao (age-45), Mother- Venkateshwaramma (age-35)

Siblings- Two sisters (1.) Anjali, Age 18 years old, she is married and well settled with her husband. (2.) Kavita (age 12years old),

Life before coming to faith

Before coming to the faith her life and family situation was a hell. Her father was a drunkard and also possessed with the evil spirit. Her father is a lorry driver. Though he earns good salary but he never gave any single rupees to the family. In such situation her mother was forced to move out of the family and work as a daily wager. She joined a job in a steel factory and she earns a nominal wage of 100/- rupees per day. Sickness and bad habits of the father and surviving on a some of rupees became very hard for the family. Her mother was alone bearing the expenses of the family.

Conversion Experience

In such situation il fated Malleshwari’s mother came to the church and shared her worries and problems to Ps Spurgeon. One day her husband also came to the church and the whole church prayed for him and amazingly god delivered him the evil spirit and he became a free man.

After coming to faith

Now the entire family was happy and things began to change in the family. But their happiness did not remain for long days. Her father again began to go for driving and again he fall in to wrong friendship and started taking alcohol and became a hardcore drunkard. Again the family situation became worse. But her mother didn’t lose heart and with her daughters kept coming to the church and kept praying to the Lord her husband may come back to Him.

Meanwhile Share and Serve in partnership with FTBK started a free tuition center in Prasadamppadu village at pastor Spurgeon’s church. They were looking for a teacher and by the grace of God Malleshwari were chosen as a teacher for the tuition center. That was turning point for their life. Again things began to change they became more independent and self reliable.

Learning the tailoring Skills

Through the course of life she got a chance to join Sharon tailoring center in Gunadala, Vijayawada. She regularly began to go to the tailoring center ands it was boon for her. There at the tailoring center she learn stitching Churidar, blouse, women’s Petticoats, kid wear and all the modern designs along with some craft works as fancy decorative stars, women’s vanity bag, purse etc.

Her Vision and future plan

As other ladies showed their desire to put up a small tailoring shop in her home. She is very optimistic of getting good customers and earning good money out of it. According her, if she wouldn’t have this opportunity of learning stitching she would have joined with her mother in working in the steel factory, working as a daily wager.

She is very much thankful to the share and Serve for giving her this opportunity to learn and become self dependent and making her able to support her family financially.

Keep praying for her father’s conversion that God may transform his life and they may start living a happy life, in heaven you will never regret that you did it.