EMPOWER4LIFE SEWING CENTER KODADA: GRADUATION REPORT

 It was so amazing to see 6 sewing machines neatly lined on the podium and 6 young ladies waiting to receive those machines and the certificates for the course they have gone through for last 9 months.

8^th of October was the most important day in their lives. They underwent a stitching training for 9 months. Every day they go the center and there they learned all the traditional and modern stitching styles.

At the Empower4Life sewing center in the Kodada village, they begin their day with prayer, bible devotion and encouraging and praying for each other. Then their teacher sister Prasanna Kumari helped them to understand all the stitching utensils and importance of each instruments related to the stitching art. First of all she taught them on some rouged cloths and news paper.

Once they got their hand perfect on this rouged clothes and news papers, they are given with the row materials to stitch. By the 9^th month they get perfect in their stitching arts and they qualify for the graduation.

Thus on 8^th October 2012, 6 ladies qualified for their graduation. Cheryl and Ron from Vast Interiors Australia were also present on this auspicious occasion. In their presence, it was so wonderful to see 6 young ladies one by one coming on the podium and receive their certificates and a free sewing machine.

According to them, “We can now start our own business; this machine is a boon to us. We can work and earn money and improve our financial situations.”

Dear once every single financial helps you do and every prayers you make towards the development of these marginalised ladies, is and will be a great investment into their live in upholding and sustaining them to live better and dream for a better tomorrow.

Stay Blessed

NEW SEWING CENTER INAUGURATION

Kodad Village

Growth is always from the Lord. According to Bible, ‘there will be someone to plant the seeds, somebody will put fertilizers, somebody will put water and all together it is for the growth of the plant’.

Empower4Life Inc in partnership with Share and Serve Ministries in India is growing rapidly. It is making positive, life sustaining and transforming effects into the lives of many individuals and communities. There were many friends and well wishers who came forward and helped it to grow.

In the same chain, we are so grateful to the Cheryl and Ron from the 'Vast Interiors' Australia for joining such a life enhancing and sustaining programmes in India. On their visit to India in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, very gladly we could inaugurate the tailoring center in Kodada village.

The name of the tailoring center is 'Cherradan Sewing Center', for last two years this tailoring center was known as 'Sharon Sewing Center'.

On 8^th of the October 2012, we enrolled 6 new ladies to the 'Cherradan Sewing Center'. They will be learning the skill for 9 months at Kodada center.

Shobhanapuram Village

Along with the inauguration of Kodada 'Cherradan Sewing Center', Cheryl and Ron has inaugurated the new tailoring center at Shobhanapuram village on 7^th October 2012.

5 poor ladies have been enrolled for the batch of 2012-13. These ladies are from very poor background. They hope to learn these stitching skills and earn by themselves in the days to come. The only reason they want to join this center is to learn the skill and at the end they want to put up a shop and help their family financially.

They hope their dreams will come true through this center, their family life will change, and financial situation will be changed.

Please pray for both of these sewing centers. In the near future may the Lord bless these centers in enhancing, educating and transforming lives for the purpose of the kingdom of God.

Worship Hall Inauguration

God does not dwell in the man made houses, but he is closer to those who are broken hearted and of contrite spirit. He is with the lowly and humble in heart. But human needs a place for worship. The believers of interior villages of Andhra pradesh, India has the maximum need for a church building. 

On September 24th, 2012, the team from Vijayawada and the team from Australia, led by Ps Peter had inaugurated worship halls in two villages called Koduru and A Konduru. ‘A Konduru’ village is highly inhabited by the people of Banjara tribes. They were in ‘must need’ of such a shelter. Earlier it was very difficult for them to gather together in rainy season and in summer. It was the same situation in Koduru village but now having their own worship is a great blessing to them. 

Both Benjamine and Vijayarao and their churches expressed their heart felt thanks to the  CLC Numbucca Valley and Stuart Point church for their kind contributions and generous giving towards the completion of these construction projects. You can also participate in such life enhancing  and construction projects.

Your Every Little giving is a great investment in to the Kingdom of God and you will never regret that you did it.

Old Age Care Center: Update Report

Pagidi Kathula Vellama is 75 years old. 10 years before her husband died. She has 2 sons, but one eloped 7 years back nobody knows anything about him. Few years before her second son died and his wife and 3 kids were left alone. Vellama was facing lots of difficulties to look after her and the 3 kids. So she has also become part of our Old Age Care Center. Being at the center she has developed some problems in her kidney. As she was taken to the hospital doctors said that her left kidney is damaged. She should start her medicines and has to undergo a surgery. Along with the ailing kidney she is having knee pain which is the sign of arthritis. In such conditions she needs a regular doctoral assistance and medicines. For her treatment and medicines, she is in need of 4000/- rupees.Please continue to pray for Vellama that God may heal her and she is restored to the good health. Pray that her Kidney may work well it may cause no other problem to her body. Not only Vellama but all the other old ladies of the care center need a special medical attention and treatment. All of them are suffering with arthritis. It is causing pain in their knees and other joint pains.
Prayers of saints worth lot for his people. Your prayers and help will support and enhance lives of these old  widows on  this earth to live better, think better and hope for best to come even in their old age.

Sewing Center: Update Report

After Joining the Empower 4Life Inc tailoring center in Kodad Village, Mnikyama is happy. She learned all the stitching here. If she hadn't come here she would have continued as a daily wagers for some of 100/- rupees per day. After learning the stitching she is working on her machine at home. Daily she earns 100 rupees. Seeing her plight E4L Inc decided to help her in providing a overlock machine and put up a small business. 

The great efforts and financial support by Empower 4 Life Inc was successful on September 21, 2012, when, Manikyama was given with an over locking machine.  She can use this machine in a multiple way. She can do the normal stitching and overlock and other stitching arts with this machine.  According to Manikyama, “I am so happy for this machine, thank you Empower 4 Life and thank you Share and Serve, I am very much happy.”

Not only Manikyama, but the stitching center in Kodad is given with a new over locking machine and the group can run a small business with the help of that machine. Please continue to pray that God may bless her and the Group. May Manikyama and the center’s income may increase and she might be strengthened financially with this new multi user stitching machine.

Clean Drinking Water Project

Bible says, ‘If you give a cup of water to a prophet, you will receive the reward of a prophet.’ The Banjara tribe of A Konduru Village is Very Happy. They are now fetching water from the hand pump as seen in the pictures.The entire gypsy village could fetch water from this New borewel. They never have to wander in search of water anywhere else. The project which is undertaken  by Empower 4 Life Inc in partnership with Share and Serve Ministry has made it possible for such a marginalized people of the society.
We thank the Stuart Point Church for all the fianancial assitances. They  stood with us earnestly and helped us to make this dream come true and enhancing a community to live better, dream better and have better they ever imagined