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Last updated: November 3, 2023

November 3, 2023

 

Thank you for your support! Please enjoy Pastor Christopher’s update below:

What do your children do that makes you proud?

They listen to us, memorize Scripture, and win prizes at school

Spotlight on Megaraj

Age: 8

Birthday: March 8

Megaraj is doing well in the home but he is struggling a lot at school. He does have a great time with his siblings at CKB Homes. Please pray for his learning difficulties.

Prayer Request
For the house parents and their families – Their biological daughters are both taking important exams. Also, for strength and wisdom in raising the kids.
For the kids – For their health and studies, as well as to follow God’s plan for them
For India – For next year’s presidential elections
October 19, 2023
Thank you so much for all you do for this amazing family! Find Pastor Christopher’s update below

How have you seen God working in your home lately?

During our Independence Day celebration, two of the boys hoisted a flag pole that accidentally touched an electric line. By the grace of God, they only received very minor injuries. 

Spotlight on Abhishek

Age: 8
Birthday: July 20
Abhishek likes to play and is very talkative. He wants to be a police officer when he grows up and take care of his mom. Please pray that he will be able to catch up on his education.
Prayer Request
For Pastor Christpher and Janani – For strength and provision
For the kids – That they will all come to know Christ and be protected from evil
For India – For many to be saved and for the new state government, as well as the upcoming prime minister election

August 11, 2023

Thank you so much for your support! Please enjoy Pastor Christopher’s update:

What is one thing you would like the supporters to know about your home?

With your support, children are getting a better future and learning about the love of God.

Spotlight on Hadriel

Age: 1
Birthday:  May 1
He is such a blessing and we are so grateful for help with his care. He is doing very well and is very mischievous. Please pray that we will be able to legally adopt him.
Prayer Request
For Pastor Christpher and Janani – For strength, wisdom, and protection
For the kids – For wisdom, health, and protection
For India – For peace in our country, especially in the state of Manipur
May 11, 2023
Thank you so much for your continued support of Comeback Boys’ Home. Please enjoy Pastor Christopher’s update below:
 

What do the kids in your home call you?

They call us Uncle and Aunty

Spotlight on Preetham

Age: 8
Birthday: October 29

Preetham’s mother brought him to Comeback in October of 2020. He didn’t talk, was terrified of people, and followed Christopher and Janani around the house all day, holding onto their clothes. By the grace of God, he is now in 3rd grade and very interested in memorizing Scripture. He now has the confidence to be mischievous and a little naughty. Please pray that it will someday be safe for him to be reunited with his mother and for his heart in the meantime. Also, pray for his health and future.

Prayer Request
For Pastor Christopher and Janani – For health and strength
For the kids – For their education and to know the love of God
For India – For the upcoming elections in their state (Karnataka) and for those whose homes and churches have been burned in this recent rash of persecution

March 29, 2023

Thank you for your continued support! Please enjoy this support from Pastor Christopher.

What would you like your home to be like five years from now?

I want all my children to grow up to follow God. I want them to be fruitful and fulfill God’s plan for them. I know God will sustain me.

Spotlight on Shivkumar

Age: 7
Birthday: January 12
Shanker and Shivkumar’s father left them 3 years ago. Their mother determined she would be unable to care for them alone and brought them to Comeback. Shivkumar is doing well at Comeback. He is very smart and memorizes Scripture quickly. He is a bit mischievous and enjoys eating. After baby Hadriel, he is the youngest one in the home. Please pray for his health and the reunion and salvation of his family.
Prayer Request
For Pastor Christopher and Janani – Pastor Christopher has a fever and Janani is experiencing severe back pain. Please pray for them to feel better. 
For the kids – For their health and for their final exams for the school year
For India – For the state elections this year

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January 23, 2023

January 23, 2023
Hi! I hope your new year is off to get a good start. Thank you for your continued support of Comeback Boys’ Home! Please enjoy Pastor Christopher’s update below.

What advice would you give to someone who wanted to start a children’s home?

I would encourage, guide, and help them.

Spotlight on Ezekiel

Age: 11
Birthday: November 2
Ezekiel does well in school and loves the Lord. He wants to be a pastor when he grows up and takes good care of the younger children. Ezekiel’s father left the family when he was young and he prays often that he will return. Please pray that the family will be reunited, as well as for Ezekiel’s future.
Prayer Request
For Pastor Chrisophter and Janani – Please pray we will be safe from government interference. Also, Helda and Hyda have exams coming up soon.
For the kids – For God’s wisdom and good health and for God’s protection
For India – For the upcoming election, that people who are more religiously tolerant would be elected

November 1, 2022

Hello! Happy fall. Thank you so much for your support of Comeback Boys’ Home.

How do you show your kids you love them without using words?

We hug them, play with them, give them gifts, and take them on outings

Spotlight on Subramani

Age: 12
Birthday: November 5
Subramani and his brother Sujan were brought to Comeback by the Center for Women and Children. Their father is mentally ill and their mother cannot take care of them all and also work. Subramani struggles in school but is very sweet and playful. They come from a Hindu family and Subramani has a heavy burden for his unsaved loved ones. Please pray that things will change so the boys can be with their family and for their salvation. Pastor Christopher also asks for prayer for Subramani’s self-image. He feels very self-conscious about his teeth.
Prayer Request
For Pastor Christopher and Janani – For strength and protection from persecution, as well as protection from anything that would put their kids in less safe situations 
For the kids – For good health and the guidance of the Holy Spirit
For India – For peace and relief from inflation

October 25, 2022

Hi everyone! I wanted to share a bonus update with you. At the beginning of the month, we finally returned to India for the first time in three long years. It was such a huge blessing! Since we were able to visit the home that you support, I wanted to give you a brief update.

I have never gotten the chance to visit Comeback before so this was a very special trip! After we finished house parent training and said goodbye to our partners, we set out with Pastor Christopher and Janani for their town. It was a long drive, but we finally greeted the kids that evening, including sweet baby Hadriel. We spent the entire next day with them as well, before heading home the day after. We did a lesson, played games, got pictures, and watched a little show the kids had prepared for us. It was such a great day. Thank you for continuing to support Comeback!

September 8, 2022

Thank you so much for supporting Comeback Boys’ Home this month! Please find Pastor Christopher’s update below:

 

How could your home be improved?
We need to keep working to satisfy the government’s demands to make our home safe from being shut down.

Spotlight on Shanker

Age: 8
Birthday: January 7
Shanker comes from a single-parent Hindu household. His father left and his mother, working as a maid to survive, was unable to look out for him. He has been learning so much about God. Please pray that he will be able to be reunited with his mother. Please also pray for his health, as he has been ill.
Prayer Requests
For Pastor Christopher and his family – For their health and ministry. Janani is struggling with back pain.
For the children – For God’s guidance and for Hadriel’s adoption
For India – For peace and religious freedom

August 4, 2022

I hope you’re having a great summer so far. Please find Pastor Christopher’s update below.

If you could relive one day from the past at your children’s home, which day would it be and why?
I would choose the Boaz team’s visit in 2018. It was a huge blessing and all our children enjoyed it. We are excited for them to come again in the fall.

Spotlight on Gopi

Age: 12
Birthday: October 11
Gopi is smart, responsible, and loves God. He enjoys leading prayer. He lost his father when he was young. Gopi’s mother brought him to Comeback, feeling that she couldn’t care for him and work. Pray for his health and wisdom and that he’d be able to reunite with his mother. He wants to be a minister when he grows up.
Prayer Requests
For Pastor Christopher and his family
  • For God’s protection in everything.
  • For a miracle that will allow for Hadriel’s adoption
  • For protection from the CWC
  • For Helda’s upcoming exams (July 5)
  • Good health
For the children – That they will all be able to stay in the home
For India – A new anti-conversion bill has increased persecution. Also, inflation is hitting the country hard.

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May 6, 2022

Thank you so much for your continued to support of Comeback Boys’ Home! Please find Pastor Christopher’s update below:

 

If a reporter were to interview you about your children’s home, what would you want to be sure they wrote about?
I would want them to know that our home is safe, loving and caring

Spotlight on Sujan

Age: 9
Birthday: June 22
Sujan is from a Hindu family but is eager to learn about Christ. He is mischievous and fun.
Prayer Requests
For Pastor Christopher and his family – For guidance and strength to care well for the children. Additionally, one of the biological daughters, Hyda, is aawaiting her 10th-grade exam results. 
For the children – For their studies and good health
For India – The high price of petrol is causing a lot of difficulty 

Last updated: May 5, 2022

Hello, prayer warriors! We have an urgent prayer request. 

 

Pastor Christopher and Janani at Comeback Children’s Home have a newborn! A young unmarried couple brought him by this morning and asked them to take the little boy, who had been born just 3 days earlier. Due to the extreme ostracization they would face being unmarried parents, they didn’t feel like there was any way they could keep the baby. Pastor Christopher and Janani tried to talk to them, but their minds were made up and they were eager to leave. Their hearts were grieved by the separation of this family, but after prayer, Pastor Christopher and Janani knew they had to take him. 

 

The problem is that their children’s home is only certified to take older children. They can sidestep these rules in this case by officially adopting the little boy, but they need to do so speedily. Please pray for the following:

 

1. That the adoption process will go quickly and smoothly

2. That the Center for Women and Children will not have a chance to make trouble before then

3. For the baby’s health. He has been neglected.

4. For everyone as they adjust to having a baby in the home for the first time in many years!

Last updated: March 3, 2022

Thank you so much for your continued support for Comeback Children’s Home! Please see Pastor Christopher’s update below:


Can you tell us about a specific challenge you saw God overcome for your home?
Recently, they had to renew their children’s home license with the Hindu nationalist Center for Women and Children. Everything went well! This is a huge answer to prayer.

Spotlight on Shivkumar

Age: 10
Birthday: June 14
Shivkumar is an innocent and shy little boy. He is from a devout Hindu family and had never heard the Gospel before coming to Comeback. His father left when he was two years old and his mother works as a laborer. The Center for Women and Children determined that he was being neglected and removed him from the home. They placed him at Comeback, where he is doing well. He is very interested in reading his Bible and growing in his relationship with Christ. 
Prayer Requests
For Pastor Christopher and his family – For wisdom and strength. Also for one of their biological daughters, Helda, who tested positive for COVID and is quarantined.
For the children – For their upcoming exams 
For India – For a reversal of the increasing persecution