Bridge of Hope: A Hope for Their Future
November 10, 2009
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Many Bridge of Hope students across South Asia are bringing the message of Jesus home to their families—and Sayan Patel is one of them.
What Sayan learns in classes like this one is having an impact on his father. "[What] he says about prayer and all these things about Jesus Christ really touches me," his father, Jitendra, said. "I am slowly changing according to the things he says to us."
"Jesus is the main person in our lives now," Jitendra says. "We cannot leave Jesus and go anywhere. Jesus is with us, and He guides us everyday. This kind of spiritual awareness I got through Bridge of Hope because of my son."
This family was also transformed after their children started attending a BOH center. "It's united our family. It's brought a kind of harmony, and we have one goal and one focus about our future and our children," said Ajmal Gavde, the father of two Bridge of Hope students.
Being a laborer, Ajmal knows the value of his children getting an education—and how Bridge of Hope is helping his family. "If we don't have Bridge of Hope, our children may not be developed in an educational level, and they will not have the fear of God," Ajmal said. "If you don't have the two, the hope really will diminish."
Through her children, Ajmal's wife, Prevas, has learned what God's Word says. Now she gives a helping hand at the center by cooking the nutritious meals that are part of the BOH program.
"Bridge of Hope provides a vital kind of hope and development in my children's lives," Ajmal said.
Good grades in school are very important in South Asian cultures, with low marks sometimes leading to suicide. But students in the Bridge of Hope program don't have to worry about that.
"Bridge of Hope provides good tutors, so [the children] are earning good marks," Ajmal said.
"They're in a right place where they can find direction and hope for their future," Ajmal said. "Surely they'll find good futures for their lives."
date posted 11/10/2009
