Wednesday

Today we visited where Adam spends most of his time at Jeevan Sahara Kendra(JSK). This project caters for people who are positive with HIV and require medical treatment. We first had a time of praise and worship and then we all shared about how God had brought us to the place to where we are at either in Glasgow or Thane)

Adam then gave us a presentation about the work of JSK and how during treatment they seek to show God’s love to these people through practical help and also to take the opportunity to pray with them. They also put them in touch with a local church who is then about to come alongside them and are an ongoing source of support.

After some lunch we returned to the JSK offices where we took the opportunity to pray for different members about the work that they do and also any prayer requests that they may have.

Adam then took us to Lok Hospital (run by Bethany Trust) where we were able to see a hospital that funds care to people who have no money to pay for their treatment with those that can. It trades on the fact that its staff provide that best treatment in the area without the fear of having to bribe the doctor or pay for treatment that is not necessarily needed that, it is alleged, may be the case in the state sector.
We saw the labour ward where Freya (Adam’s youngest child) was born and also where Ishbel had a CT scan!

Our final activity of the day was to go to a house where we were able to have a cup of chai (milky tea). This was quite an experience in that the house was in an “official” slum and was no more than 10ft square. To get there took us through the slums and avoid children, dogs and pigs in the road. The house had no running water but had electricity and small gas cooking facility. It was heartbreaking to see that just after David presented the two children (who have nothing) with a bag of sweets containing four lollipops, the boy took one of them out and gave it to his best friend. A humbling experience indeed.