Sachu and Sneha can hear us! - Praise the Lord!

For those who came in late:
Sachu and Sneha are two little children at our orphanage in Attapadi
Ashram in Kerala aged about 5 years. They could not hear or speak
and their was a surgery needed to make them hear. The surgery's cost
was too much for a small Ashram like the one in Attapadi to bear.
God worked wonders raising many voices from different parts of the
world and guided the process in such amazing manner that resulted in
their surgery earlier this month.

Finally on Sept 26th 2006, the tool in their ear was switched on and
Sachu and Sneha were introduced to our world of sounds! I called up
and spoke to John achen and he was very happy to see the two
children shouting with joy as they became aware of the noises and
sounds around them! I could hear their shouting over the phone.
Achen said they were very excited and at one point they had picked
up the telephone and were listening to the dial tone with great awe!
Praise the Lord. (Malankara News Channel had covered the news, and
perhaps some ICON members might have seen it on TV too.)

I first came to know about Sachu and Sneha through the messages of
my dear friend Rajesh Vargheese from Austin. I must admit that I did
not follow the story at first, but slowly started taking interest by
the persistent messages mostly from Rajesh on ICON. See
http://indianchristiancharities.blogspot.com/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianOrthodox/message/12613
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianOrthodox/message/12645
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianOrthodox/message/12722
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianOrthodox/message/12774
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianOrthodox/message/12831
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianOrthodox/message/12887
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianOrthodox/message/13408
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianOrthodox/message/13747
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianOrthodox/message/13781

(Also I sincerely thank many others like Rajesh, many messages spreading
awareness about Sachu and Sneha in other forums.)
As I started following the progress, I felt sad that the cost was
not being met by the contributions in spite of the hard work of so
many workers world over. Many people were praying sincerely for
Sachu and Sneha and what has happened this month was God working
wonders answering their prayers. Ask John achen and he will tell you
how God has performed a miracle in their lives.

I realise I am getting more and more involved with Attapadi Ashram
and getting to know more and more about Sachu and Sneha and others
at the Ashram and getting to praise God more by seeing the Lord's
work at Attapadi. And herein I see the bigger miracle - of how one
can use technology in today's age to spread awareness and bring
about synergy for the glory of God. This affects not a couple lives, but many
more. Sincere voices were raised in the last few months from various places to
spread awareness about Sachu and Sneha, and God channelled them all together to
create a great wave, so great that it has even swept someone like me also off my
feet.

regards,
Mathew Samuel,
Albany, NY

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianOrthodox/message/13940