Microloans
“Master, he said, you entrusted me with five talents. See I have gained five more.” – (Matthew 25:20)
Our microloan program in India is centered in a rock quarry outside Rajahmundry. The families who live and work there are trapped in a life of hard labor. They are part of the untouchable caste and have no other means of supporting themselves. Often their children are forced to work along side them. We give loans of about $100, usually to women with children. Most use the money to buy more rock, which they break and then sell to supplement their earnings. This extra income enables them to feed their children decently. One loan recipient recently said, I used to think that God looks out only for the rich because He is rich. Now I know this is not true. I understand that the real God cares for the poor too.