Abundant Life Ministries

Lee & Praveena would hear about children who were in very needy, tragic situations and needed a better place to stay. They wanted to help and prayed about starting a home for children. With the help of a local pastor in the village of Utnoor, they started a boys\' home in August 2004. They prayed for a way to help needy girls also, especially after the tsunami on December 26, 2004. In early 2007, a church in California joined with them to build a girls\' home. In July 2007, the pastor who had been caring for the boys received a promotion in a ministry that he had been serving with for a long time and needed to relocate. That August, the boys\' home moved from Utnoor to Hyderabad. The boys are currently in a temporary building at the same location as the girls\' home. Although they have different "houseparents" the boys and girls share meals, devotions and many other events - creating the ALC Children\'s Home. The ultimate goal is to build a second story on the girls\' dorm with a separate entrance to provide better sleeping facilities for the boys.