Silpa's Story

Shilpa

My name is Shilpa and I am 22 years old. I am the only one child to my mom. I never knew my father because he left my mom when she was pregnant with me. Till this day I haven’t seen him. I live in a one room small house in Malur village. My mother worked hard as a laborer in the agriculture field to provide for us. We struggled so much to survive.

When I became 11years old I quit school and went to work with my mom to support the family. I grew up in a Hindu family and did all the rituals as a Hindu. During this time Christhia seva mission pastors (Sunny and Ramkrishna) started to visit our village to conduct bible study. They visited our house and invited my mom and me for the bible study. We started to attend the bible study and prayer meeting. A year later we both accepted Jesus as our savior and were baptized into Jesus Christ.

One Sunday Pastor Mathew and aunt Mary came to our church in Sidhilaghatta. After the worship service we were talking and Mathew asked me what grade are you in school. I said I am not going to school. He called my mom and asked why I am not in school. She explained everything to Mathew. He asked mom if he provides the needs will you send Shilpa to school. My mom said surely I will send her. Uncle Mathew and aunty bought 2 pairs of clothes and bought all the school supplies for me to go to school. This was a beginning of a new journey in my life.

I grew up as a Hindu girl 12 years, but never experienced love of a true living God until now. During this time my Mom developed asthma and was unable to go to work. This almost pushed me to quit school and go to work. Again uncle Mathew and Mary visited our home and said don’t quit school we will help. I stayed in school and graduated high school with good marks. After my high school graduation they asked me what you like to do. I said I wanted to become a nurse. He said they will support me to go to nursing college. I studied in kannada medium school and didn’t know English. Nursing college was in English. I was scared to go. But my Jesus helped me to be the top in nursing college all 3 years. There Jesus helped me to share about Jesus to many of my friends. Making the long story short, to day I am working as a nurse in a medical college hospital in Bangalore City.

There are many people involved in my life to make me who I am today. First of all it is my Jesus. Then white Oak Christian church who send Mathew to preach about Jesus to a girl like me. To our both preachers who shared Jesus with us. Then uncle Mathew (my appa (dad)) and aunty. Their love and care for a girl like me. Providing our needs and loving us unconditionaly. I need to tell about my appa and aunty. One day they came to our mud one room house. I prepared some food for them and they ate it. That taught me what true love is all about. THANK YOU MY JESUS FOR MEAKING ME WHO I AM TO Day. Thanks to all of you who helped to become who I am today.

Thanks for reading my life story. THANKS THAT’S ALL I HAVE

Your sister

Shilpa