{"id":6302,"date":"2014-12-08T05:54:02","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T10:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/?p=6302"},"modified":"2014-12-05T11:00:21","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T16:00:21","slug":"a-water-buffalo-provides-new-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/2014\/12\/a-water-buffalo-provides-new-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"A Water Buffalo Provides New Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How a gift from the Covenant Cares\u00a0catalog changed a family\u2019s future<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6304\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6304\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6304\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/12\/Shiv-chandra-Bihar-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Shiv Chandra with his family and new water buffalo in India.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/12\/Shiv-chandra-Bihar-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/12\/Shiv-chandra-Bihar-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-6304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shiv Chandra with his family and new water buffalo in India.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>My name is Shiv Chandra\u00a0and I am from Bihar, India.\u00a0Born in a low-caste family, I\u00a0am reminded every day that\u00a0I am poor, marginalized, and\u00a0untouchable. Poverty wipes\u00a0away any happiness my family\u00a0has had. Because of my caste, I\u00a0have not had an opportunity to\u00a0go to school, to learn a trade, or\u00a0even to read. It is a challenge to\u00a0take care of my family members.\u00a0Many times I have thought about\u00a0fleeing my village, but I have not\u00a0done so because of my small\u00a0children.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, I met Jitendra\u00a0from the Hindustani Covenant\u00a0Church who prayed with us\u00a0about all our struggles and\u00a0shared from Scripture. After\u00a0a few meetings with him, he\u00a0suggested that a water buffalo\u00a0would bring change in our lives. It turned out to be a bright hope for all of us.<\/p>\n<p>The animal is like a new blessing for us. We are now taking proper care of it and the water buffalo is giving 14 liters of milk per day. We are selling milk in the market and earning some profit. Receiving this water buffalo is like an impossible dream coming true.<\/p>\n<p>We are grateful to Jitendra and the organization for the noble work done for my family and me. And now, when the buffalo gives birth to a calf, the new water buffalo will be passed along to another \u00a0family.<\/p>\n<p>Learn how to make a Covenant Cares gift at <a href=\"http:\/\/CovChurch.org\/covcares\">CovChurch.org\/covcares<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=6302&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How a gift from the Covenant Cares\u00a0catalog changed a family\u2019s future My name is Shiv Chandra\u00a0and I am from Bihar, India.\u00a0Born in a low-caste family, I\u00a0am reminded every day that\u00a0I am poor, marginalized, and\u00a0untouchable. Poverty wipes\u00a0away any happiness my family\u00a0has had. 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