Saturday the 17th Jan. The girl in the ragged blue sari

As we were waiting for Raju in a Delhi street, the plight of the poor struck me once again.  A family going through the garbage with their bare hands looking for something to recycle or maybe the hope of something special.  As I watched, the dirty little girl found a discarded strip of material.  Here she is, just like any other little girl dreaming of putting on something pretty.  She is wrapping herself in it, like a little sari.  The whole scene made me so sad.  She represents thousands upon thousands of little girls in Delhi and many other countries.  What hope is there for this little one.  We see beggar women with empty baby bottles and a small baby.  Apparently, they rent the baby from  

someone, making the begging more profitable.  Then once they are toddlers, they learn to beg.  Of course, once they are about  12, we know the next step.  As we flew out of Delhi late this afternoon, and I looked down at the city through the smog, I prayed for all the little girls of that city.  I hope this puts a burden on your heart as well.  Remember the little girl in the ragged blue sari.

Robyn