Bombay Teen Challenge

There is a common joke among our Indian friends that Indians are allowed to have one of either two career paths: medicine or IT.

And for the most part, its true!

At church, Jeremy and I are close friends with a family doctor, an emergency room doctor, a gastroenternologist, a cardiac surgeon, an anethesiologist... just to name a few... and though they might be "typical" in their career choices, they are using their skills mightily to serve God.

This month, a team of doctors, nurses and IT guys from our church (Seven Mile Road - Philadelphia) traveled to Bombay, India to provide medical care to women working as prostitutes in the Red Light District and to children living in an nearby orphanage.

(The IT guys went to set up an electronic medical record system.)

(Photo by Shibu Daniel)

The trip was organized in partnership with Bombay Teen Challenge, a ministry rooted in Bombay's Red Light District. BTC provides direct outreach to women in prostitution, working to convert hearts and rescue women held against their will.

In addition, BTC's orphanages provide shelter, food, training and discipleship to abandoned children of prostitutes and to teen girls who can escape the Red Light District.

CNN is currently streaming a video describing Bombay Teen Challenge and I wanted to share the link: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-749871

The doctors in scrubs you will see are members of our church and some are our good friends.