Ranji knew Jack’s grandfather through her church before Ebenezer even began. From the day Ebenezer started, Jack’s grandfather begged Ranji to take the boy in.  The old man didn’t have a job – his only income was the little money he got by selling plants.  He couldn’t make ends meet, so Jack took to begging on the streets and eating from dustbins.  His mother was forced to make a little money by prostituting herself; she did not even know who Jack’s father was.

Due to hunger, Jack also started stealing from neighbours, getting himself into a whole lot of trouble with them and with his family.  His grandfather tried hard to discipline him but that just made the little boy more rebellious than ever.

Jack would run away from home and sleep on the streets and lost respect for all those in authority over him.  After sometime, Ranji yielded to the pleas of his grandfather and took Jack in, a decision she almost regretted!

He was a house-mother’s nightmare!  Ranji counseled the Ebenezer staff not to come down too hard on him, even though he provoked them so. He had already got more than his share of beating from his grandfather, for all the mischief he had got up to!

Ebenezer staff counseled him and prayed with him, all to no apparent avail. But thank God, after nearly two years of patient endurance, the boy started changing, very little at a time at first, but if gave them the encouragement to go on.

Today, Jack’s life is almost totally changed, he still needs to get a smile on his serious little face, but he has learnt to respect his elders, he is an extremely good and intelligent student and has shown tremendous changes in his attitude and behaviour.