This photo is of our oxen team. Sara, Rahel, Beckie and Ruth are standing beside the team of 2 oxen. A white building is in the background with a shade tree in front of the building. They are dressed in white clothes and the girls in white dresses.
this photo is of Paul and Jacob standing by a white building with a porch. There is a potted flower plant on the sill of the porch. A small bush is on the left of the photo. Paul is barefoot and Jacob is wearing sandals. [Are these 2 of the orphan boys that Helen and the missionaries helped?]
This photo is of Helen Warkentin's cow and calf in a yard. A stone structure in the background. Two gentlemen are tending the animals. Another is standing near the building. Buildings with grass roofs are to the left of the photo. The men are barefoot. Written on the photo is "my cow and calf. The cow gives about a gallon of milk sometimes more sometimes less."
This photo is of adults and children standing behind the Deverakonda hospital. Two men are identified as D.G. Samsan and N. Prakasham are preaching. [The missionary involvement among the lower caste people in India was significant. That "high" people (missionaries) would associate with the lower caste was unusual. The missionaries educated the people which allowed them to have more occupational choices which provided them social mobility, out of their low caste and into a higher caste. The high caste people generally have more clothes on. The indigenous preachers were educated by the missionaries, and paid for their preaching and teaching work. They gained a new respectability via their education, and vocation so that in this photo they are wearing long clothes and even a hat.]
This photo is of eleven orphan boys sitting on the steps of a building. They are all barefoot. The building in the background is white with a stone foundation.
This photo is of seven women sitting on the ground splitting peas. They are sitting on mats and one is working with a pea splitter. A man is on a cart in the background surrounded by chickens. A small shed is left of the cart.
This photo is of a church. There is construction to add rooms to the church for school. People are standing near the door. Scaffolding is beside the building. It appears to have a brick covering.
