Watch Loving Father Share His Biggest Joy – His Large Family Of Adopted Children!
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A loving father has adopted 16 children who are suffering from HIV after they were abandoned by their own families.
44-year-old Reji Thomas has a huge family that consists of 22 kids, including 16 children diagnosed with HIV.
Despite having two kids of their own with his wife, the couple from Mumbai, India, decided to give abandoned children a second chance at life by taking them under their wings.
As Thomas, who is a pastor, revealed, he was inspired to act in 2007 after a young girl fell sick and he was asked to pray for her.
“A 12-year-old girl was admitted to a local hospital and I was called to pray for her. She was in terrible condition. Her parents died of HIV and she was also HIV positive,” Thomas recalled.
“She wanted to have noodles that day and I promised to get it the next day. She died the same night. It was a terrible experience. That day I decided to take care of such kids.”
Over a decade later, Reji and his wife have a large family of 22 children and zero regrets.
“I have contacts in many hospitals here and whenever they get any patient, they call me. Some NGO’s are also looking for abandoned kids and they hand them to me,” Thomas explained.
“My family thought I was doing something wrong. Having kids with HIV positive was not a wise idea. But later it was fine with them. We now live like a family.”
Speaking of his unconventional family, Thomas added:
“We live together in the same house, eat together and pray together. There is no difference between them and us. My wife is now proud to have all the kids with her.
“I feel good when they call me ‘dad.’ I want to make them feel good here. We don’t restrict them at all. There are no laws here. They do whatever they like to do. This is not an orphanage. This house belongs to them.”
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