Alumna Worchuirin Horam: Bringing Food to the Needy

 

Worchuirin “Achui” Horam, Manipur (NE India)

Achui has graduated with an EAST Master of Arts in Leadership (MALD) in May 2025.

At the height of Covid-19 in 2021, a group of ladies raised some funds for pandemic-victims in India. Among those who hand-delivered rice, flour and oil to needy families in Delhi was Achui.

A year later, the ten-year high school teacher felt God’s call to enter full-time ministry.  “And so I came to EAST,” says Achui. “But God’s curriculum was nothing I’d imagined.”

In April 2024, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

“In the midst of that shock, the entire school and my church rallied behind me; they prayed, comforted and raised all I needed for surgery and radiotherapy. I’m grateful.”

The experience, she adds, turned all her theories about God into reality.

Another lesson Achui feels she has to come to EAST to learn is how to love and lead others.

“Many teachers are like father and mother to me; going to their homes for meals has always been a highlight,” she says.

“And they walk the talk. During a ministry outreach in Indonesia, I was shocked when the academic dean sat and mingled with us and served us water! This is something I’d not seen before.”

“Another new experienced was seeing how some faculty teach. Our Soul Care instructor took us to the pottery to learn about God’s sovereignty.”

“Teacher Khim Fatt always asked, ‘How will you apply this lesson today?’ Honestly, I never knew how to answer such questions.”

But now she knows, Achui adds with a broad smile.

“I will teach the reality of God, serve water, and be father and mother to those He sends me.”

Achui’s vision is to serve among Myanmar refugees in NE India.

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