Sunday Blessings -Company

Miss  Jha (right) is  my  mother  's  friend and

occasionally  attends  our  church  too.

She  has  been  a  teacher  and headmistress  of  the  Methodist  School

since  the  past  28  years.

She  is  past  retirement   age  but  continues  to

work.

On  Friday was  her  birthday, so  we invited

her for  dinner. Her family lives

far  away in  a neighbouring  state.

Miss  Jha  is  a  very  godly  and  wise  lady.

Its  been  a  tradition  in her

family  to  dedicate the  first born

male children for  the  Lord 's  service.

I  baked  her   a  cake

Mixed  vegetable  soup

(counter wise from the top)

cucumber salad, idlis (South  Indian Rice  cakes),

Spaghetti ,  dosas (South  Indian stuffed crepes)

coconut chutney, hot lentils called  sambar.

 The  South  Indian food  

I ordered  from  a  restaurant.

Please  pray  for Miss  Jha.

Her  school  is  undergoing  changes

and  her  job  is  at stake.

She  is  looking  for  new  options.

May  she  find  a  good  job  and 

a  safe  place  to  live.

Psalm 68:6

God sets the lonely in families (BIBLE)

In the House of God

Today  the  Eu   &  EGF  met  for  a  half  day

morning  retreat  in  our  church.

This  mission  is  very  similar  to

IVF (Inter Varsity  Fellowship.

We 've  been  a part  of  it  since  the  past  35  years  or  more.

University  students  from  various  disciplines , working 

people  and  married couples  with  young  children

came  together  to  worship  the Lord

and  have  fun  and  fellowship

Girls  leading  in  praise  and  worship

                                                          

Budding  engineers singing  for  God 's glory

These  guys  added  dance  to  the  music

This  young lady  gave  a powerful testimony.

She  once  belonged  to  another  religion.

Her  father  was  encouraged  by  a  Christian to read 

the  Psalms  from  the  Bible.

He  was  deeply  impressed  by  the  23rd Psalm

"The  Lord  is  my shepherd,

I  shall  not  want".

He  pondered  over the  concept of

God  being  a  shepherd, this  was

absolutely  alien  to  his  religious  background.

As he  read  more of  the  Bible  ,

he  became  convinced  of  the reality

of  Christ  and accepted  Him

as  Saviour.

He  encouraged his  wife  and  children to  read  the  Bible

and  one  by  one  they  all

put  their  trust  in  Christ.

When  this  family made   an open

declaration  of  their  faith

they faced tumultuous  opposition

from relatives  and  their

high caste   wealthy  community.

They  were  completely  ostracized and  denigrated.

This  hurt  them deeply but  they

held  on  to  their  faith in  the face

of  trouble.

They  attend  a  church  which

comprises  of people  who  have  turned  to  Christ

from various  religions.

They all  are  learning  and

growing  together.

Uncle  Kumar (our  Patriarch) brings

a  word  of  encouragement  and blessing

Brother  Emmanuel  with his  children

Games  time

Playing  ball in  the blazing  35C plus or 95*F  sun.

Youngest ball  player

In all  we  were  about  60  people.

God  gave  us  a  wonderful  time.