Today is 9/9/09

CONGRATULATIONS PANKAJ ADVANI

WORLD BILLIARDS CHAMPION

India's ace cueist Pankaj Advani on Sunday night beat defending and nine time champion Mike Russell to become only the second Indian to win the World Professional Billiards title in its 139-year-old history.

Advani, who was awarded the country's highest sporting honour - the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2005-06, beat Russell 2030-1253 at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England.

The first Indian to win the professional billiards world championship was Geet Sethi, who crashed out of the tournament this time in a league match against eventual champion Advani 482-818.
I am really fascinated by the game of billiards, but I don 't

know how to play it.

Today I had a surprise visit from a friend Poonam,

who lives in the Northern part of our state.

She is here for 2 days for a sports competition.

She is so sweet she took me out for dinner at MacDonald 's.

Before she leaves Poonam will come to visit my mother at 4 pm.

Love makes you feel safe and protected.

Take a moment to watch this story.

Monsoon Garden

URGENT PRAYER REQUEST
In the past few days we 've had incessant rain

together with strong winds.

This knocked down an 80 feet section of

our church wall in 3 places.


Parts of this wall is very old.
And the roots of the vegetation
have weakened it.



I had to get into the neighbour 's garden
to get close enough to take photos
because the ground was slippery and slushy.


Rs 50,000 are needed to repair the damage.
Please pray that the Lord may provide.
If any one is led to contribute towards
this cause, please contact me by email.



17 Then I said to them, "You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned with fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, and we will no longer be in disgrace." 18 I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me and what the king had said to me. They replied, "Let us start rebuilding." So they began this good work.

20 I answered them by saying, "The God of heaven will give us success.
(Nehemiah Chapter 2) I took photos of some vegetation
around the Parsonage.

The rain has made everything fresh and green

The above creeper is called squirrel 's tail.

It looks like a green tail.

PRAISE REPORT

Just a couple of hours after posting this

I got an email from my sister Anjali that she has sent

a contribution and also my niece and nephew.

They did not know that we have this need but

the Lord prepared their hearts for it.

Jesus said," Ask and it shall be given to you;seek and you will find;

knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives;he who seeks finds;and to him who knocks,

door will be opened."

Matthew 6;9-11 (NIV)