Celebrate

Since the past 2 days my Internet connection

had been disrupted. Its all over India I was informed.

Some undersea cables have snapped.

It took me close to 2 hours to get the pictures of

this post uploaded. I was doing

other things while keeping an eye

on the computer.

Well, God certainly has a sense of humor and He fulfils the

desires of our hearts in

surprising ways.

This week I was feeling the seasonal blues as

everyone I know seemed to be

going out for parties and celebrations.

I was bordering on self pity by Thursday afternoon

when the phone rang and I received

an invitation to the closing dinner

of the Bible College.

That really perked me up -

just meeting people and hanging around a large group of folks

most of them I don 't know personally.

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Yesterday I went to a Bible Institute

for a Christmas worship service and dinner.

Above is a photo of the decorated

meeting hall.

A group of African students

(they are university students)

sang very lively songs in Swahili,

the Zambian language, English and Hindi.

Aunties who gave me a ride in their
car. They are my church members.

All these ladies are my mother 's friends.

The lady in the centre is the oldest member

of her church.Everyone calls her Mama

and gives her a lot of love and respect.

The Bible Institute decorated with Christmas lights.
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Its not too cold for me, but my Mom

was feeling very cold

so we lit a charcoal fire for her

Later on the turned on the electric heater.

We don 't have central heating in our homes.

Hope you all are keeping warm.