A Fiery Post

We had just begun our Sunday morning

worship service when we

were told that there was a big commotion

near the Parsonage gate.

A wooded area in front of the Parsonage

was on fire.The neighbours were

worried it would spread to their homes.

We stopped our service and tried to douse

the flames rapidly licking up the

dry trees, bushes and grass.

In the meantime a neighbour called

the fire brigade.And they arrived

within 15 minutes, which is

a miracle in itself.

See the fire truck outside the gate.

It took more than a hour to

extinguish the flames. We pumped

water till the electricity lasted (10 am)

The fire truck also ran out of water.

We resorted to the bucket brigade too ,

but praise God the danger was over

after a good bit of work.

This is a second fire incident on our campus.

A few days ago our back yard was on fire

My mother saw it and called

Jags , our church groundskeeper to help

put it out. Some of our banana trees were destroyed.

The cause of the fires could be

accidental or intentional.

We just don 't know.

All we know is in both cases

God protected us.
The God who answered Elijah with fire

saved Shadrach, Meshach

and Abednego from the fiery flames.

This Chandi ( official name Shristi)

She is wearing a million dollar dress.

Notice the $ pin on the side.

All richly dressed for church.

Milka also wanted to be photographed

with her friend.

Chandi has a horse shoe pin too.

I suppose her parents don 't know what it is

and that it stands for good luck.

Many people in India wouldn 't.

A horse shoe isn 't considered lucky here

(but is a $ is- if you posses it LOL)

Chandi is a spunky little gal and

sings special numbers in church with Milka.

Her parents are awaiting baptism.

Yesterday it was 45*c -112* F (plus)

But our lillies are making an appearance.

The roses have withered.

We have many heat resistant trees and flowers.

Wish we were heat resistant too.

On Tuesday we had a lot of electricity trouble.

It took a great toll on my mind, body and soul.

After an unscheduled power outage

everybody got their current back but us.

I just panic when this happens.

I send desperate prayers to God as the

supply people are not helpful. In a situation

like this I pray a very selfish or

even a malicious prayer

in my desperation,

'Oh Lord, why only us,please

let everybody 's power go off,

then there will be a greater chance of

it being restored '.

Has anybody prayed for their neighbourhood

lights to go off?

Anyway at past 10 pm, Pastor came out

for an after dinner walk.

He jiggled my fuse box and got the

current back.

After a while darkness fell on

the whole area

and only after 11.15pm we

were given relief.

It took me an hour to recover from this trauma.