Body,Soul, Earth and Air

Hello friends I really appreciate all your comments, observations and reactions.

Like I always say, blogging is about relationships for me,

otherwise it would be akin to flipping through a glossy magazine.

Just say Hi, even if you don 't have anything to say.

Sometimes I do that and its fine.

Well let me begin with the torso (body) report.

I have a slight cold .

The snout and larynx feel dry and irritated.

The general framework achy and tired.

Taking warm water, herbal tea with jaggery and tonight

started on Benadryl, eucalyptus oil is also good.

Want to make chicken and veggie soup

have to get the ingredients first.

Namrita is travelling to Alld on Dec 22nd and her elder son

Mishael has been diagnosed with jaundice.

Its early detection, so hopefully he will recover soon.

Has to stick to a carbo/ glucose diet.

A home remedy is -

wash and peel a radish,

sprinkle it with lemon juice and sugar

and place it outdoors overnight to catch the dew.

It should be eaten first thing in the morning.

I remember eating it when I had jaundice as a High Schooler.

Not pleasant at all.

Sugarcane juice is also good.

Yesterday Mishael ,s younger brother Rayguel turned 9.

They had a subdued celebration as their house is being painted

and Mishael 's sick.

The boys can celebrate in MacDonald's when they come here.

Please pray for Mishael 's recovery.

Our EU and EGF (similar to IVF) friends put up a small concert

at the Pentecostal Bible School on Saturday.

Their music group is called Alive.

They are all fresh collegians -Agriculture and Technology

and their leader is a young college teacher.

They are learning and singing for the glory of God.

My nephew plays the guitar in the band, but he was sick

so here he is manning the PowerPoint display.

Our local churches have a tradition of singing carols by candle light.

Here is one.

They turn the lights off.

The Pastor of the Pentecostal church, Sisdter K

(American lady)

gave a wonderful message on the Cross being the real

Christmas Tree.

I will share that later on.

Below the body and soul is the earth.

So let me show you what is happening in my garden.

Agrarian pursuit requires patience.

Plants are coming up
We are getting dil or green soy herb, eggplant,radish
spinach, mustard leaves,some bathua (strangely called
pig weed) which is very good for arthritis etc.
bottle gourd, little snake gourd
and some herbs.

Bananas, guavas and lemon are also yielding well.

After pruning our roses have started to bloom
Our family has cultivated roses for the past 25 years.
October pruning, and sunning the roots is very important
for the rose bushes. After that they are fed
a variety of fertilizers. And they are
ready to splash their bright colours.
In the same way our heaven soul-keeper God prunes and disciplines us.
He removes the unseemly parts of our lives
and tunes us into shape,..
we have to submit to His hand
in order to yield and be fruitful.


We have chrysanthemums of various hues.

We only have orange gladioli.

Grapefruit

Coxcombs

The Nehemiah Project is going on.

Repairing and building of our church wall.

Carting sand for the mortar

Everything is done by hand laboriously

Having a solid high wall wall around one 's property

is very essential to protect

yourself against encroachers, thieves,

vandals and stray animals.

If you are worth anything you have to turn

your campus and house into a virtual fortress,

society has become so evil and criminal.

There was an era when walls were not needed.

The British, who established our church built a very

low wall around the campus.

But bear in mind no body would dare cause turbulence

in a place owned by the firangis.

Times they have achanged now as the song goes.

Walls come up.

Right after Jesus ' death on the cross

the Temple Curtain which divided the holy place from

the worshippers was

rent into two.

Meaning that man could approach God through what Christ accomplished on the cross

for mankind. No more distance between God and man.

The Bible also says that Christ brought down

the wall between races and genders, the rich and poor.

Jesus is our demolition man.

He brought the walls of separation down.

We donv 't have to cart our guilt and sin around.

Just lay it at the foot of the cross.

He will take all the parts of your life and

and create something new and solid with them.

He is our Mortar Man., our Mason, Builder.

Please keep praying for our building finances.

We need a lot of money to build two sides of our wall and fix

the parsonage roof which is almost falling down.

We worry about the safety of the Pastor 's family.

The Copenhagen Summit began today.

Lets hope the bigwigs search for some viable

solutions for the rest of us.

Outherwise we will have to go

an Air Station to get air pumped into our tanks.

Took this photo at a gas/petrol station

where they pump your car tyres with air.

Quite symbolic for the moment.

Nice plants at the gas station.

Have a good day people

and say Hello