A Video for all Language Teachers and Students

अंग्रेजी के  साथ साथ अपनी भाषा  का  प्रय्गोग करिए

Sunday Blessings - Hit Unawares

Ever experienced walking down a pathway and you suddenly get hit by a low hanging branch or you foot pierced by a cruel thorn?

Well. I have.

 

Offenses and criticisms sometimes knock us down as surprise punching  bags when we are working out in the gym of life.

We can either let them tone our spiritual and emotions muscles

or knock out our breath and leave us permanently damaged.

Watch this excellent video on the subject of handling offenses

Handel 's Messiah - And He Shall Purify

Thsi  is  the  rendition I have  always  heard

Listen  to it  in  the  Auto  tuned  version - fun  stuff    for  young  people

Sunday Blessings - Revival Time

From  Thursday  to Sunday I  attended   evening  revival   meetings at  the  Seminary. Bro Ashok  Vedanayagam (left)  was  the   speaker. He  brought  us   the  Word  of  God  in  a   fresh  and  powerful way. He  kept  his  audience  captivated  by  his  practical  insights,  personal  anecdotes   and  teaching   about  family  life.

The  children  were  having  their  own meetings in  the  High  School  building  near  the  church. On the  last  day they  presented  a  song.

Worship  team

Many  people  walked   forward for  prayer  and dedication. There  was much  rejoicing  in heaven.

The  young  and the  old  publicly  confessed  their  faith.

Below   are  photos  of  the  OM  book table.

And  the  English  choir..

Enjoy  the  2  short  videos  I  have  posted.

The   students  had  a  missions  stall  where

they  were  selling   various  food  item  and  snacks   with   tea

to  raise  money to  support   evangelists.

I bought  momos,  vadas, Korean pancakes

and  poori kebabs help  with

the  fund raising.

They  all we  delicious.

My nephew  and  friend  Megan are  having  a  good  time

with my  sister  Namrita  and  family

in  the North East.

They  will  be  arriving  in Alld.

on  Thurs (24th )  morning.

We  are  so  excited  and 

I  am  busy  preparing to welcome  them.

Please  pray  for  my  sister  Sonia

She  has  bronchitis with  a  painful ear

and  maybe  the  onset  of  diabeties.

She  wants  to  see nephew  Ash,  but

she  has  to  be  fit  to  travel.

Prayers for  her healing  are   needed.

Namrita  also  needs  prayers, she  has

bronchitis   too

Fall into The Rhythm

A group of percussionists encourage young people to come out and vote for change.

We got the flat roof of our house white washed

with a cheap lime based solution.

Read somewhere that white roofs keep the house cool

as the rays of the sun are reflected backwards.

And I tell you it really works.

Our house has cooled down considerably and

we don 't have to run our air convector

water cooler all the time.

Its a cheap and environmentally friendly way to keep

your house cool. Our temps have crossed

the hundreds mark and will rise further.

I have trouble with my computer

in the heat.

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Maybe poverty sows the seeds of evil in people.

I went to the back of the house to get some lemons from our Meyers lemon tree and found most of the fruit missing.

We have all kinds of poor people moving around on our campus gleaning leaves and grass for animals and wood for fuel.

Could be one of them or the mischievous boys

from an economically backward area in our neighbourhood

But I am very upset as those lemons make very good lemonade.

Suunday Blessings - Busy Hot Day

Today was the hottest day so far.

An angry dusty ,flaming wind whipped ,kicked and rattled

everything in sight.

Aunt Maya visited us right after church.

Following that I went to

attend a Memorial Service for

Mr V C, who passed away in Goa last month.

His wife and daughter brought his ashes to our city

to be immersed in the River Ganga

as per his wishes.

Uncle V, as we called him

carved a named for himself in golden letters

in Global Banking. He held top positions

in various International Banks.

(L -R) Daughter V and second wife J

They have been our family friends since my

parent 's young age.
Aunt D (his first wife, close friend of ours)

and 2 daughters spent 3 summer months in our city about 26 years ago before moving to the Middle East.

We sisters spent a lot of time with them.

It was fun recounting the memories

of youth with V.

We met after 13 years.

I searched their name on Face Book and contacted them.

The service took place in Mr V C 's old school.

(my nephew also studied there).

A number of the school 's alumni , family and friends

were present.

(above) Dr R R stepping way after delivering her tribute.

Her illustrious family were good

friends of our nation builders like

Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore.

They are also our family friends.

A group of out city 's prominent citizen 's

talking with Vand J.
Apart from eulogizing the departed soul

all of the speakers recalled the past

history of our city - and the school.

One gentleman reminisced that

erring boys were often caned by

the Headmaster or the Sargent (this was in the 1950s).

And after receiving the punishment each lad

had to say "Thank you" to the

"law enforcement officer".

Many times the poor boys did not know why they were

thanking the teacher, but he said he owes his

grooming and success to that era.

I really enjoyed walking down memory

lane with the old boys.

Got back home fighting the belligerent wind,

had lunch and rested a bit.

In the evening just as I started blogging we

had 2 groups of visitors who left at 8pm.

A young couple, Ravi and Alka came with their son Yash.

They are related to us.

Yash is 4 years old and today he attended

Sunday School for the very first time.

After class his teacher told Mom Alka that Yash

was the brightest kid in class and wanted to

answer all the questions.

When she asked "Why did Jesus die for us?"

Yash answered,"Jesus Papa died because I

sinned". They put Him on the cross because

of my sin."

I tried to capture Yash singing a Sunday School song.

Which goes -

As prayers go up

Blessings come down

Our God is so great

And loves us all.

Yash is an animal lover.

His parents told us

it is mandatory for all his

stories to have animals in them.

Before bidding us goodbye Yash prayed to

Jesus Papa and asked him

to bless Mama and me.

For Terry

Dearest TERRY

is going to have pace maker surgery

tomorrow March 31st.

It will be morning in Toronto.

Terry these lilies are blooming

in my garden just for you.

Please uphold her before the

Throne of Grace.

Here is a song for Terry

His Eye Is On the Sparrow and I know He Watches Me

Sunday Blessings Circle of Light

This evening I went to a multicultural

Christmas program at the Seminary.


It a microcosm of India.

There are students from 25 Indian states speaking various languages split into 32 dialects the Principal told us.

Choir from Nagaland

Rev B R delivering the message.

We know him from the late 70s when he was

the speaker at our summer camp.

Rev and Mrs R after singing in a Hindi choir.

After retiring they live in Canada.

It was good talking with Mrs R

about friends and old times.

Sunday school children

These students are singing a qawwali.

This genre of music is from the Islamic style or tradition.

It has been adapted to Christian music.

These girls are doing a

choreographed number to a Micheal W. Smith song.

East meets west here.

After the service we all stood outside in a circle

of light with our candles.

Bible verses were read.

Songs were sung.Greetings were exchanged

and a great cry of victory

for Jesus Christ was raised

in the moonlit night.
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On the 3rd Advent Sunday

I have chosen Infant Holy Infant Lowly .

Infant holy, infant lowly, For His bed a cattle stall; Oxen lowing, little knowing Christ, the babe, is Lord of all. Swift are winging, angels singing, Noels ringing, tidings bringing: Christ the babe is Lord of all. Flocks were sleeping, shepherds keeping Vigil till the morning new Saw the glory, heard the story, Tidings of a gospel true. Thus rejoicing, free from sorrow, Praises voicing greet the morrow: Christ the babe was born for you.