Day 8 Friday 16th February 2024
First port of call today was Shanti Bhavan, a home for destitute men which we support. We received the usual enthusiastic welcome. Talking to Rani and Johnny it was clear that they had a problem - the iron roof had…
Advent – the call to service
Philippians 2:5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing…
Our Indian hospital work is still going strong
Despite the pandemic and the severe lockdown in Kerala, our life-saving work in Trivandrum Medical College Hospital is still going on, quietly and under the radar. Shibu is still providing care to people who have no-one who can look after…
Coronavirus Update 2
It is very likely that many of our supporters have one of the Crafts we sell either online, in talks or at our Supporters’ events which we bring back from India or Zambia. And it is also very likely that…
Coronavirus special!
Today was spent in and around the capital city of Kerala, Thiruvananthapurum - or Trivandrum if you prefer. Less contact with needy people, but catching up with some important business. First visit was to Shanti Bhavan, a home for destitute…
The tenacious trio traverse Trivandrum
It was an early departure for Trivandrum aka Thiruvananthapuram today so as to meet the kidney patients at 9.30. We support some 27 of them with varying amounts of money so as to help them to pay for immunosuppressant drugs…
The triumphant trio travel to Travancore
Today we went to Pastor Wilson's BGM on the shores of the Neyyar Dam, an especially beautiful spot. It was good to meet up with him again and to compare notes - it is so much easier to talk to…
Another India update
Philip has sent us an update on Shibu's work in Trivandrum General Medical College Hospital. Patients here need a "bystander" - someone who will look after them, get their food and buy their medicine, keep them clean and so on.…