Sunday should be a day of rest and worship. So today we went to Pilgrim Highland Church, which greatly supported the construction of Thanal House and continues to help with the running costs. The English language service is at 9am,…
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…
Well, Jute took a dim view of it! Today we sadly took our leave of the children of Asha Kiran Ashram. But not before we had paid a return visit to see the children perform a dance routine, been togged…
Today was a full day at Asha Kiran Ashram, the special needs school that we set up a decade ago and continue to support. There are 33 children on the roll; soon after 9am 21 arrived to add to the…
Tuesday morning started with a couple of visitors. One was Radha - she had come the previous morning claiming to be a kidney patient, but without any medical records, so I had suspected a scam and had refused to play…
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…
Monday- the day was planned out the night before and the day went largely to plan for perhaps the first time. Tom’s morning started very early, about 5.30 a woman called wanting a lot of money for a heart procedure…
Having safely arrived from Tamil Nadu with Tom, the team quickly settled into the routines of receiving visitors and going off to different places, searching out needs and good news stories. Today, Friday, the team of three went off again…
Today is National Day in India and is widely celebrated and is probably close to what UK would call a bank holiday. Things quieten down at the weekend but the work undertaken by the team doesn’t stop. It was an…
After the catch up report yesterday this one covers the three visiting Asha Kiran Ashram (AKA) over the mountains and into the eastern state Tamil Nadu. Tom joined the team so they could enjoy a few days with the children…