At the same time we have also had many opportunities for joy.
Here are a few pictures to show how interspersed joy is in our lives. And how rich our experience of life itself is.
Friday morning. Mrs Maninder had brought her two daughters to the JSK centre while she cleans there. I pass by and see Sheba standing with them at the entrance. I can't help but take a picture of such beautiful people.
How amazing to see life in the middle of hopelessness.
Friday evening. After a long day of no power (including hosting a weekly staff meeting at our home - where all of us had to climb the 7 floors to get here) - we had an evening without power! But what better time to have a candle-light dinner!
And what better and finer folks to have dinner with than our little family!
Have you ever noticed that even the most delicious food tastes better when eaten by candle light?
Friday night. Bible study at Jolly and Suma's place. Rolly shared beautifully from the life of Saul and David. As a fellowship we spent time praying for the situation in Mumbai.
Then after the study a celebration of life. Reneta, bro Jolly's daughter turned 18 that day. All were on hand to help celebrate. Juanita helped decorate Reneta's face with cake icing - and the which was returned in kind!
Saturday saw us shift down to slightly gears. The many, many events of the week have caught up to us. We both put in a 1/2 day of work - with Sheba visiting a patient who is admitted at our parent hospital. This elderly lady is in shock, because during a pre-operation HIV test they found out that she was HIV positive.
Asha had violin class in the afternoon and then in the evening we were joined by some of our favorite folk - Bro Arvind, Sis Putul, Urvashi and Hrishav. It was Urvashi's 13th birthday and were we ever blessed to have a time of joy and delight with each other.
In our home, there is never any lack of volunteers to help blow out candles, cut cake and in general celebrate God's goodness in giving life.
"L' Chaim!"
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