Seminarians with Photoshop skills

They don't make seminarians like they used to. And perhaps that's a very good thing!

We have been blessed over the past 7 months by an intrepid threesome of John Jeebasilan, Ashis Karthak and Binson James - this year's interns from Union Biblical Seminary in Pune.

Its been a blink of an eye - and they are already on their way home. Binson leaves for Kerala this morning, John and Ashis for Tamil Nadu and W. Bengal next week.

But what an impact each one of them - and all three of them together have had on the JSK team!

We had a small thanksgiving time with them on the night of the 1st. After having fanned out all day on different World AIDS Day outreach activities, it was appropriate to end it with lots of laughter. And that we certainly had. Uproarious - continual laughter as we reviewed their time with us (the photo tells it all).

John, Ashis and Binson have brought much joy and life into our team. Their individual hard work - dedication and love for each other - their kindness and gentleness to all of us - their willingness to go the extra mile.... all of these qualities and so much more marked an amazing 7 months with us at Jeevan Sahara Kendra.

They came as seminarians - they leave as family. We look forward to many more meetings with them in the future.

They don't make seminarians like they used to. This group came with an amazing set of skills - ranging from musical and worship-leading, research and analysis, computer graphics and photo-shop tools...

But more than what they brought with them, each one warmed our hearts. We saw their love and care for the people with HIV that we are working with, their love and loyalty to each other, and their love for each one of us in the staff team.

They came and learned from us. And they did.

We still have much to learn from them.