7

Its hard to believe - but young Enoch is 7 years old!

It seems like just yesterday that I was holding a little bundle of pink in my arms.

And now we are 7 years later with this amazing boy - so full of life and movement and laughter!

The celebrations of Enoch's big day have been in typical Eicher fashion - quite long - with almost a day for each year he has lived!

The fun started when our beloved Phil-Uncle arrived on Tuesday. Nothing like having this gentle giant with the big heart around! Asha and Enoch had tons of books read to them by Phil - and showed no signs of letting up!


Then there was the actual Birthday on the 19th. Enoch shares his birthday with the famous Maratha warrior-king Shivaji and so has a holiday each time his B-day rolls around.

We had a lovely celebration at the end of a very momentous day. Enoch was all smiles as we prayed for him and then he and Asha went on a treasure hunt to find and open his gifts.


It was an unexpected blessing to have John Gabriel with us for this special time. What a wonderful friend he and Nalini and their kids Nikita and Jasper are to us. John has taken up a new job in Navi Mumbai - and we are now 1/2 way through his commute - we are looking forward to seeing even more of him and the family in days to come!

The next day - after we had a wonderful Church Partners meeting at Jeevan Sahara in the morning - we celebrated Enoch's birthday again with a small party at home.

There were games.

And lots of laughter.

There was food and frolic.

We gathered together to listen to a story and pray for Enoch.

And there was his birthday cake - and our lusty singing for him.

The cake this year was a monkey with a banana. The innovation was having a chocolate and a banana cake and using different portions for different parts of the monkey.

But the celebrations did not end there.

At church today we had 4 birthdays to thank God for. We missed our dear brother Sony - but the other 3 birthday kids were there:

Ryan's b-day is coming up on the 24th, Sharon's was on the 20th and our dear Enoch had another opportunity for cake and songs and prayers. And not only that - we all stayed for lunch at Jolly and Suma's home (they host our Sunday worship in their home).

Its been quite a week - we are tired but very happy - and so glad to have a young lad who reminds us of God's goodness: Enoch!

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22.2.2010

The celebrations are not over yet! Today being the first school day after Enoch's birthday, he is allowed to attend school in his 'colour dress' (i.e. not wearing his uniform). Its a big privilege and not to be sneezed at! It also means that everyone knows that it is your birthday. Enoch will be wearing is smart new navy shirt and tan bermudas. No wonder birthdays are looked forward to for most of the year in the Eicher household!