Moriah Children's Home--Friday, Jan. 19
The morning began with a visit to the Moriah Children's Home to present the ban
ner Diana Miller made from some artwork children from All Saints created. Karuna Dasari arranged the have all of the students from the Moriah School assembled for a program. I went with Michael and Donna Albrecht as well as the three college age women working with the BFLC until June. We were blessed to hear probably a dozen songs sung by the children. Donna and the young women reciprocated with songs of their own. I also had the o
pportunity to present the banner and brings greetings to them from the All Saints community. It was a nice start to the day.
After the program, we jumped in a car so that Karuna could
show us one of the areas just outside Guntur, Swarna Bharathi Nagar, that burned in August of 2006. 1500 thatched home were burnt to the ground. From the BFLC newsletter of December, "Nothing was left in these home after the fires, and already poor people were left with even less. About 60 children come to Moriah School from there. These children lost their school uniforms, supplies, and books in the fire." Fortunately, no was killed because the fire happened during the day. The children were at school and at least one parent was at work. Those who were there were able to escape the flames. However, when kids and others returned after a day at school and work all they found was a smoldering piece of land where their homes once stood. For the past six months families have lived in makeshift tent buildings as they await the construction of new homes at the expense of the Indian government. The fire started after an argument between two families. One family decided to burn the other families house to the ground in an act of retaliation. I think there is a lesson here about conflict, to all of us, even in the U.S.
The pictures show both the affected area, and the neighborhood right next to it that didn't burn. The thatched roof homes in the unaffected area are what the burned area used to look like.
After lunch, we boarded the train to travel back to Hyderabad to catch our flight to the U.S. at 3am Saturday morning. Peter and Daniel, the two pastors who had met me in Hyderabad when I arrived escorted us to the station in Guntur. I joked with them saying, "I'm staying on the train this time!" (Read the BLOG "Arrival in Hyderadad--Saturday, Jan. 13" for the story.) We all laughed.
Once in Hyderabad, Shalem Raju called Dr. Luther Paul of the AELC (Andrha Evangelical Lutheran Church) seminary in Guntur so that we could meet with him and a couple of the professors there . Following our meeting, Dr. Paul invited us to his home for dinner with he and his family and then allowed us to stay at his home to rest before we headed to the airport around 12:30am. A blessing to end our trip.
ner Diana Miller made from some artwork children from All Saints created. Karuna Dasari arranged the have all of the students from the Moriah School assembled for a program. I went with Michael and Donna Albrecht as well as the three college age women working with the BFLC until June. We were blessed to hear probably a dozen songs sung by the children. Donna and the young women reciprocated with songs of their own. I also had the o
pportunity to present the banner and brings greetings to them from the All Saints community. It was a nice start to the day.
After the program, we jumped in a car so that Karuna could
show us one of the areas just outside Guntur, Swarna Bharathi Nagar, that burned in August of 2006. 1500 thatched home were burnt to the ground. From the BFLC newsletter of December, "Nothing was left in these home after the fires, and already poor people were left with even less. About 60 children come to Moriah School from there. These children lost their school uniforms, supplies, and books in the fire." Fortunately, no was killed because the fire happened during the day. The children were at school and at least one parent was at work. Those who were there were able to escape the flames. However, when kids and others returned after a day at school and work all they found was a smoldering piece of land where their homes once stood. For the past six months families have lived in makeshift tent buildings as they await the construction of new homes at the expense of the Indian government. The fire started after an argument between two families. One family decided to burn the other families house to the ground in an act of retaliation. I think there is a lesson here about conflict, to all of us, even in the U.S.The pictures show both the affected area, and the neighborhood right next to it that didn't burn. The thatched roof homes in the unaffected area are what the burned area used to look like.
After lunch, we boarded the train to travel back to Hyderabad to catch our flight to the U.S. at 3am Saturday morning. Peter and Daniel, the two pastors who had met me in Hyderabad when I arrived escorted us to the station in Guntur. I joked with them saying, "I'm staying on the train this time!" (Read the BLOG "Arrival in Hyderadad--Saturday, Jan. 13" for the story.) We all laughed.
Once in Hyderabad, Shalem Raju called Dr. Luther Paul of the AELC (Andrha Evangelical Lutheran Church) seminary in Guntur so that we could meet with him and a couple of the professors there . Following our meeting, Dr. Paul invited us to his home for dinner with he and his family and then allowed us to stay at his home to rest before we headed to the airport around 12:30am. A blessing to end our trip.
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