4 are better than 3

The next time we visit home village, we’ll be four!

Today we had a test and fully confirmed we’ll be expecting another baby in September. It’s a kind of one year one child policy in our family J -- perhaps we need more people in Arunachal Pradesh (current pop density 17 persons/sq km).

Simasa and both the kids are doing well. They have 24 hour fellowship, being at home. We started to feed Anna with additional food. Some foods she likes so much so that she eats until she vomits…

We are grateful to the Lord for the kids. They bring much joy and live to the family. Continue to remember us in prayers.

Quote on worry

A friend sent me this quote when I shared the news about our second child yesterday. This is amazing perspective I haven't thought about:

Worrying is wasting energy on things we can't control, give everything to God, think less and pray more.

Pics I treasure from Udup and Puttur

Emu at Sadana Campus, Puttur.

Amazing bus waiting shed that looks like a bus.

Desire vs Decline

My brothers and my people! It was my desire to build a temple where the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant, God’s footstool, could rest permanently. I made the necessary preparations for building it, but God said to me, ‘You must not build a temple to honor my name, for you are a warrior and have shed much blood.’ (1 Chronicles 28:2,3)

Yesterday a friend pointed me this incident. David had a burning desire to build the temple, but God did not allow. 

Emu

Emu in Sadana Church campus, Puttur (Dakhina Kannada) (Photo: 8 March 2013).

For the first time I am seeing emu so close. They are almost my height but when they stretch, the head is above mine.

Reserved seats for ladies

A bus in Mangalore (2 March 2013).

In the North East India where I come from, there is no reserved seat for women in buses. The first time I saw such facilities was in Chennai in June 1999. It was a bit difficult. We find an empty seat in the front rows and jump to that. The next moment the conductor or co passenger would warned us. Later we learned the rules.

But buses in Chennai and Bangalore usually has reservation in the front rows, mostly the right seats.

I was surprised in Kasaragod, Kerala, when I boarded a bus yesterday (6 March). I got in the bus from behind doors (later learned that it is the only door!), I sat in vacant seats at the back. The conductor then told me to go front. The seats were for ladies! Strange.

After getting down from bus, I asked my friend about that... the contrast between Bangalore and Kasaragod. He explained the rationale. The buses in Kerala usually have doors at the back. Ladies usually take longer than men to move around, so the seats are kept for them at the back!

The world is full of surprises!

Black Pepper

Black pepper, really!

It didn't occur to me that black pepper is really "Green Pepper". Today aunty plucked these bunches and showed.

First in Udupi District

Good church in Belman.

 This is the first church I attended in Udupi District (3 March 2013). Though service was mostly in Kannada, I enjoyed being their together with fellow Christians. Joining in singing (clapping), pastor prayed for us, we could meet many friends after the service.

First sign I saw in Katapadi (7 km before Udupi city).

Some memories from Mangalore