Back to God's own country

From Sister Roja's we took a K.S.R.T.C bus (government owned) in a south westerly direction to arrive at Thrissur at the Kannady household at the time of the evening prayers.
I had loved the time I was able to spend with that family in January, and found an opportunity to visit them again before the Kerala BW began. In their household it is common practise to sing some hymns and do a bible reading just prior to eating dinner every night. Actually, I believe it might be a Kerelan tradition, but it's one that I really enjoy taking part of.
Again, they embraced us with their arms open wide as part of their family, and we were looked after as Kings and Queens with Mango fish curries, etc.

While I was there, I took part in some common beauty treatments such as washing your hair with a mixture of henna leaves, egg white, and lime leaves. You just have to be careful as you rinse, because the henna colour stains anything it touches. Also I had a face mask put on made up from left over dosa mixture. It stank, but left my skin feeling very soft:-)

It was lovely to spend time with Austin, & Alfie, and their mothers, Sonia & Sofia. Bro Tom was in his normal form and talked to Justin about who we should be baptised into the minute we walked in the door. Poor Sarah was feeling rather sick at this point and went off to lie down. It was so nice for Justin to spend time with the little boys. They really treasured his friendship, and the whole next week Alfie would go to him and sit with him. Was really cute to watch!!

Brother Tom unfortunately couldn't travel to the Bible week with us on Wednesday afternoon as he has a recurring foot problem which leaves him basically crippled every now and again.