Thank you Mrs. Nancy Fenity for the care package: Ilakya sends her love and appreciates you so much. God bless you for putting a smile on the kids face. 

100 KIDS FROM 2 SURROUNDING VILLAGES ATTEND ALL DAY EASTER FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY. 

Rabbit Therapy

Ps: The picture is a file picture not the event described below.
I knew that these rabbits would be useful one day with the kids.
Tonite after the kids had rehearsed their dance, plays, etc for the easter day special, they had gone back to their dorms. The sister who takes care of the girls came to me all shook up and told me something which even shook me up. The kids had gone out of the campus for sports this evening. One kid, Praveena(5th grader) had found an old newspaper with a Tsunami picture on it. Some corpses laid out on the front page. She had taken it and shown it to 2 other kids, Tamil Alagi and Mekhala, they both started to cry. The sister went and got the newspaper out of there before anyone else could see it.
The sister said they were crying a lot. I was stunned, I started to look to God for a way out of this. Boy this brings home the reality this not your regular orphanage. These kids have gone through carnage. Immediately I got a hold of the rabbits and the little puppy dog and went over and had them all sit in a circle and released the rabbits and the puppy in the midst of the kids. The girls that were crying stopped crying and they began to laugh and just enjoy the animals.
After this I talked about the Lord being there with us and Him having a purpose for our lives. I finished up with a prayer and the whole situation was brought to a level of real peace. Yes it will take time, but every little thing that helps them to smile is a gift of God. Thank God for the puppy and the rabbits. They helped me calm them down so that I could speak with them.
Pray, people, only God's healing touch can bring about a permanent peace.

Haircuts all around! Today we got all the kids haircuts. The barber in the village came to our campus and cut everyones hair. The cost Rs.10 per haircut. That is $0.24! 

We visited the small Zoo at Coimbatore. We had to take a bus ride. The kids had a blast. 

COCO: Understanding This Indian Sport

CoCo: Look below at the previous post for a pic of the game in progress.
This Indian Sport is very popular among Indian girls at school and in playfields. Well, it does not need any equipment except two post. Great sport for the poor man. Anyway, it is very physical and takes a lot of stamina.
I did this post up because many of you getting kid letters will see that the girls have written COCO is their favorite game...
Teams: 2
Players in each Team: 9 ( but you can adapt it to any size)
Equipment: 2 posts.

The Game:
1. First the catching team will sit 8 players each taking a knee between the 2 posts. One player facing one side the other player kneeling looking the other side.
2. There will be one player who is the catcher.
3. The other team is the running team. They will introduce 3 players at a time into the play area. The catcher will try to catch them. The runners will run between the seated players and the posts. The catcher must be a team player and tag the seated player best possible to catch the runner durin the game.
4. When the catcher tags her teammate she yells co. I wonder if this was supposed to be go. Maybe the game is supposed to be called go go???
5. The team that catches the other team in the lowest possible time wins.

The Indian Sport Of COCO: Favorite of girls everywhere in India. 

ALL SPONSORS OF OUR TSUNAMI KIDS LOOKOUT FOR LETTER PACKS

Dear Friends:
You must be recieving, in 10 days or so, a letter pack with pic of kid you are sponsoring, along with a letter from the kid and a drawing the kid has done up for you. Please reply promptly as the kid will be anxious to know if you got his pack. Thanks for your support.

This is a picture I drew for you: Kanmani Thanks for the letter and brennon thanks for your pic and drawing. 

Kanmani: Hi Brennon, Bruce & Cheryl