Dear Friends:
This is the update you all have been waiting for...
1. Pitha Karasu & Tamil Alagi, the 2 kids who sat for the High School Public Exams have passed the exams. They are now preparing to join college. Pitha Karasu will join Sethupathi Polytechnic for a Diploma Course in Computer Hardware and Software Engineering. Tamil Algii is still trying to make up he mind.
2. Now School has started back again...
3. Our total strength at Miracle Garden is 66 kids...and growing.
4. All kids are now going to a school in the city of Coimbatore. The "Pandian Matriculation School"...This school is about 45 minutes away and we bus our kids there in our two vans. I drive one and a local Pastor drives the other. We park one van there and come back then we go in the evening and bring home the kids.
5. WOW! it has changed our lives completely. But I decided after the incident in May...It was not anymore safe or worth sending our kids to the Government school in the village.
6. In the new school:
36 kids attend the English medium
20 kids attend the Tamil medium
The other kids are older kids doing college or Vocational courses.
7. It is time to tailor new uniforms, buy school supplies etc etc...This is the most stressful time of the year. Especially this year. Please pray that all our needs are met.
John Pandian
