Chennai Family Visit

After the National Blending in Chennai last week, as a family, we visited an Uncle and an Aunty who were my guardians when I was a student At MCC in 2000-2003. This was my first visit as a family. Though they are aged, they are still young in spirit and welcomed us with the same love and care as when I was a student then. Our fellowship began with their daughter and son-in-law, who used to serve the Lord in Shillong, when I was studying for my graduation. Since then we have a very wonderful relationship in the Lord. Whenever I pass through or visited Chennai I would do my best to visit them. They reckon me as their own son in the Lord and I deem it so spiritually too. Though their daughter had gone to be with the Lord, the bridge that she established between us is still going strong. With the same love and care they have for me, I too want to reciprocate in the best way I can. Perhaps, by introducing the ministry to them, and the saints as well. What I have done so far is, introducing the ministry literature. If it be of the Lord, I pray that they also be brought into the church life and be blended and builded in the Body.

Besides this visit, as a family, we had a day visit to a theme park mostly for the sake of my children. This was the park I visited twenty years ago when I came to Chennai for the first time for students' retreat. That time I was one of the enjoyers of the theme park, but this time with three children, I was the ward of the enjoyers, my children. Now, my desire and interest are related to my family, especially my children. 

As a family, we also visited the family of my teacher when in college who was instrumental in introducing me to the church life. Ever since I began my fellowship with him, my teacher then and my brother now, our relationship in the Lord has been steadfast. Though we may not share the same vision exactly, still as a brother, I always did my best to visit whenever opportunity arises. This time my visit was purely a brotherly-family visit. We enjoyed dinner together with my children getting to eat their favorite south Indian specialty: Dosa, Puri, and half-fried egg,"bull's eye."

My travel this time was more of family oriented. Though I travel often for the ministry of the word distribution purpose, this time I was reminded to pay more attention to my family. My wife has been reminding me to bond with my children more, as much as possible, as I hardly get time to really bond and blend with them. This was one of the opportunity to bond as a family in our visit to Chennai.

Praise the Lord for all these families whom the Lord has prepared to shepherd me then, and now I can fellowship with them as Christian brothers in the family of God. As a family, our prayer for them follows too. 

May the Lord grace them good health and long life to continue to serve the Lord by serving the saints, especially students.