MONSOON 2015 TAMIL NADU My Life in India Praise God the Monsoon finally rested upon Tamil Nadu, India.  It has been a long drought which caused all rivers, lakes, ponds, and brooks to literally dry up and become pasture land for livestock.  Then there was the stealing of the sand from the riverbeds for the corrupt “Sand Mafia” while lining the pockets of many who look the other way.  The drought chased away the bird migration to the sanctuaries making them close down for over a year.  The water began reseeding in 2012 with full drought in play by the beginning of 2014 to present day.  I made a conscience commitment to pray for the end of the drought at the beginning of 2015 daily and for every drop of water that fell from the heavens I PRAISED GOD even if the rain lasted for a few minutes.  I prayed prayers of thanksgiving.  I will admit I was disappointed in the long wait between rains and the lengths but I was not giving up for I t...

  CYCLONE 2015 TAMIL NADU My life in India 11/10/15 November 9, 2015 was the day a Cyclone hit Tamil Nadu, India leaving us without power for 16+ hours.  The winds knocked several large trees and we were not spared.  Fortunately for us there was no damage leaving us the tedious job of removing it from the outside courtyard. We spent most of the day taking photographs from the front porch.   The photograph is of me and my German Shepard, Emmanuel  under  the fallen tree.   MY COMMENTARY:  I have spent a number of blogs recently on intolerance, social justice, persecution and the like coming out of India.  I am believer that it is not likely the common man/ citizens of any country that is the problem but very often governments.  Just as adamant as I was/ am about the circumstances in India I am same the same way with the problems in the USA.  The way I write here is with the same heart I tackle my o...

 THIS WAS TAKEN AT VADANTHANGAL BIRD SANCTUARY, TAMIL NADU, INDIA BY MY FRIEND FRANCO JOSEPH.  HE ALSO DESIGNED THE BANNER! LINDA MARY LIOTINO FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF ME A SERVANT OF CHRIST MISSION   2015