Shanthigramam - a place to bless you, humble you, break your heart, and change your life forever...

A few of the neat cottages where the rejected residents live out the autumn of their lives.  Neither family nor friend wants anything to do with them...

A few more cottages...please note how neat these are...the residents do all this work without fingers...

The beautiful chapel, again cared for by the residents, especially one little chap...

The residents...oh the joy was palpable! Many have become Christians simply through the love shown to them by the Christian staff...by this shall all men know that you are my disciples, Jesus said, by the love you have for one another...I prayed for them and they sang for me...beautiful angelic voices...

The staff...earthly angels...

Pattu - her first message was for me to tell Sue Renault (by name!) that she still has the music box given to her...years ago...

The man who keeps the chapel...his cottage was by far the neatest of them all... which is saying a lot!  These small things still give them dignity...

Here my heart broke...this dear lady...a daughter of God...was weeping because none of her family had visited her...I still had IR 600 in ten rupee notes, so I asked the Social Worker to buy them all all sweet treats from us, the US family...

Quite a card...I asked her to smile and she burst out laughing...

This gentleman wanted me to see his vegetable and fruit tree garden...how did he do this without fingers?  It is an amazing garden...straight furrows...how did he plant the seeds?  But he was so proud of what he could do...

Another beautiful person...one for whom Jesus died...one whom Jesus loves and touches through us, His hands and feet...ah, how we take a touch for granted!  That is all they wanted...to be touched...

This lady was one of two who were too sick to join the group outside...the other lady was dying...I prayed with each one and with the group...