Updates from Attapadi

Messages\CD of Albany kids taken to Calicut

I spoke to Paul achen at Attapadi Ashram today. Achen said that the messages written by the Albany kids and the Video CD of their Christmas messages etc to Sneha are sent to Calicut where Sneha and Sachu are staying. They will be shown and explained to Sneha and Sachu on a one-one basis. Also the messages written by the Albany kids are being shown to Sneha and she is being told about her new friends in Albany. Earlier all the kids in Attapadi had seen the video.

Achen said he was hoping that she is able to speak in about 7 months by the speech therapy that is going on. She had written the Christmas message (on the Christmas card we got) by her own hand, but it was an "all day affair" as achen put it. So it will be a little while more before she can write back to us, but achen said he has it in mind to connect her to us at the earliest.

Paul achen said that in the video taken by Rajesh (still awaiting!) there are good clippings of Sneha/Sachu - their classes, and also about the others in Attapadi.

Also achen said there are 2 families who will soon join Attapadi Ashram (one from Nigeria and one from Calicut, I think) to work with the other staff there (as part of their mission work) so that there would be more people around. Achen said they also would be made aware of the unique project of Sneha with Albany Sunday school. (M.D. John achen who was the director there is now transferred to Parumala Seminary and a new achen Saji achen has now joined there.) I have heard that Saji achen is another devoted and prayer ful person, silent but one with extra ordinary talents.

I also spoke to John achen, now in Parumala, who said that he was kind of sad to be away from Attapadi since he was so involved with the Ashram and also with Sachu and Sneha and the other kids.

Luv,
Sunil.