"Let the little children come to me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the Kingdom of God" (Mark10:14)

Dear family in Christ…

Looks like everyone is excited about Rendezvous '07…Surely gonna be a great gathering of our dear family after a long time…. Now with the end of the semester and start of study leave, we r really gonna miss our college and prayer group for some time (only physically though!). This week, we had a really 'cute' prayer meeting, led by Sumi (S5L) and Bineesha (S5C), centered on the theme ' Be like a child'. A child is always frank, cute, innocent and always speaks out his/her mind. As we 'grow up', we lose that innocence. But in front of our God Almighty, we r all tiny tots, each one still in his/her teething stage. The group started out with songs and the action song 'Who gives the faith….' This was followed by sharings by our dear Anna chechi (2006 civil) and Robin chettan (present Professional Ministry Fulltimer). We also had our dear Sherin chechi (2007 Computer) along with us.

The Word of God sharing, which followed, was based on Mark 10:13-16; Jesus blessing the children. During the sharing, the need for calling up our Heavenly ABBA Father was emphasized. There is a story about a rich man (a very rich man indeed!!!). There was a rich man, who earned in excess of Rs.50k per month. One day he saw his youngest daughter sitting on the doorstep, all worried and tensed up. On asking what the matter was, he got a reply that she had to bring Rs.10 to school the next day and she was worried where to get it from. Just imagine how the loving Dad must have felt. Even in His richness, his dear daughter was worried how to find this small amount all by herself. Are we any different? In many a situations, we tend to find solutions for them by ourselves. We forget about our loving Heavenly Father, who is out there to remove all our sorrows and share His riches with us. We do sing, " I'm trading my sorrows, I'm trading my pain, I'm laying them down, For the joy of the Lord…. Yes Lord…."… But do we really trade them up? Can we really say a Yes to the Lord? Do we really call Him with the love and closeness befitting a Father and a son?

During this meeting, we had the first years outnumbering everyone else, in spite of their ongoing first series exams. Praise God… Please do keep them in your prayers. We are also gonna have our Christmas celebrations on the coming Wednesday. Everyone's pretty excited about it… Our Uni exams are to start on this 18^th. Please keep us also in ur dear prayers. Another happy news is the launch of the second issue of the Professional Ministry newsletter… After a long delay of 9 months, the 'baby' is finally out. Hope it will be a light in the paths of many... The soft copy will be uploaded very soon.. Thank You very much for ur valuable prayers and support..

Together in Spirit,

With luv and prayers, Jeffie John Parackal

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me". Phil 4:13