Another moving set of reflections on the experience of being in Chennai from Jan Potter: ———— We have been interviewing every day all morning and afternoon. The children have started arriving for after school club as we were finishing. The heat has been hard, even with fans going and windows open. Yesterday it was even […]
“Jesus Feeding his Children” – Chennai 2014
Laurence Potter is one of the team in Chennai visiting the SKM church and child sponsorship project with Grassroots. Andy asked him to write up his impressions and experiences. So here they are! —– The first time we visited the after-school club was a revelation. At about five o’clock, children began to swarm up the […]
Amazing people doing Amazing things
Education is an integral part of this sponsorship programme. The people we are helping live in the slum where there is very little sanitation or space. So many children see a good education as their way out of the cycle of life as that might enable a better job which in turn might mean they […]
Mrs Potter in Chennai
Mrs Potter, the head of Ribby with Wrea Endowed Church of England Primary School, is in Chennai with the Grassroots team. This is her report from Saturday and Sunday: We spent time last night walking around the slums, meeting different members of church families, experiencing a little of their lives, so we had a bit […]
Church in the Chennai slum
Passion. A church full by 6.20am fervently worshipping and glorifying God and another different full house at 9am. The singing was loud, the young men playing the instuments were talented and Deborah led worship to the God who causes her (almost constant) smile. Andy was planning to talk about giving everything for God, but he […]
India team arrives in Chennai
We arrived in Chennai having experienced one of the most international places in the world: Dubai airport in the middle of the night, people from everywhere flying everywhere! Laurence spent the flight from Dubai to Chennal witnessing and comparing different religions (when he should have been asleep!) and then was amused by whole families travelling on […]