When we reflect on 2022, the word that sums the year up would be “calm.” By calm, I do not mean that the year did not have challenges common to each of us. Instead, it was unlike 2020 and 2021. In the year 2020, COVID-19 took the world hostage. The year 2021 proved to be…
There are several types of churches that you can encounter. I categorize these churches on a spectrum based on one factor – a Statement of Faith. On the far right of this spectrum is the type of church who have a Statement of Faith published. From center to the far right of this spectrum, you…
Happy New Year! We want to thank each one of you who supported us through 2021 through your prayers, care, financial partnerships, and conversations. Honestly the years 2020 and 2021 are just one big year in our minds and it is hard to separate them. We tried to look back at the year 2021 and…
We thank God for keeping our family safe through the second quarter of the year even as our nation was grappling though a very bad second wave of COVID-19. Friends and family were ill. Many of the WhatsApp groups we are in would have updates of lives lost on a daily basis. It became emotionally…
The first quarter of the year has been a busy one for the DSouza household. Mia turned 5! We thank God for her. Eddie’s family came over to celebrate Mia’s birthday. Mia had multiple celebrations with various groups of friends. She made up for not having an event last year. School life School life has…
Ten years ago on this day I completed all the formalities for exiting from a job in a big Indian IT firm. I had just completed about four and a half years working for Infosys. I quit my job with the intention to preach the Gospel of Jesus while being employed full-time by Cross Cultured…
We were in Mangalore with Eddie’s parents as the quarter began. The kids were having a great time playing. Their schooling was minimal as they did not have much energy to concentrate while much play invited them. Eddie had to keep up with his Greek learning. In those early weeks, it took a lot from…
Allie likes to write. This time she wrote a Christmas story for Mia. She did a good job with it. Lauren decided to work on some illustrations to go with the story. Eddie decided to publish the book. Do have a look at the book if you would like to. Amazon India Amazon US
It took us 2.5 days to clean up and apply the primer coat and the two top coats of the damp proof layer on the roof. I am thankful for the 3 days of sunshine we had that enabled us to do this phase of the work. It appears that there will be rain today…
So our apartment building was constucted over 3 decades ago. And the builders had stopped construction midway hoping to continue the project a few years later. That never happened. This left the roof uncompleted terrace open to the elements. The elements did not take too kindly to the incomplete structure. There are leaks and water…