October 2012

  • Fr. Jeff’s India Blog – Week 3

    Fr. Jeff’s India Blog – Week 3

    Balamma Satram Home for the Needy, South India 7th September – 10th October, 2012 Trying to cope with extreme heat is difficult for a healthy person to survive in this area of South India, but for someone who is only hours from death it is an enormous struggle. On Friday night, Nirmalah, the sick…

  • Fr. Jeff’s India Journal – Week 2

    Fr. Jeff’s India Journal – Week 2

    Balamma Satram Home for the Needy, South India 29th September – 7thOctober, 2012 As Mary Skaag and I have travelled around the surrounding area within a fifty mile radius of the village, we have realised that the poverty of the area is becoming greater due to the lack of rain. This is my fifth visit here and…