My Equanimity

A chalk welcome sign drawn by children at the Assisi Snehalaya HIV/AIDS Care Centre.

This sign is at the entrance of Shanti Ashram, a community development center in Coimbatore. They offer a wide variety of outreach programs, including literacy, healthcare, nutrition, hygiene, alleviation of poverty, women’s empowerment and HIV/AIDS education. Very impressive.

Tribal boys are provided with room, board and an education at this school run by the Marthoma Church

This lovely garden winds through a wooded area at Santhigiri Ashram. I wish it were in my backyard.

Beautiful chapel at Santhigiri Ashram, run by the Marthoma Church.

Becky and I after our visit with these lovely young women at the Marthoma College of Management and Technology. They were delightful.

Getting my toes wet in the Indian Ocean (technically the Arabian Sea in this area) in one of my new Indian shirts.

Father Leo’s family hosted us for dinner one evening. They danced and sang for us, and we sang a little for them. They were charming hosts. That’s Father Leo sitting by the wood paneled wall.

Had a lot of fun climbing around on the rocks into the middle of the dam.