Hursts in India

Monday morning we visited Pathway Centre for Rehabilitation and Education of the Intellectually Disabled. in Chennai, an NGO founded by Adsn Prasad and now run by his widow Chandra.  Check out their website http://pathway.org.in.   LDS Charities has donated resources to this organization so we wanted to find out more about it.  The Centre educates, rehabilitates and employs the disabled.  This special boy has a talent for creating figures out of clay.  He made this beautiful nativity and  . . . also these figures of us while we watched! These beautiful children are special education students at the Pathway Centre fin Chennai.  All the children we met there were so happy. This sweet girl made a beautiful paper star for me during our visit.   In the afternoon we drove 60 miles south to the 70 acre Pamela Martinez-Pathway Agro Farm for Children which has a school and home for  orphaned child...

KOLKATA TO CHENNAI This amazing week we were able to visit, learn about the saints in and experience the different cultures, languages and climates of Kolkata and Chennai.  As reported last week, we were in Kolkata to get to know the wonderful little branch there.  Jeanette wrote about it so I won't repeat, but it was a sweet opportunity to understand the members there and feel of their wonderful spirits. After Sunday we were able to spend a couple of extra days visiting with some members and parts of the City.  There are so many photos but we have tried to narrow it down - but still many more than usual so be patient.  Most of the photos speak for themselves. KOLKATA   Old British architecture in old downtown Kolkata.  No, Jeanette has not defected.  Statue of Lenin in the central park - hammer and sickle flags are very common.  Kolkata actually had an elected communist government for nearly two decades.  They were voted ou...