A visit to Morning Star, 20th October 2006

It was quite a while since I met my neighbour Anu, who came down from Canada and who showed some interest in the children of Morning Star. At first, we decided to go there by bike, but his family convinced him that it was not feasible as there was a wedding the next day and he would not be in a position to attend it if he did so. Godfrey his brother in law kindly decided to take him there by car and we went peacefully, and were really thankfully grateful for the ride.

Anu and Godfrey were introduced to John, and as it was holiday time the children were scattered all over, some under the trees of their Park around the round tables chatting. We met the challenged kids, and also a new challenged child whose name was given as Sumo !, and who seemed to be quite active. Later we went round the quarters, and the visitors were brought up to speed as to the children's day to day routines and welfare.

Some kind soul had donated a complete settee that was placed in the Library. I feel that the Library may have to be moved as this was not an ideal setup for the children when they referred to the books, and had to so some work. The location is to be sorted.

While we were there we caught up with  Matt (whom I had met earlier with Allison on 2nd July, 2006),  a visitor whom I met on an earlier occasion, and who had come down again to Bangalore from Australia, on a software project and decided to spend the week end at Morning Star. He spent some time with John and  the normal children .

Joy took us around explaining about the projects that were in mind, the foundation stones were laid and ready for building if the funds were available.and we saw some new changes, one was a gift of a 'dish' TV receiver, that obviously needed to be mounted properly, then there was an exercise treadmill donated, but not suitable for the situation as there was no shortage of walking exercise for the children and the others. The Children have always been disciplined to be neat, and we can see a view of their shoe rack . Anu sampled some of the affection from kids, and was taken up by Dan who held on to him while he walked around. While indoors, we saw some of the greenery and flowers. We noticed how affectionate the children were with animals also, Kannan and his cat!

What brought a drool to our mouths was the sight of a 'gooseberry' tree, filled with with berries, taking us back to our school days, making us think of chilli powder and salt! A refreshing piece of papaya was always welcome as it is grown on the grounds.
Still on the rounds in the Children's Park, we came across a new 'project' , that is ' The Borewell '. In the summer months, there was a shortage of water, and so Morning Star was forced to drill this borewell. It is dug to 800 ft. Anu who saw this, was taken up with the whole idea and kindly sponsored the same. The drilled granite soil was laid on the the slippery pathway, now making it safe and asphalted, nothing is wasted!. What was remaining for the borewell to be functional was to get a sumbersible water pump, piping, cabling, and electrical fittings, (which has subsequently been procured).

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