Around the Campus at TCL - October - December 2005.
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| Every other Monday evening our fellowship group
meets. This picture shows the group in our house. From left to
right: Rosemary, Shelton, Valantine, Laxman, Wesley and his
daughter, Kituni. Missing are Wesley's wife, Padma, and their
son Daniel. We played Pictionary that evening. The weather
was cool and wet and Daniel's disabilities are worse in this sort of
weather. Our first newsletter tells more about this group.
Note Shelton wearing a hat! Rosemary in a Kalwar Shameez |
This little kitten lived with its mother and
sibling around the Mess Hall door eating scraps. In fact, cats and
dogs in Sri Lanka are practically vegetarian, eating the food scraps
thrown into the street. This kitten was run over and lost its
leg. A kind student, Suranga, the campus St Francis, took it to the Veterinary Department at
Peradeniya University to patch it up. Suranga named her Kitty and she
was doing very well on her 3 legs. Unfortunately, the kitten was
later killed by a vehicle belonging to a contractor.
A distant relative, the leopard, is a native of Sri Lanka, and urban leopards are not unknown, even near busy Kandy. The occasional dog is taken. (We may as well write about it here because we'll never get a photograph.) |
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| This picture shows James with Sister Milburga Fernando in the TCL Mess Hall. Sister Milburga was a co-worker with Father Michael Rodrigo, a Roman Catholic theologian who "passed over" from a relatively comfortable life in theological education to live his theology of presence amongst poor Buddhists in a remote village. Over time, they accepted him as a holy man who knew and respected their own religion. He took on their struggles and came up against some powerful interests. He was killed in November 1987. Many Sri Lankans claim him as a martyr. James wrote an essay about Michael Rodrigo for his Masters and was able to learn more when Sister Milburga came to TCL to lead a Quiet Day. | The land in the highlands and the wet coastal areas of Sri Lanka is bursting with life. We visited the Gami Seva Sevana orgnanic farm. This farm is a charitable trust that promotes organic farming practice around the island. There are cows, goats and many demonstration beds full of different combinations of vegetables and herbs. These beds have to be carefully protected from wild boar that can destroy weeks of work in one night. The highlight of the visit was to see a terraced compost heap. To turn the heap you just throw its contents into the bin below mixing goat manure as you go. The stuff at the bottom was beautiful! We mention this visit in our December newsletter. |
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