For us, a bible convention at Vallarpadam at the Lady of Ransom church is a dream come true. We all have been waiting for something like this for a long time. This is the place, this is the church (first church in Asia to be dedicated to the Holy Spirit) where the words of living water should flow.
On the 125th anniversary of the diocese of Verapoly, the authorities decided to celebrate it with a convention. Fr. Xavier Khan Vattayil and his team members lead the convention.
It was a spiritual feast for everyone around the place. The spirit, the crowd, the wonderful opportunity to praise our LORD along with thousands of others.
The convention started on 12th of September Wednesday, from the day one the ground was full, amazing the times we are living is making us live on the edge and the comfort spirituality is offering.
A day was lost, on Saturday, the haarthal in protest of certain govt. policies made it difficult for peoples from far to come, but those who were blessed with a vehicle got an easy ride as the traffic was less. But the ground was full on that day too.
It was a rainy week all the way, the sun when it comes out during our monsoon is impossibly hot. But for us it did not make a difference, the cool breeze from the Arabian sea, did had an air conditioning effect.
The usual visitors to Vallarpadam, they come from all over India, were surprised with the crowd and the loud worship. I wish they too understood the language and the message. We don't know when we get the message we need to change our life, in Fr. Panckal's (Divine, Muringoor) words, the POWERFUL WORD OF GOD, that can bring the change we need in our life.
A lot of volunteers put in their effort, to see through the five days of the convention. Everything went well, in rain and the sun. After all, its not the physical comfort that matters, when one is longing for the spiritual well being.
For me, once again it were days of joy. I like worshipping OUR LORD along with like minded people. The convention brought a lot of people from different levels of life, all of them came for the LORD and the spirit was unbelievably Jesus like. I kind of drank it all. I was so happy.
All the pictures were taken a week earlier, when they were setting up the venue. I wish I had a small camera, I could have carried it on the convention days.
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