Brown's Daily Word 9-3-08

Dear Friends,
Praise the Lord for this new day. Today is the first day of school for the all the schools in New York State. It is going to be one of the ten best days. It is going to be bright and brilliant. It was a wonderful day yesterday. Janice and Simeon are coming today; Micah will be joining us tomorrow. Jeremy will be coming down Saturday. Our friend Linda is visiting us. Laureen is home. She had flown to Columbia, SC to visit her friend Meredith for a few days. Laureen will be starting her new job next Monday. Alice started school yesterday (teachers only) and meets her new students today. Sunita and Andy celebrated their first wedding anniversary on Monday, September 1. Rev. Sushant Naik, a Christian leader from Orissa, is coming down to be with us for few days. He will be going back to Orissa, India on the tenth of September.
I am forwarding a news article From "Times of India". The Central Government of India is now taking some action to intervene in the devastating and deplorable condition of Orissa. I have spoken to some of my family members and some Christian leaders. The Union Home Minister, Shivaraj Patil, met with the Chief Minister of Orissa. He also visited the refugee center-- Relief Center in premises of the Hubback High School yesterday, taking stock of the situation.
The first foreign Government to condemn the violence against Christians in Orissa was the government of Italy. The Vatican also condemned the atrocities committed against defenseless Christians. The Conference of the Catholic Bishops of India is in the forefront of bringing the attention of the Central (Federal) Government of India to the dire situation of Orissa.
Thank you for praying and caring. Many of you have contacted the media on behalf of the suffering Christians of Orissa. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution carried an article highlighting the plight of Christians in Orissa. The British Baptist Journal carried a front page article highlighting the situation in India, thanks to our friend Sue Clyde. Our daughter Sunita is meeting with an official from the US State Department in Washington this Thursday.
Praise the Lord for all of you who have been sending the monetary gifts for those who are suffering. As the Lord lays in your heart a burden for the victims of the persecution, you can send checks payable to the Union Center United Methodist church, Memo - India Project. The checks can be sent to Union Center United Methodist Church, 128 Maple Drive, Endicott, New York, 13760. All the gifts received will be used100% for the suffering and the needy Christians in G.Udayagiri, Phulbani area.
Some of you have inquired about the children in the children's homes of Dugudi and Nanda. The Buildings are intact. Praise the Lord. The children are currently staying in the Relief Center in G. Udayagiri. All schools and colleges are closed, and shops and stores are closed most of the time. Transportation has been completely disrupted. The violence against Christians continues . Many Christians have been fleeing to cities like Bhubaneswar and Berampore.


Revelation 12: 7And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
12Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. "

In Jesus,
Brown
From " THE TIMES OF INDIA"


SC directs Orissa to submit report on Kandhamal by Thursday3 Sep 2008, 1132 hrs IST,AGENCIES
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Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil meets Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar. (PTI Photo)
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The ASG said that a senior government official from the state should assure the court that the state government will fully assist the para-military forces in protecting lives of people in riot-hit areas. However, counsel for the Orissa government contended that the allegations of Archbishop were not correct. He further said that he was not aware of any yatra to be taken out by Togadia as he was hearing it for the first time in the court. He claimed the situation in the riot-hit areas was under control and a similar PIL has been filed in the Orissa High Court. He said that the Crime Branch has been entrusted the probe of the incidents. However, the Bench said at this stage the court was not concerned with the investigations but with controlling the violence. The Orissa government counsel said that the Home Minister has gone to the state to find out whether these allegations were correct or not. However, this submission was opposed by the ASG who said that the Minister has gone to see whether people were provided protection or not. He said, it was the duty of state government to assist the para-military forces so that no life was lost. In a petition filed on Tuesday, the Archbishop claimed that the attack on churches and other properties belonging to the community was a well orchestrated conspiracy and pleaded that the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) be asked to conduct a probe to find out which organisation was behind the Kandhamal violence. Giving details of the damage and loss of property, the petition alleged the Orissa government had failed to protect the life and property of the community and the measures taken by it, including the compensation announced for the affected families, were not enough. The petition also sought a compensation of Rs five lakh for the families of those killed in the violence, Rs four lakh for those whose houses were destroyed, Rs two lakh for those whose houses were damaged partially and Rs one lakh for those injured. The petition also sought Rs three crore as compensation for the damage caused to churches.


Note: 1 lakh = 100,000, about $2,500

1 crore = 10,000,000




Home / blogs / Dr. Sajan's blog / Fed ready to take steps in riot-hit Orissa, SupremeCourt told
Centre ready to take steps in riot-hit Orissa, SC told They (supporters of Laxmananda) VHP are saying that since you (missionaries) have killed our head we will kill your head," Gonsalvess claimed( All primary investigations clearly suggest the killing was the hand work of Left Maoists).
New Delhi : The Centre on Tuesday assured the Supreme Court that it will fulfil its responsibilities and take necessary steps in the riot-hit Kandhamal district of Orissa.
"The Centre will fulfil its responsibilities," Additional Solicitor Gopal Subramanium told a Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan when a petition seeking a CBI probe into incidents of violence against Christians in the state was mentioned before it.
The Bench, which at first wanted petitioner and Archbishop of Cuttack Raphael Cheenath to approach the Orissa High Court, agreed to grant urgent hearing tomorrow after the ASG intervened and conveyed instructions received from the Centre.
"Necessary steps will be taken," Subramanium said and asked the Bench to hear the matter tomorrow.
The ASG said he would personally interact with the Home Secretary and discuss the issues raised in the petition.



Home / blogs / Dr. Sajan's blog / 2400 homes and Prayer houses torched-Orissa state
As per the latest Orissa government assessment, at least 2,400 buildings, including prayer houses and schools, have been either damaged or burnt," Kandhamal district collector Krishan Kumar said. This is hotly contested by GCICand numbers are played down in a major cover upHe said sporadic incidents of violence had been reported from some villages under Tikabali police station despite the imposition night curfew in the entire district.
Curfew was also clamped in Jaypore town in Koraput district after clashes between Christians and VHP , a police official said.
The communal violence erupted on the evening of Aug 23, when Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, a member of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad's (VHP) central advisory committee, and four others were killed by suspected Maoist guerrillas at his Jalespata ashram in Kandhamal.
The death toll in the violence has gone up to 51 even as the government deployed police and paramilitary forces in 12 of the state's 30 districts and imposed curfew in Kandhamal.
Due to the violence, thousands of villagers in Kandhamal district fled to nearby forests. Some of them are now returning and taking shelter in the relief camps set up by the administration.
"The district administration has set up at least 10 relief centers and 14,500 people are being sheltered there. They are being provided food and medicines," Krishan Kumar said.
"Fifty percent of the people were brought by us, while the others came on their own. Today (Tuesday) we rescued 20 children from a Christian home at Phulbani since they were feeling unsafe.