"Our Sweet Children Swept by the Tsunami!" cries a
servant of God from India
Dearly beloved in Christ Jesus,
I present below a heart-rending incident that happened in the town of Nagapattinam, South India, during December, 2004, concerning
a dear servant of God, namely Karibeeran Paramesvaran, who continues to serve the Lord faithfully.
Will you please take time to read this message along with his testimony
prayerfully? He has lost all his three sweet children during the Psunami disaster. After losing all his children, he
testifies, "We want to live to
continue to serve Him with fervour in the remainder
of our days on earth. We don't have questions to ask God. Why me Lord? God gave
us three sweet children and God took them to be with Him. All glory be to God. We hope to meet our children someday at Jesus'
feet."
Will you please send him a message of comfort to his email id given below?
Will you please view the photographs of his lost children and of his ministry
amongst the college students in the web-site given below? In fact, we need
servants of God like Karibeeran Paramesvaran
to serve the Lord in the Body of Christ.
( Job Anbalagan)
TESTIMONY
It was
As we live very close to the shore, the children and the relatives who came
home for Christmas wanted to go to the beach. We went to the beach deciding to
get back soon since Karunya insisted we go to church.
The sea was like any other day - very calm and pleasant.
Walking and playing on the beach is part of our daily routine, in the mornings
and evenings… We were playing with a flying disc for about 10 minutes against
the background of the sea.
My son Kirubasan (5) suddenly called out -
"Daddy, Daddy, look at the sea!". I saw the
sea rise to a height of about 50 feet in less than a second… Something very
unusual… We began running in fear. My son was holding my hands as we ran. We
couldn't match the speed of the water that travelled at
500 km/hr. In seconds it threw us and I found myself and my son
go up and come down. I could hear my son cry "Daddy, Daddy" as
he was drowning.
The second wave threw us apart. My son probably thought that I would save him
but I was helpless. I found myself about 750 metres
from the shore. I tried my level best to get hold of the palm trees, but the
waves didn't let me to do so. Finally, I got hold of a tree after I saw a wall
crumble and took a long deep breath. I climbed up the tree as the water level
rose. I survived.
I came down from the tree and went to search for my children and relatives. I
found my eldest daughter on the railway track, Rakshanya(12) lying dead. I
took her body and brought her home. I found the bodies of three of my
relations. While I was still searching someone told me that
there was a little boy 2 kms away. I went
there and found my son lying dead.
I returned to search for my other daughter and found another relation. After
about three hours of searching I heard of a girl lying in a bush. That was my
daughter Karunya (9). By that time there was a second
Tsunami wave. I along with my nephew carrying the body of my daughter ran home…
We barely made it.
It was evening. My day went in searching for the bodies. I found seven out of
ten. By then, the city was gripped with fear and almost 75% of the inhabitants
left the city.
We gave them a bath and dressed them up. I sent my nephew to get a few
wreaths of flowers. There was no shop open. So I couldn't even put some flowers
for them. We couldn't find a single person to dig a grave or attend the
funeral.
As a father, I dug the grave myself and placed my children inside and closed
the grave with sand.
Please see some photos taken before Christmas this year with my whole family at
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http://www.elijakiruba.com
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY
I, Karibeeran Paramesvaran,
was born in
We were serving the Lord in and around Nagapattinam
(Tamil Nadu,
We have adopted about 14 children and we are giving them education, clothes and
are meeting out their expenses. Some friends are helping us with this work. My
children used to teach them songs, put up skits and entertain the audience in
our ministry in all those villages.
Before Christmas we invited about 400 college students from various colleges.
We organised a programme 'Dhool Christmas 2004' for them. About 50 students accepted
Jesus Christ as Saviour. Many wanted to know more
about Him.
Please pray that God would strengthen us as we walk through this valley of
'the Shadow of death…' We want to live to continue to serve Him with fervour in the remainder of our days on earth. We don't
have questions to ask God. Why me Lord? God gave us three sweet children and
God took them to be with Him. All glory be to God. We
hope to meet our children someday at Jesus' feet.
K. Paramesvaran,
810/9, New
Kadambadi,
Nagappattinam-611 001,
Phone No: + 91 (4365) 248643, 248220
Email : elijakiruba@yahoo.co.in