expresso bar at Amritapuri

[Guest guest]

Dear Siblings in Amma,

 

just a little report from our son, telling about some of the changes at

Amritapuri since we were there last year:

 

 

 

i'm writing from the computer school across the

backwaters. the ashram has email but only three

computers so you have to wait forever. my seva is in

the western cafe, taking orders and cooking every day

from about 12:45 to 5:45. it's a lot of work but it

feels good to do it, only sometimes i wish i was in a

less social environment. it's a good challenge for me

though. there's also a new espresso bar right next to

the cafe, and the juice bar got moved to next to the

temple, near where the rice is cooked and the indian

canteen. the indian store is vastly expanded and is

now more like a general store, and the menu at the

cafe is bigger and may get bigger yet. amma wants

people to feel like they can get everything they need

inside the ashram. so people can get their morning

cappuccino without leaving now...amma knows best. the

day after i got here was the first time devi bhava was

held in the new hall, and the day after that was the

first time bhajans were held there. both are always

there now. at first i was devastated, and so was

eveybody, because amma is so much further away for

bhajans. but the first night there was a railing,

which partially obstricted the view, and that was

immediately cut down, and now the only problem is the

stage is way too high. no one knows why it has to be

so high, since everyone sits down in the hall.

[Guest guest]

Thank you for sharing your son's letter. It brings India closer to us all.