Sari Bari wants to invite you to participate in its first ever auction. Sari Bari is auctioning two unique king size blankets 92×108. Each blanket is made up of the parts of more than 20 saris. Each section of the blanket is stitched with the corresponding thread color and each patch is artistically applied to [...]
Our Kolkata community just celebrated it’s first covenant ceremony together. We shared communion, singing, and of course a great wedding-like meal in celebration of Upendra, Sarah, I stepping into a deeper sense of commitment and belonging within our community. Before our close friends and dear WMF and Sari Bari family we shared about our vocation, [...]
Continue to pray for our Sari Bari ladies, many continue to wrestle with health issues, family problems, and depression which often carries over into the work environment. Please pray for peace to rest on them and for holistic healing to engulf their lives. Pray also for our staff as we seek new and creative ways [...]
Sari Bari celebrations are a normal practice for us here in Kolkata. Maybe it is a reaction to the intensity of suffering we see and experience through our friends here, maybe we just like to have a good time, most definitely we’ve chosen to declare goodness and value and joy in the face of what [...]
In Kolkata going to church is a real discipline. I don’t think I’ve ever had to be so disciplined about choosing to go to church. There are a lot of reasons…I haven’t found a church that I’m really excited about partnering with, public transportation doesn’t run on Sundays, church is early, Sunday is often my [...]
Hello dear friends, here’s February’s prayers requests from our field, as always thank you so much for your faithful prayers for our staff and ladie Much love, WMF Kolkata Community Please pray for our Sari Bari retreat to Darjeeling from February 21-24. We will be taking an overnight train and 10 SUV’s up the mountain…with [...]
Another Sari Bari reflection from Melissa: I’ve started spending more time with the ladies who are in training at Sari Bari. The “Training Ladies” start each day with some basic education – reading and writing, and basic math. I was sitting upstairs with them, playing a letter (Bengali letter) recognition game. I’d show them a [...]
The tyranny of chaos. I was talking with a friend last night, and he used that phrase. It stuck in my mind because so often in this city, all I can say over and over in my mind is, “Chaos. This is complete chaos.” How true this phrase is: chaos is a tyrant that leaves [...]
Please pray for all of our Sari Bari ladies. Many ladies continue to struggle with their health, pray that their bodies will remain strong and healthy. Pray for all the Sari Bari leaders as they reinforce the attendance policy. Pray that the boundaries set will motivate all of our ladies to come to work on [...]
This past Saturday WMF Kolkata celebrated Christmas together with tasty homemade goodies, soup, and great gifts. Here’s a little greeting from our Bengali staff after they received their WMF hoodies! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od4NoxSTvUc