Prayers are Answered but in God’s Time

Subrata Gorai :- Prayers are answered but in God’s time.  That was the simple expression made by one of the faithful at Khejuri.  Khejuri in Midnapore was badly affected by “ Aila” the storm which hit two years ago.  The Diocese of Durgapur responded to the situation and provided relief work and built houses and deep tubewells for drinking water.  After the work was over the Diocese of Durgapur withdrew itself from that area.  But during the relief work a relationship was built with the Diocese and the local people of Khejuri.  The result was  that  the  Diocese of Durgapur was approached to work on education and health for the “beedi” worker’s children.  Keeping that in mind, the Diocese with the help from the Methodist Church in Britain will now build a school and a church. On 23rd May, 2011 a ground breaking ceremony for the school building was held at Khejuri with the local people and political leaders participating in it.  The Rt.Revd.Dr.Probal Kanto Dutta, Bishop of the Diocese of Durgapur along with Revd. Samiran Sinha, Mr. A.K.Roba, Mr. K.N.Das, Mr.Subrata Gorai and Mr. A. Banerjee were present for the ground breaking ceremony.