That night I prayed and he prayed, we told our loving Father who understands everything and makes everything right, in His beautiful way. we retired to our beds, leaving everything into His Fatherly hands.
The next day my husband went to the bank and paid s. Rs.7000 in the bank and took the challan and submitted it in the Muncipal office. They coolly said to come and see them , after two days. They were so reckless, and did not give any hint that they would do the work. My husband went to the Muncipal office after two days, they asked him to see them the next day, and the next day. They never answer the position of the our situation, neither yes or no. Just postponing the things, and asking him to come again and again.
Everyday I was anxiously asking my husband about the happening of the muncipal tap permission. Every day he was with an answer that they were not giving permission. So we keep on praying for this issue.
One day I said , " Tomorrow is second saturday, Mrs umadevi's husband, Mr Subramanyam garu would be at home. ( He was working in Rajahmundry Muncipality, Previously he was working in Eluru Muncipality.) let us ask his advice about this tap connection" My husband accepted my advice , as Mr. Subramanyam was a very good friend of us, we both went to their house, in next street. After hearing our predictment, he laughed and said, " Why you are worried so much, those people in the Muncipality are like that only, but you have a relative by name Mr. Neelakantam garu who used to work here. You just tell him , he will do it immediatly." --- I said, " But he is working in Vizag , know, how can he help us?" ---- "oh , ( he laughed loudly) don't you know that he is Muncipal commissioner and he is incharge of West Godavari , East Godavari, and Vizag districts. " --
so we both went to the Telephone booth, as we did not have telephone, those days, and called him, ( he was the best friend of my father and also related to us. he had great regard for my dad, my father left for heavenly abode in the year 1992, that is 2 years before.) So when I introduced myself once again and told him about the water tap connection, and our predictment. He just laughed and said," Oh Leela, do not worry amma, I am coming to Eluru tomorrow, ask ABBAYI ( son, ie your husband) to meet me in Muncipal guest house. Give me his office phone number , I will call him" So we did so.
This Muncipal guest house is just opposite to the Office where my husband was working. i.e., A.E.N Rly office.
The next day he came and called my husband and asked him to sit along with him on sofa, and all those engineers were just standing in front of him to take his orders, he told them, it seems, " see this is my son in law, my daughter applied for water tap connection, sanction it under my quota. ( His quota is of only Rs. 3500) So the next day, early morning by 9 o' clock the workers from the Muncipal office came with a plea telling us, that they brought the challan of Rs. 7000/ and gave it to us, and asked us to cancell it and take another challan for Rs. 3500/ and five it to them. When my husband said that he would submit it in the office that morning , they said " No sir, we will come and take, we will come to work for the pipes connection to the Water tank which is nearby park" This is another surprise for us. We later come to know from them, that till then the water pipes were connected to Water reservoir which was too far from our house, the old tap which we lost was also connected to the Water reservoir, but now we are going to get this new connection to the new Water tank which is going to be inaugurated after two days, ( ie 16th March 1994) Can you understand our joy , the inner joy , the mirth in our hearts and eyes? ) The workers came and worked humbly, attentively, quickly, without any fuss as they used to in other cases. On 16th March the connection was given, the water was so forceful and I was literally jumping up and down while I connected rubber tube to the tap in my home and the water was so full and plenty so I asked my neighbors if they need water, and supplied the water to them. The old tap water was connected to distant reservoir so the they hardly get water for half an hour, and that too in less force, like drops of water.
How we were stopped to fall into less blessing, and how we were forced to jump into the abundant blessing of plenty of water!! It was just like the story of Isaac of old. Genesis 26:12-25) Isaac dug wells, but there was strife and hatred, Mathew Henry's concise commentry--Isaac met with opposition with digging wells.Two were called Contention and Hatred See the nature of world things; They make quarrels, and are occasions of strife; and what is often the lot of the most quiet and peaceable" those who avoid striving , yet cannot avoid being striven with An what a mercy it is to have plenty of water; to have without striving for it!
when men are false and unkind , still God is faithful and gracious, and his time to show himself so is, when we are most disappointed by men.
You know later the same neighbor became our good friend after many many strife of this sort. He used to come to my home to give me the very tasty drumsticks of his backyard, and some times his wife sends through him mango pickle are breakfast .. with tasty pickles. His only son used to hear the word of God we preach , and he became christian, and married a christian girl. They are orthodox Hindus.
The next day my husband went to the bank and paid s. Rs.7000 in the bank and took the challan and submitted it in the Muncipal office. They coolly said to come and see them , after two days. They were so reckless, and did not give any hint that they would do the work. My husband went to the Muncipal office after two days, they asked him to see them the next day, and the next day. They never answer the position of the our situation, neither yes or no. Just postponing the things, and asking him to come again and again.
Everyday I was anxiously asking my husband about the happening of the muncipal tap permission. Every day he was with an answer that they were not giving permission. So we keep on praying for this issue.
One day I said , " Tomorrow is second saturday, Mrs umadevi's husband, Mr Subramanyam garu would be at home. ( He was working in Rajahmundry Muncipality, Previously he was working in Eluru Muncipality.) let us ask his advice about this tap connection" My husband accepted my advice , as Mr. Subramanyam was a very good friend of us, we both went to their house, in next street. After hearing our predictment, he laughed and said, " Why you are worried so much, those people in the Muncipality are like that only, but you have a relative by name Mr. Neelakantam garu who used to work here. You just tell him , he will do it immediatly." --- I said, " But he is working in Vizag , know, how can he help us?" ---- "oh , ( he laughed loudly) don't you know that he is Muncipal commissioner and he is incharge of West Godavari , East Godavari, and Vizag districts. " --
so we both went to the Telephone booth, as we did not have telephone, those days, and called him, ( he was the best friend of my father and also related to us. he had great regard for my dad, my father left for heavenly abode in the year 1992, that is 2 years before.) So when I introduced myself once again and told him about the water tap connection, and our predictment. He just laughed and said," Oh Leela, do not worry amma, I am coming to Eluru tomorrow, ask ABBAYI ( son, ie your husband) to meet me in Muncipal guest house. Give me his office phone number , I will call him" So we did so.
This Muncipal guest house is just opposite to the Office where my husband was working. i.e., A.E.N Rly office.
The next day he came and called my husband and asked him to sit along with him on sofa, and all those engineers were just standing in front of him to take his orders, he told them, it seems, " see this is my son in law, my daughter applied for water tap connection, sanction it under my quota. ( His quota is of only Rs. 3500) So the next day, early morning by 9 o' clock the workers from the Muncipal office came with a plea telling us, that they brought the challan of Rs. 7000/ and gave it to us, and asked us to cancell it and take another challan for Rs. 3500/ and five it to them. When my husband said that he would submit it in the office that morning , they said " No sir, we will come and take, we will come to work for the pipes connection to the Water tank which is nearby park" This is another surprise for us. We later come to know from them, that till then the water pipes were connected to Water reservoir which was too far from our house, the old tap which we lost was also connected to the Water reservoir, but now we are going to get this new connection to the new Water tank which is going to be inaugurated after two days, ( ie 16th March 1994) Can you understand our joy , the inner joy , the mirth in our hearts and eyes? ) The workers came and worked humbly, attentively, quickly, without any fuss as they used to in other cases. On 16th March the connection was given, the water was so forceful and I was literally jumping up and down while I connected rubber tube to the tap in my home and the water was so full and plenty so I asked my neighbors if they need water, and supplied the water to them. The old tap water was connected to distant reservoir so the they hardly get water for half an hour, and that too in less force, like drops of water.
How we were stopped to fall into less blessing, and how we were forced to jump into the abundant blessing of plenty of water!! It was just like the story of Isaac of old. Genesis 26:12-25) Isaac dug wells, but there was strife and hatred, Mathew Henry's concise commentry--Isaac met with opposition with digging wells.Two were called Contention and Hatred See the nature of world things; They make quarrels, and are occasions of strife; and what is often the lot of the most quiet and peaceable" those who avoid striving , yet cannot avoid being striven with An what a mercy it is to have plenty of water; to have without striving for it!
when men are false and unkind , still God is faithful and gracious, and his time to show himself so is, when we are most disappointed by men.
You know later the same neighbor became our good friend after many many strife of this sort. He used to come to my home to give me the very tasty drumsticks of his backyard, and some times his wife sends through him mango pickle are breakfast .. with tasty pickles. His only son used to hear the word of God we preach , and he became christian, and married a christian girl. They are orthodox Hindus.
