Viola ka my Dear Prayer partner
Give your burdens to the Lord, and He will take care of you (Psalm 55:22).
I will comfort those who mourn, bringing words of praise to their lips (Isaiah 57:19).
He will swallow up death forever! The Sovereign Lord will wipe away all tears. (Isaiah 25:8).
When she texted a message on what’s up on 13th April at 10.20 hours as ‘Going to be admitted in Chettinad hospital. Please pray’. I and my husband Stephen Chakkravarthy never thought it was her last message to us.
Ever since we becoming the members of Annanagar Methodist Church , we used to admire and praise the Lord for the family of Emmanuel Jacob Annan , Viola ka and their children and grand children for their dedication to church ministry and love to serve the Lord.
Where ever Viola ka was, she always transformed the place lively with laughter and happiness. She was a much affectionate, disciplined and well dressed person and she had a passion of taking photos to log in her memory. She was a multi- talented person. We were blessed to have her as one of the best friend of us.
For the church project of Susanna Study centre to help the underprivileged students in the field of education, I and my husband got inducted into this area of mission on a specific request from Viola ka . Yes, it was not an easy sail to bring the children into focus and change their attitude with good behavior. It was a great admiration to see Viola ka visiting almost all the days to teach the most demanding subject, Mathematics. I recall her inborn passion towards Susanna Study Centre when she ventured into teaching just after the day of her cataract surgery.
She used to organise Christmas plays for the Susana study centre. I had the opportunity for shopping at Saravana Stores along with her to buy gifts for Susanna study centre children. She took lot of efforts to buy the right gifts to the students according to their age. From her desk, she penned down the script for
enactment of drama about the love of Jesus Christ which is to be shared with others. She took marvelous efforts to train the children to memorize the words for living a life of love, which they did exceptionally well.
Viola ka was a regular attendee of AMC Bible study and had great thirst for the word of God. When the book of Zachariah was taken, she presented a paper about one of eight visions of Zachariah. Also she attended regularly Extended Prayer time at AMC on Thursdays despite any situations. She had great love to sing for the Lord. For the Praise and Worship songs in the Church, as a family, they sang very melodiously to the glory of God while late Annan played mouth organ and Danny, on guitar.
She had great passion for gardening. It was our visit to her house on 1st April, the last time of our visit when she was alive. After heavy tea, she took us to the awesome terrace garden developed and maintained by her for a splendid feeling for all of us.
She is endowed with spirit of friendliness as she had many loyal friends. She always kept in good touch with them through the social media.
Viola ka was very responsible and sincere for the performance of her students attending her Math’s tuition classes. She used to express happiness when her students performed well. This used to be one of her prayer agenda.
She had devoted and sacrificed herself to the welfare of the family members. In her family, she is always remembered as Most Precious Mother, Most Precious Life Partner and Most Precious Grandmother.
Viola ka is blessed with affectionate children Felicia and Danny and three grand children. During their sickness, both children and her grandchildren Florina and Pearlina were so sincere in attending to the needs of the ailing parents to the best of their ability despite their busy work and study schedules. This was made possible by healthy reciprocation of love between parents, children and grandchildren.
Another amazing attribute of Akka being her love of pets. They have a pet dog by name ‘Mailo’. Always it used to be with her all the time.
When the fear and anxiety of Covid landed in 2019 March, she called me to be her prayer partner over phone in order to offer prayers on dally basis for our country and people who are victims to the deadly Covid. She was so regular and always looked anxiously for this prayer time.
Both of us never thought that the icy hands of death would take her away from our midst so quickly. We are missing a lot dear akka with tears in our heart. God had taken her to be with Him. Let her soul rest in peace. Let her good wishes , prayers and legacy of love will always flow through her family members and with each of us, through Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen
Jeevalatha Chakkravarthy