Meena’s Blog

Chapel Austin Banner was born to my sister, Trina, on December 22nd.  This was Trina’s 4th boy and my 8th white nephew.

I am excited to involved this year in Awana with Kenny.  It gives motivation to kid for memorizing verses, and learning about Christ.

When I was in the children’s home we had talent shows.  I would always do drama and memorize verses.   When I was  in 6th grade my friend and I memorized Psalms 119.  We would have contest every year to see who had memorized the most verses.  This was a good encouragement to the kids and because of it their knowledge of Christ grew.

Meenu is gone for only one day and already her husband is posting in her blog and her dog is sleeping in her bed.

We went to Branson with Grandpa and Grandma Austin earlier this summer.  We saw a show on the Branson Belle.

Today Becky, her friends, and I went to zoo. I always like to see the animals. Specially a cobra snake. When I was in the children’s home I always liked to go places like water parks or the zoo, but we didn’t go often. Today I had a lot of fun with Becky, her kids, and her friend.

Our wedding was on March 31st, 2007. I really wanted to have my wedding sometime between October and January but it was God’s will so I got married in March.

I was so excited that I didn’t sleep well. Some of the Americans thought I was not happy on my wedding day because I was not smiling or looking at people but just setting quietly while the pastor was preaching. In India that’s normal. If I was to look around, make faces, or talk during the preaching it would be looked down upon. After attending an American wedding I understandd why people thought I was not happy during mine. Indian weddings are so different and take a long time. I like how quick American weddings are.

Pictures from Walker’s Birthday party. I’m sorry that Trina wasn’t here. We miss her.

Pictures from our engagement ceremony… and yes, Kenny got an engagement ring.

Pictures from December 2005, when Kenny and I first meet in India.

With Kenny & Trina’s encouragement, I’m becoming a blogger. I am going to post pictures, jokes, recipes, spiritual thoughts, and my life stories in no particular order. As most of you know, I grew up in India in an orphange. My family here in the US is continually asking me stories from my childhood and they want me to share them. So here we go…

Me, Mom, and my sisters.