St John's Parish Church, New Alresford, Hampshire

In January 2008, a small group under the auspices of "Christians Aware", a UK Christian organisation, made a second visit to Vellore in south India. The group was led by the Revd. Phil Collins.

While in India, Phil kept a log of the group's journeys.....

• Arrival in Chennai written on Thursday 3rd January
  
  
• Early preparations written on Friday 4th January at Karigiri
  
  
• Week 1 in Karigiri written between Saturday 5th and Monday 7th January at Karigiri
  
  
• Review of first week e-mail sent on Sunday 13th January from an internet café in Vellore
  
  
• Review of second week e-mail sent on Friday 18th January from Chennai
  
  
• Final thoughts e-mail sent on Sunday 20th January from Alresford
  

You can also download the entire journal in Acrobat Reader (PDF) format here.

Part of the tour included a visit to Shanthigramam Leprosy Village which is supported by St John's. More information about Shantigrammam can be found on our Outreach page, or you can go there directly using this link.