A Christian with Discipline
Mrs. Y.S. Lakshmi Fourth Daughter-in-Law
My name is Lakshmi, 4th Daughter-in-law of Sri Y.S.C.Konda Reddy. I am thankful to God for this opportunity to express my joyful experiences with him. My father-in-law was a true Christian with qualities of discipline. He starts each day with prayer at 5:00am and ends the day with the family prayer after supper. Everyday morning in the prayer he reads the Bible, and sings a song and asks each one of us to read the Bible and finally he prays. My father-in-law was in bed from 14th July until 14th Nov in 1993. Even on July 13th, the day before he got sick, he worked in the fields. He was 80 at that time. He was taken to the hospital. Also my father was sick and was admitted in the same hospital. All the visitors to the hospital used to pray for him. I used to go to the hospital to visit both of them. Whenever I visited them, my father-in-law made me sing a song, read the Bible and pray for him. I sang “Sthothram Chellinthumu” (Praise the lord) of Andhra Christhava Keerthanalu from my memory and he loved it. When Kamala aunty and Jaya aunty went to see him, he asked them to sing the same song. My spirituality was enriched because of the influence of my fatherin-law. These are the songs he liked the most from Andhra Christhava Keerthanalu. 1. Yesu Nannu Preminchinaavu- Papinaina Nannu premnchinaavu 2. Ghanamaina Christhu krupa kanugontinapudu 3. Seonu patalu paduchu Seonu velludhamu 4. Karuna Peetamu Cherare 71