Adieu!

A month ago, we bid farewell to a man we respectfully called "Babu Sir". I still remember the day we received our first phone call from him, our initial visit to his house, our short but warm conversations with him, and our many other cherished encounters in Reno.

In a short time of one year or so, we met him, got to know him, and said goodbye to him. It still seems too surreal to us. Perhaps the reason is because we never ever expected our lives to intertwine in this small city in a real short span of time. God's plans are far beyond our understanding.

We were perhaps the only two people in Reno who called him "Babu Sir" though we were never his students before. Ironic enough, he did train us to sing few Christmas songs for the Reno Christmas function. He taught us not just music but about hospitality, meekness, and simplicity .

Saying good bye to him was hard for us. When we last saw him at the hospital, he held our hands and did not want to let go. Those moments will live for ever and moreover what he meant to us during our first few months in a new city is simply wordless.