Chennai, India December 28, 2004 – After serving hot meals to about 2000 people, on the direction of the local people, we went in our food van to more interior places. The men cleared the pathway for us. When we arrived, we mostly saw children, half naked or with no clothes at all, running up to us with food. Some of the people had food packets in their hands. When we asked them why they were coming for more food, they said that the packed food sometimes had a foul smell, whereas what we brought was hot, fresh and very tasty! December 29, 2004 – Today we made enough lemon rice for 5000 people. We went to Pattinapakkam, the most affected area in Chennai, which was recently visited by the Chief Minister. The area was so precarious the police had cordoned it off. When we told them we wanted to go in and distribute food, they gave us permission, but fearing that some unsocial people might destroy our van, the police escorted us halfway inside. To our delight, the people were very happy to see us and said, “No one has come this far to give us food. There has only been food distribution to the people outside this area. Thank you for coming here.” In just two hours, these very hungry people devoured our lemon rice with passion.Food for Life Global continues helping orphans of the tsunami through its affiliation with Gokulam, orphanage in Colombo.