Having bought a plot and built a house, we, Boniface Peter and Philomena Serrao have been living here with our children for 21 years as good neighbours. Suddenly something happened to upset our peaceful life.
We had requested our neighbours to let us build a compound wall around our plot, but he refused citing the boundaries as disputed. We tried to get our plot measured, boundaries drawn up through the court. In the meantime, he filed a criminal case against us, charging us with the theft of some timber, 75 coconuts and threats to his life. An arrest warrant was issued against us and having come to know of this we left the house and lay low for 19 days. During this period we prayed asking Msgr Mascarenhas to intercede for us. We had full hope in our prayers and believed that we would get justice in spite of all our trials, problems and difficulties, and we continued to pray. We were happy that the court favoured us. The neighbour had the plot measured and the compound wall built. Thus peace was restored. We thank God for the favour received and thank the sisters of Mary Queen Convent and others for their prayerful support.
-Boniface Peter Serrao
Near Mary Queen Convent, Karkal
