Alright, well, our team finally made it to Nepal – course this was after a flight from Hyderabad to Delhi, a 37 hour (supposed to be 13 hours) bus ride to the border of Nepal (this included our bus accident), jumping onto another bus for 10 hours (supposed to be 4), and then jumping onto another bus – b/c the driver didn’t want to take us all the way to our hostel.
Finally, just before jumping onto the final little bus our old bus driver took our bags hostage – prob had something to do with us not paying him b/c he didn’t take us to our agreed upon location…. Course me, using my half asleep brain, jumped into ninja stealth mode and climbed my way to the top of the bus – at which time i began untying ropes to the sound of angry men yelling at me. Fortunately our contact arrived and we were able to negotiate with the driver and get our bags back. But….WE MADE IT!
Ok, now on to some other exciting news…TEAM CHANGES
Just before leaving for Nepal, i was asked to step down as my team’s finance person but was later raised up a one of the new team leaders for our squad. YES…well sort of yes – bittersweet i suppose.
As great as it was to be raised up into a team leader position, there was still a bit of sadness over no longer being with my old teammates/friends that i’ve grown to love and learned to do life with for the past several months.
Despite my sorrow, i have to say that i’m super excited to have the new team that i’ve been given. Our team name, “the Messengers” (awesome right!!) consists of my old team leader Laura Finley, Gina Beukelman, and former leaders Samara Murtaugh and Taylor McKellar. The fab five (can’t remember the group – hope thats a compliment).
I’m excited and certainly looking forward to what God’s going to do over the next few months. I’ve got big shoes to fill and lots of responsiblity, but i’m excited to learn everything i can from being a leader on the WR and to continually pour out what God has taught me.
Please keep us in your prayers.
Isaiah 6:8
“Here am I, send me.”
