Month 5 on the race…. Wow I can’t believe we are already in month 5. We are in Nepal right outside of the main part of Kathmandu. We are working with a ministry called Asha Nepal. They are a safe home for women who are brought out of trafficking. There are also orphaned children here. This is a super encouraging place to be. I have seen God working in the lives of all of the women here. The kids love to worship and play. They range from 3 months old to 22. Some of the kids are families from the women who were saved. We don’t know the story of everyone yet. We are really working on getting to know all of the people here. The kids love to watch movies so we have been watching them every night. Most of them understand english and can speak it a bit. Some of them are really good at speaking english. It has made communicating very easy. The spirit here from everyone is so beautiful! You can feel the love as you are walking around. Every person here loves each other. It also is a beautiful area to be in. In the background you can see the mountains. It is stunning to see every morning. We are so blessed to be in such a beautiful place with amazing people. This is going to be a great month!
I have to admit that this is a very needed month for me. Last month I was so busy all of the time that in my free time I had no desire to pull out my bible and have quiet time. I pulled out my bible yesterday for the first time in about 3 weeks and oh man was it so good!! God really was talking to me in what I was reading. I needed to hear some things and I was avoiding them. This month is providing time for me to take the quiet time I need to hear God. He is showing me a lot of what He wants to work on with me and also teaching me that I need to be still more. That is not an easy thing for me to do. I tend to go till I can’t go any longer. I have a feeling this month is going to be a huge growing month for me personally, and I really could use that about now. I know I have grown a lot on the race already, but I want to grow more and more. So quiet time is going to become a normal thing for me now.
