Nepal…oh man… I think most of you know by now that I absolutely
love it here. We spent some time
in Thamel district of Kathmandu. Very
touristy area. I got my dose of American food! But Nepalese food has been delicious as well. We’ve been lucky to see a lot of
vegetables too.. yummm…
They don’t use heat here. Apparently their winter is basically over, so heat is
unneeded. I disagree. There were a few days where I wore
almost all my clothes that I packed (yes, I am a wuss when it comes to cold
weather). I tried telling my team
that I’m just trying to expose Nepal to American style…all at once.
Another interesting side note is electricity gets turned on
for a few hours a day. So when it
does get turned on we run to the outlets and try to charge as much as
possible.. Probably a bad idea, but we are Americans, we can’t help it?
God has placed another ministry contact in our path that has
put me in awe. Both contacts are examples
of what true abandonment of self looks like. Madhava (our ministry contact at Mercy and Grace in India)
retired from being a banker and spent his entire retirement savings on the
orphanage he now runs. Dinesh (our
ministry contact in Nepal) was a lawyer until God called him to start Prison
Fellowship Nepal 15 years ago. They
let go of the comforts of this life.. all of what they had known to be their
life to follow God’s will.
Prison Fellowship in Nepal consists of a lot more than just
ministering to prisoners. That is
an important aspect but that is just the beginning of what they do. If an adult goes to jail and they have
children, their children go to jail with them. Dinesh has opened several homes throughout Nepal to ‘rescue’
the children from the prisons and provide the children with a home, food, an
education, and the opportunity to learn about Christ- He provides them with a
chance at having a future.
This month, we will be traveling around Nepal and staying at
three of the homes that he has opened.
Our first stop was Gothatar.
There they have opened a boys home there. They have about 14 boys all different ages, and 3 girls
temporarily living there. We had
the opportunity to spend time with the kids, visit their school, and lead
devotion for the kids. We will get
to spend a few days at the end of the month there as well.
We went about 200 km to the city of Chitwan. Because of the roads and driving up and
down mountains, it took about 5 hours.
Here they have built a home for girls and a rehabilitation center for
women where women learn the trait of organic farming… which means all month we
are eating organic! ;). So…we are
on a farm, and we have helped build a chicken coop, fish pond and swimming pool. We have painted and dug up and carried
a lot of stones. It has been
great. We are all exhausted at
night, but it’s so worth it.
In Pokhara, we will be at another girls home. I’m not sure what God has in store for
us there. It is about 3-4 hours
from Chitwan, and 6 hours from Kathmandu (without traffic). We will be heading there on the 18th.
Miss everyone tons!
Thank you for everyone who is supporting me prayerfully, emotionally and
financially!!
