As our month at Asha Nepal comes to a close, I am honestly at a loss of words. How do I even begin to describe this month… what happened… how lives were changed by love… how my life was changed? This is going to be a hard good-bye for everyone.
I am sorry I haven’t written this month. Every time I sit down to write nothing comes to my head. Good ole writer's block. I come to this blog not knowing what to say either, but knowing God wants y'all to be a part of this ministry …
Dear God, I come before you today and I lift up Asha Nepal to You.
This is an incredible ministry that you have created but this is a ministry that has been through so much. Lord I pray that You build up the foundation and structure to this ministry site. Take away the attacks, Lord. These people have been through so much. Asha is grasping for air, tying so hard not to sink. Help them. You are our provider… our healer… our comfort. Be that for this place, Lord. Bring the right people into this ministry site who can build this ministry from the bottom up.
Over the short month I have come to love this place called Asha Nepal.
I have come to love the beautiful faces that I get to see every day.
I have come to love what this ministry encompasses. Their purpose is so needed.
A place of shelter to the rescued.
A family to the abandoned.
A hope to the hopeless.
Words cannot fathom the love that I have received this month from the girls and the ladies. We came to serve and love them, but they served us and loved us. Chains were broken and love shone through. Thank you, Lord, for this place. Thank you for this place of healing and rest. Thank you for allowing my team to work at Asha Nepal.
Dear God, I pray that you work in this place. I pray for the children. Specifically for the girls. Each has a story…. Each rescued and given a new hope. Lord I pray for D as she lights up a room when she enters. I pray that you continue to grow this light that she has for you. Lord, I pray for N as she has a gentle heart. Teach her about You as she grows up. I pray for A who is such a servant. She understands Your love and lives it out each day. Lord, I pray for E who has a strength and courage about her. I pray You soften her heart to You Lord. Use her strength to further Your kingdom one day. Finally, I pray for J and A, as these two girls have HIV. I pray that you heal them. Heal them, Lord. I pray that they would be able to school. All they want is to learn with their friends. Open up the doors to the school.
Dear God, I pray for the women. You know each one of them by name.
You knit them together in their mother’s womb. Lord, heal their hearts. Allow this to be a place of restoration and renewal. Thank you for them. They work so hard every day. I pray that they find rest in You and You alone.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Finally I pray for my health. Continue to heal me. This has been a hard month in the physical sense. Heal my stomach. Make it new. Heal my lungs and take away this cough. Allow next month to be a new refreshing start in health. Allow no illness to carry into next month. Heal me.
Amen.
PS Next I will be in China working with an organization called Eagles Wings. Blogging may not be possible as the government is still a closed country. Please remember me with this new ministry.
