Nepal has been my favorite month but it’s also been a challenging month. I came into this month really excited about what God was going to do here. Our team “All things team” was partnered with “Daughters of the King” so together our name was “DaughtersofAllthings” I absolutely loved being with this team this past month. I have grown a lot this month with the trials that this month brought. Even though their was some frustrating times where I didn’t feel connected with anyone but knowing that others were feeling the same way. I’m so thankful that I was able to bond and do ministry with this amazing group of ladies and my team this month. For a few days we stayed in our contacts hostel that he has, his wife cooked us every meal at the beginning of the month. When we barely knew Reuben, him and his family took us all to a beautiful area to see the Himalayas mountaintop sunrise which meant waking up at 3:30 am or so and left. It was absolutely one of my favorite days on the race. As I was looking out at the beautiful view and knowing that God created everything around me. It’s breathtaking! My teammate Kevin brought his guitar so we could have a worship session and seeing the Himalayas mountains in the background. That’s the perfect way to start a month of ministry. As we started worshipping and praying I saw complete strangers joining us in worship. That really showed me that I never really know where, when or how I can make an impact in this world But to simply show the love of Christ wherever I go. I felt God nudging me to pray for the people that are surrounding me and looking out to the very exact same view as I am. I know that God created this beautiful view. He is so majestic and great. I prayed that these people would truly feel the Presence of God in their hearts and know that God is the creator above all. I prayed for the country of Nepal. He is already present here in this country. But I prayed that God would open the hearts of the Nepalese people. They may never know my name but I hope they see Christ. That is how we started out our month 5 on the race. We traveled 15 hours to a village to work at an orphanage for a few days. The roads of Nepal are pretty hectic. Driving on a road where there’s a Rocky Mountain and a cliff on the other side and being in janky public transportation bus there’s some fear for safety. But fear is not of God. God was traveling with us in that long bus ride and surrounding us with safety. We started doing ministry at the orphanage where we had to move red bricks from the ground to the upstairs of the orphanage. We also had to move rocks and sand for the workers to do their jobs to build the orphanage. They have been working on this orphanage for a year and half. So it was amazing to help with that project. One of the ministries that I was excited about on the race was doing practical work in country and Nepal was that month. Because I can actually see the difference in the work I’m doing. The exhaustion and soreness I felt at the end of the day I saw what it meant to work hard and see how it pays off. After some days working at the orphanage we were told that we were going to a remote village in the mountains and the way we were going to get there was crossing 14 rivers through the Golden river. So we started our trek through the 14 rivers by taking a mini van and cramming 7 people and our packs in for 30 minutes. How many people can say that they’ve crossed the golden river 14 times? This was definitely the most adventurous month I’ve experienced on the race. We had to cross some rivers that we had to swim across at least us girls did. Throughout that time of having to cross all those rivers the men on my team was a huge help for us ladies. They would take our packs across the river many times. I’m really thankful for the help that they haven given all of us girls. It’s for me sometimes to ask for help because I feel like I’ve failed myself that I can’t do it myself. But knowing that these men are happy to help carry the packs over and over again. That I just need accept the help and not fight it when someone tries to help me. We finally made it to the top of the mountain and where we were to live for a week in the village. There was no wifi, no electricity, and no drinkable water. Actually it was quite nice not to have any wifi for an entire week, and no Internet distractions at all. Everyday we had to gather water at the spring down the hill so we could boil the water so it can be drinkable for all of us to stay hydrated. As I woke up in the morning and falling asleep to the stars and the bright moon shining as I went to bed. I literally felt like I was the hands and feet of Christ in that village. As I walked on the same path everyday to go do ministry and then back home. And as I carried sacks of sand and pebbles I felt like I was doing something important. That was my purpose in Nepal to help build a Christian school so more children can go to school to be educated and learn more about Jesus. So that they can shine the love of Christ in their families, in the village, in the country, In this world. This month God was teaching me to live in the present and that God has bigger dreams for me than I have for myself. I can’t only look to the future because I will miss the opportunities and blessings that are right in front of me. The opportunities and blessings that God has given me. It’s not bad to be excited and passionate about what the future holds. But something that keeps coming to mind. My unknown future is in the hands of a known God. He already has a plan for my life and he will reveal it in the perfect timing.
