My month of Nepal…
The Nepalese do the same “yes” headshake as the Indian people do…
White rice + yellow sauce = staple. Yellow sauce = not good.
Samantha really is not a good name in terms of pronunciation… so Suminta it was!
Waking up to the Himalayas each morning was not a bad thing in my book.
Rooftop workouts = fun.
It is possible for a team of 6 women to watch the entire collection of The Hills in one month.
9:15 on a Saturday night = bedtime because there is nothing else to do…
Nepal recognizes Saturday as the “Sabbath day” so church services were on Saturday instead of Sunday. [definitely threw me off when it came to days of the week…]
Nepal has a lot of riots & strikes… which meant public transportation was cut off completely several times throughout the month.
Because riots were going to break out the day we needed to get to the airport to leave for Ukraine, we had to take a private bus at 4:30am even though the airport was only 20 minutes away & our flight did not leave until 4:30pm… yet another long travel day. World Race chh chh.
Nepalese old people are the CUTEST people in the world. One day, when we were scheduled to prayer walk a Hindu temple, we couldn’t get in so instead we found a nursing home and just loved on the old women there. so cute. I definitely miss my patients at Miller…
Taxis cost the same whether you ride one person or 8. World Race = let’s cram as many people as possible into this vehicle.
Before and after each prayer, the Nepalese people would chant “Praise the Lord” in Nepalese three times… yes, it scared me. yes, I will open my first RA meeting with “Jaimasee.” 🙂
Electricity & water run out every once in a while… we were never sure when it would happen, but we managed to live through it.
Nepal and India are not super fond of each other = it’s illegal to have Indian currency in Nepal.
Nepalese people eat lunch around 8:30 or 9am… then dinner at 7 or 8pm… not sure what they do in the time between… not exactly our normal eating schedule.
The lady at the supermarket knew my name…that’s how much of a frequent flyer I was…
Walking 7 miles to get to dinner never bothered us.
We ran VBS at two different schools — blob tag + red light/green light = hilarious to watch/play with Nepalese children.
Pickled mangoes do NOT taste like salsa — no matter how many of the ingredients are the same.
We took the kids at our orphanage to the park a couple of times — playing guck guck doose, doing the Banana Dance, and climbing trees is good entertainment for hours. 🙂
One of our wonderful taxi drivers proposed to Bethany on the way home from town one day…
Private bedrooms = not so private when 15 small children peer through the windows at all hours of the day.
We saw a woman get healed… big time. Long story short: She was in an accident and lost feeling/movement in her legs. Being paralyzed from the waist down, she has been bed ridden for seven months-ish. We met her, we prayed for her, God moved, and so did she. After a couple more weeks of God moving and healing and a little physical therapy, she can now get out of her bed and stand up. She'll be dancing soon.
At this point of the World Race we have begun to lust after each other’s digestive crackers + peanut butter sandwiches…this is what our lives have become…
Brushing our teeth / spitting off the rooftop was not unusual …
Random street dog came into our bedroom while I was alone + taking a nap… since I didn’t have a heart attack, I know my heart is strong.
We got to hang out at a leprosy colony a couple times. The people there were so sweet. God loves them so much.
On the way to the colony, we had to walk down the side of the mountain & into this fairy tale-like community. It was simply incredible.
Nepal was FREEZING. I had to buy a fleece & hat just to keep warm on a daily basis. I loved it.
Nepal was definitely a month of learning for me… I learned a lot about myself, a lot about who God is, and a lot about “such a time as this.” This month was definitely awesome.
Next Stop: Ukraine
Favorite African Country: Rwanda
Favorite Asian Country: India
