im currently in india right now realizing i only wrote 1 blog about nepal. and heres why.
nepal was the hardest country for me on the race so far. nepal is also a closed country where talking about the gospel or posting about the gospel can get you kicked out of the country or persecuted. coming from swaziland where we had a consistent ministry every day and able to talk about jesus openly to nepal where ministry was different every day for an hour and we couldnt talk about why we were there or about jesus at all. we were constantly on the move. from one ministry to the next. one city to the next. in the 4 weeks i was in nepal I had been to 3 cities. (a city a week basically). the first week in kathmandu everyone got sick in our little apartment. the next week in chitwan i got sick. and the week after that we were trekking and traveling all day. then back to kathmandu for debrief. the word i would describe nepal would be hectic.
i was super frustrated when we headed to our trek. ministry wasnt how i imagined it and i wasnt making any relationships and with christmas time and sickness i was homesick. i was over nepal completely. i wanted to leave asap and go to India. i didnt understand how we were helping or why we were even there.
the trek was beautiful. conquering mountains was the coolest thing ever. and I finally felt like the first time in 2 and a half weeks i could breathe in the wonder of the Lord. i wasnt in a smog filled city full of distractions but i was face to face with God’s creation who would crumble at his name.
i let my circumstances dictate how my attitude was. i let the craziness of nepal interfere with how i spent time with the lord. i was letting the enemy win.
debriefing nepal the last week i was hit with a realization that nepal is 80% hindu. that means that nepal is 80% the enemy. you see, because anything not of the Lord is the enemy. the darkness i felt, the craziness, the distractions all were the enemy throwing me off the freedom and wonder i found in the Lord in swaziland.
so i didnt love nepal. it was just another valley to cross through. and the Lord still claimed victory over that month. the enemy did not win and will never win.
there is going to be hard days, weeks, or even a month that will happen on the race and even when i get home, but the truth in it is — i am a daughter of the true king who has already won the battle for me so all i have to do is chose and abide in him.
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here’s an update: ive been in India for 2 weeks and loving it. (more blogs to come about this place) & also IM FULLY FUNDED!!!!!!!!!!!! thank u awesome people 🙂
