As soon as our plane landed in Kathmandu, I loved Nepal. It was a similar feeling to arriving in Denver. The air is a little crisper, the people a little more chill. I loved the unique, lego-like houses passing by as we drove through the city.
I loved the little old people carrying baskets of greens hanging from the back of their heads.
I loved the colors of each shop holding clothing made from yak wool.
I loved the squinty smiles of the children on the streets, waving as we passed.
We were based in Thamel, Kathmandu and traveled out to visit teams from here. Since this was our training month for squad leading, we had the opportunity to visit a few different areas of Nepal, and spent each week in a different place throughout the month.
The first week I was with team Chosen Ones. They lived at a boy’s home right outside of Kathmandu, loving on the kids there. It was an awesome week of spending one on one time with the team members, eating carrots from the garden,
playing with the boys living at the home, worshipping on the roof, eating 13 momos in an epic momo eating competition
and white water rafting.
One of the most significant things that happened while visiting the team was hearing about a woman on the street who passed away in the arms of my squadmates, Andy and Brad. Here is Andy’s blog about that day: http://andyfrasure.theworldrace.org/?filename=love-meets-death-in-nepal.
The second week was spent with two teams, Wildflowers and Rebound, in a tiny village five miles from the border of India.
This was an awesome week of living the village life. We cut down bamboo, woke up at 6am every morning to drink chai, played with baby goats,
showered in the well, slept in our tents and had lots of time to talk and laugh and make some great memories.
One of my favorite memories that happened that week was when our contact, Uncle, and his wife gave each of us a pair of “diamond” earrings. It’s amazing to me that in this place where people have so little, there are some of the most generous people you have ever met. We were there to try to bless them and they continually went out of their way to bless us.
The rest of the month was spent in Kathmandu training for squad leading. I’m so thankful that the Lord has called me to this ministry of loving the people on our squad while allowing me to still do ministry in so many places.
