Today we walked to our ministry host house. It started it out the same way as yesterday. We worshiped in Nepali and then English. Worship was followed by an hour of prayer- praying over the country, the squad, our ministry host and their team. We also prayed for the people the Lord is going to put into our path to share. It has been very vivid and God has shown me a lot in these hour-long time frames lately.
It came time to head off to our ministry sites. They split the squad up into three groups. We were headed to 3 of the 33 slums here in Nepal. I had heard about slums before this, but I wasn’t prepared for what I saw: people living in a very small shack made out of sheets of metal. I looked across the river to the bank as I was walking and the Lord really humbled me. I saw sand bags underneath the bricks that looked as if they were sliding off the river.
All throughout this particular slum there were many clothes lines and each one had clothes hanging from them. They looked very used and ragged. As I looked at the children, I saw that they wore clothes that didn’t fit and had massive holes. The kids paid no attention to this fact. One little boy was wearing pink bunny pants and running around playing with a very used and dilapidated bike tire. He played with so much joy on his face.
It came time for us to play with kids or walk to houses and pray for those who needed it. I wasn’t sure where the Lord wanted me to go. After standing around for about 5 minutes, someone suggested a prayer walk. I had never done one before so I just went along and did what I felt the Lord was telling me to do. I prayed over the slum and that they find rest and hope in Jesus; that they come to see that Jesus is the provided of all things.
During this time I was just amazed at the two very different worlds – the one from where I come in America and theirs, here in Nepal. It was a very humbling experience and the thought of why was I born in America and not here crossed my mind. The Lord has a reason for it and I may never know what that reason is, but – rest assured – I know that Heaven will be better than anything life can give us here and now.
