Chai and Bible study.
Breakfast – rice, potatoes, dahl, chili Sauce & fried corn crisps.
"Since the day that I brought My people from the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house that My name might be there, nor did I choose any man for a leader over My people Israel; but I have chosen Jerusalem that My name might be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’ Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. But the Lord said to my father David, ‘Because it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was in your heart." – 2 Chronicles 6:5-8
Village houses.
God created and established David. But he never asked him to build Him a temple. David himself desired to create something to glorify his God and advance His Kingdom. God created the world and all the animals, but who gave them a name? It was Adam who gave the animals their identity.
New little friends.
We are not drones who blindly obey the commands of the Bible. We were designed to be co-laborers with God. You know you have free will to sin and create destruction. You also have free will to create beauty, advance His Kingdom and bring Glory to your Father, King and Friend.
Samuel – our host's son and our translator.
Public washroom across the road from our home.
Baby cow, our housemate.
In Nepal we co-labored with God, helping along the great work that He is already doing in this place through our contacts and the few Christians there.
Visiting and praying with a sick boy and his mother.
We co-labored a lot with God on the wild life of Nepal. He created it and we removed it.
We only killed the spiders, or tried.
My favorite moment in Nepal came after a particularly long trek up a mountain. As we reached the top, the path flattened out next to a great rice field, perfectly golden green and rustling in the breeze. Taking in the shimmering rice plants, the towering mountains and the soft chirping of birds I could have cried as I imagined this must be just what heaven will be like.
God created the raw materials: the plants, the mountains, the life. But it was humans who shaped the side of the mountain with rice paddies, created houses and painted them with bright beautiful colors and crafted the twisting paths that lead up to the mountain top where one can look out and marvel at the glory of God and man. The beauty of nature here has been enhanced by the cultivation of man.
The beauty of God's work in the world is enhanced when His children come along side and join with Him to do the things He has uniquely created us to do.
Maybe God gives us more credit than we give ourselves. It is possible that God trusts us with the work of His Kingdom?
Yes.
