Nepal
This month has been filled with utter wonder, magic, mystique, and incredible twists and turns. Hiking through the Himalyas, helping build an orphanage, moving bricks alongside the river and up a mountain to build a school, bathing in the river below our home, watching villagers move their cattle…I could go on an on and on!
The feeling of waking up in our sleeping bags in the mist of the mountains, covered head to toe in socks, fleece, using socks for gloves at night, and perhaps a scarf and beanie for extra measure. The motivation for getting out of my tent in the morning has been the fire I hear crackling 50 feet away. Knowing I can grab my secret stash of Parlee G cookies and 3+1 coffee packets to help make the morning a little more homey up in the Himalayas. WIth that, getting to have quiet time with the Lord next to a fire with my journal made of elephant poop paper (yep you heard me right) and my bible that looks like it popped out of a vintage 70s dresser. It is all very nostalgic. Being able to relect and be present at the same time in everything the Lord has done and continued to do during month 6 NEPAL. This month has been Beyond my greatest expectations. Showing again how much more glorious the plans are that the Lord has than the ones I have conjured up in my head.
I have been able to scale the tops of mountains, bathe in the crystal clear crisp Nepal River, played with children in the rice field chasing goats, making Buri on the ground of a village kitchen. I have been able to pray over my friends I am living alongside with as they are in physical pain, I have been able to shout out on top of a mountain to the Lord asking Him what He wants of me when I was confused and hurt, I was able to cry alongside a friend who was a gift from the Lord and realized that we were able to relate on things that God gave us each other for, I laughed so hard that I peed my pants (Truth), I shared a tent with a woman of God that continues to take my breath away and inspires me with the way she dreams with God, I have been able to watch our Contact continue to walk tall as a man of God in a country that wants to use law to abolish Christianity, I have gotten to sing worship to God amongst the smoke and embers of a fire with my brothers and sisters in Christ.
I have gotten to taste more and more of life….The adventurous and Radical life of living for the Lord…. And still….I have no words. Just a smile on my face as I look amongst pictures and memories that I can still taste, smell, and laugh about.
So here are some photos that I continue to look back on share to try to show the beautiful experience that was Nepal.
To best describe how I felt most of this month, I continue to sing this song in my head and in my heart. To think that the God that created NEPAL….Loves me more than even the majesty I stood before….LOVE…It’s a cool thing 🙂
“You don’t Miss a Thing” – Bethel
When You stand
I feel the floor of Heaven tremble
As You breathe
We live and have our being
When you speak
Oh I feel it in my chest
When You sing
All my fears are put to rest
What a wondrous thing
I can stand to sing
Cause when I fall to my knees,
You’re the one who pulls me up again
What a mystery
That You notice me
And in a crowd of ten thousand
You don’t miss a thing
When you sigh
The wind becomes a sonnet
When you laugh
The storm around me ceases
You whisper
And all my enemies are scattered
You surround me
With angels on assignment
There’s no place I could go your love wouldn’t find me…
No place I could hide that you don’t see…
When I misunderstood, your love understands me…
You see it all through the eyes of love…
It’s all around me
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