p.s. those creepy bears hanging on the wall are NOT mine. I really wish I could just take them down so I didn't have to stare at them all the time but alas I guess those decorations just come with the room : )
Sunday, August 24, 2008
my amazing lil room..
So this is my awesome little room on the roof of the orphanage. I love the fact that it has a tin roof so I've had many a night falling to sleep to the sound of rain on my tin roof : ) Another great fact of the room is the new bed, when I got there they had a "smaller" bed but then wanted to put this other bed in my room, I can't really tell them no. So they put this bed in that takes up way more room then the first one and if i lay completly flat my head touching the headbord and my feet the footboard.haha But it is a nice bed (i just hope the next guy to come stay isn't very tall.hehe). And Nepal is awesome enough to grace me with some room mates, there is Tony the crickett and Piper the lizard who I've come to know and love. If you look closely at the bottom picture you will notice the brooms proped aganist my dresser. And yes I have become quite good at sweeping out my carpeted room. Oh and it isn't in the pictures but I do have a fan! It is a life saver! It gets so hot up in my room! Although it is kinda a dying fan and takes like 4 or so min to actully start from the time you turn it on and sometimes decides it needs a break and will randomly turn off and then a while later back on. But yes I love my room and will miss it when I get home.
p.s. those creepy bears hanging on the wall are NOT mine. I really wish I could just take them down so I didn't have to stare at them all the time but alas I guess those decorations just come with the room : )
p.s. those creepy bears hanging on the wall are NOT mine. I really wish I could just take them down so I didn't have to stare at them all the time but alas I guess those decorations just come with the room : )
Monday, August 18, 2008
a few pictures from life here...
Wednesday afternoons Jenn teaches a women's bible study. It has been such a joy to be a part of and I have grown to love these ladies so much! they are such a joy to be around.
One of the ladies from the Church and her husband have an awesome painting store. Her husband is an amazing painter and she does some wax pictures also.
Sunday evenings is fellowship with some of the other single missionaries. So this past Sunday it was at Leah's so we made the most amazing 'xtra special celebration cake' for no good reason what-so-ever except that we wanted to say we have made an xtra special celebration cake. And it was quite tasty i might add : )
15 days and counting till i get on a plane headed for America...
Sunday, August 17, 2008
His love is strong.
16 days.
I can't believe my time is coming to a close here. It feels like forever ago that I said goodbye to my family and friends and went to PA for training. God has taught me so many lessons and got me through so many things. I know coming home is going to be a hard adjustment but I know for a fact that God will be there for me and I will get to learn yet another lesson. He has been faithful through this whole trip and I know this is a trip that I got to share with Him and no one will ever be able to fully understand everything we went through together.
Last night was fellowship and there were only 5 of us there singing worship songs, usely I'm a somewhat timed singer but I just closed my eyes just gave it all to God and sang to Him, sang boldly to the love of my life and I felt so content, so loved, I could have sang forever. I love that when I think I couldn't be loved more He finds a way to show me His love just that much deeper.
It will be weird adjusting back to life in the USA. Nepal is so slow paced and simple. One thing I hope I can accomplish when i get home...even if people don't understand what I've been through...I hope somehow I can show them this burden God has given me for this mountain kingdom and more people will pray. Pray for the people of Nepal.
here are some verses that have been an encourment to me over the past months here:
"Let God be gracious to us and bless us and make His face to shine upon us.
that Your way may be known on earth,
Your saving power among all nations.
Let the peoples praise you, Oh God;
let all the peoples praise you!:
Psalm 67:1-3
"Cast your burden on the Lord,
and He will sustain you;
He will never permit the righteous to be moved."
Psalm 55:22
"Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.
For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that He powerfully works within me."
Colossians 1:28-29
I can't believe my time is coming to a close here. It feels like forever ago that I said goodbye to my family and friends and went to PA for training. God has taught me so many lessons and got me through so many things. I know coming home is going to be a hard adjustment but I know for a fact that God will be there for me and I will get to learn yet another lesson. He has been faithful through this whole trip and I know this is a trip that I got to share with Him and no one will ever be able to fully understand everything we went through together.
Last night was fellowship and there were only 5 of us there singing worship songs, usely I'm a somewhat timed singer but I just closed my eyes just gave it all to God and sang to Him, sang boldly to the love of my life and I felt so content, so loved, I could have sang forever. I love that when I think I couldn't be loved more He finds a way to show me His love just that much deeper.
It will be weird adjusting back to life in the USA. Nepal is so slow paced and simple. One thing I hope I can accomplish when i get home...even if people don't understand what I've been through...I hope somehow I can show them this burden God has given me for this mountain kingdom and more people will pray. Pray for the people of Nepal.
here are some verses that have been an encourment to me over the past months here:
"Let God be gracious to us and bless us and make His face to shine upon us.
that Your way may be known on earth,
Your saving power among all nations.
Let the peoples praise you, Oh God;
let all the peoples praise you!:
Psalm 67:1-3
"Cast your burden on the Lord,
and He will sustain you;
He will never permit the righteous to be moved."
Psalm 55:22
"Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.
For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that He powerfully works within me."
Colossians 1:28-29
Thursday, August 7, 2008
pictures...well i'm trying at least...
this is at the slums meeting. at the begining while were still checking kids in the ones who have already checked in get to look at and read books after they finish eating there cookies : )
Me with some of the orphane kids. oh how i'm gonna miss there little smiling faces and crazyness when i leave. i guess i'll just have to make a point of coming back someday... : )so i know there kinda small but i didn't want to have to wait that long to download the bigger ones. so small will have to do.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Ok well I just wrote out this nice and long blog and then it disappeared! No fun! So I'll try to write it all again although I will say it probably won't be as long or wordy as the first : )
So everyone keeps complaining about how i don't update my blog...I'm sorry i don't. I guess I'm just really bad at this blog thing. But for the sake of my friends and family I will update ya'll a bit today : )
So good news the orphans are all healthy this week! Its awesome. For awhile I thought maybe there were just always sick : ) I love those kids so much! Every time I think about leaving I get so sad with the fact that I will have to say goodbye to them. So I just take each day with them as it is given to me and pour myself into those little ones.
Well the kinda big thing I've done lately is that Leah and I went trekking with a group of guys through lower Mustang. It was awesome. Nepal is a beautiful place and so I loved just being out trekking through it! We were even able to go to this one village and were able to lead a father and daughter to Christ! Praise Jesus! And in that same village there was a believing couple who one of the guys on our trip got to baptise! God is really moving and it was awesome and such a privilege to be a part of it. God really taught me some lessons while being out there. One thing I loved was the prayer aspect of things. Just being able to stand in that village or in someones house and be able to pray for them was awesome. And also with all the trekking we were doing I was able to have some amazing quite times with God in his awesome creation. Yup there definitely was a lot of prayer going on though out my time there : )
Yesterday I got to go to a temple (i forget the name of it) where they do cremation. It was crazy. Standing there and being able to just look across the river and see burning heaps and know that those are bodies they are cremating is just crazy. Walking around in there it is just an oppressive feeling of darkness. After being there like 10min. I was ready to leave but I think it is so good to be able to see and feel the darkness these people are living in. I think it is easy to forget the darkness that I'm living in here but going to this temple really makes you see and remember how blinded these people are.
Pray for them, that there eyes will be opened to the truth. God is really moving here even though at times it is hard to see. I am so privileged to be able to be here and see the things God is doing in and through these people.
So everyone keeps complaining about how i don't update my blog...I'm sorry i don't. I guess I'm just really bad at this blog thing. But for the sake of my friends and family I will update ya'll a bit today : )
So good news the orphans are all healthy this week! Its awesome. For awhile I thought maybe there were just always sick : ) I love those kids so much! Every time I think about leaving I get so sad with the fact that I will have to say goodbye to them. So I just take each day with them as it is given to me and pour myself into those little ones.
Well the kinda big thing I've done lately is that Leah and I went trekking with a group of guys through lower Mustang. It was awesome. Nepal is a beautiful place and so I loved just being out trekking through it! We were even able to go to this one village and were able to lead a father and daughter to Christ! Praise Jesus! And in that same village there was a believing couple who one of the guys on our trip got to baptise! God is really moving and it was awesome and such a privilege to be a part of it. God really taught me some lessons while being out there. One thing I loved was the prayer aspect of things. Just being able to stand in that village or in someones house and be able to pray for them was awesome. And also with all the trekking we were doing I was able to have some amazing quite times with God in his awesome creation. Yup there definitely was a lot of prayer going on though out my time there : )
Yesterday I got to go to a temple (i forget the name of it) where they do cremation. It was crazy. Standing there and being able to just look across the river and see burning heaps and know that those are bodies they are cremating is just crazy. Walking around in there it is just an oppressive feeling of darkness. After being there like 10min. I was ready to leave but I think it is so good to be able to see and feel the darkness these people are living in. I think it is easy to forget the darkness that I'm living in here but going to this temple really makes you see and remember how blinded these people are.
Pray for them, that there eyes will be opened to the truth. God is really moving here even though at times it is hard to see. I am so privileged to be able to be here and see the things God is doing in and through these people.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
well hello my beautiful family and friends!
so what can i say i'm a terrible blogger, its a fact! My mom keeps telling me to write another blog so we'll see how this goes : )
So now I've been gone almost 5 weeks (since I was in PA for a week). I've never been away from home longer then 5 weeks so we'll see how this goes! But I really feel like this is becoming home to me. I guess I can tell partly by the way I've become so bad at journaling which I am usely really good at when I'm on trips : ) And also as much as i miss home it makes me really sad to think about leaving Nepal.
So a quick recap of some highlights...
- walking to the chirldrens meetings with some nepali ladies and randomly getting a ride from some people in a truck
- the amazing times i've spent having a quite time and reading my bible
- Jenn making the most amazing bagels
- wed. afternoon bible study with the Nepali ladies
- making necklesses with some nepali ladies every wednesday
- eating an amazing cinnamon roll at higher grounds bakery, yumm
- meeting and spending time with Sarah Beth
- making pizza!
- playing with the kids!
- getting a new bed in my room and then rearanging it : )
- swiming
- hummm and so many other things that i can't remember right now : )
So I got to talk with my family and Emma today which was amazing! I really miss you all!
Oh man its so good some of the kids got chicken poxs and I was kinda nervous that I was going to get them but i didn't! Praise Jesus (yup thats for you pastor greg haha) Somehow I've stayed quite healthy I've been taking my vitimans and drinking lots of water (filtered water) and its been good!
Well rememeber to keep Nepal in your prayers!
"The most powerful words we will ever speak...We pray"
- M. Loftis
so what can i say i'm a terrible blogger, its a fact! My mom keeps telling me to write another blog so we'll see how this goes : )
So now I've been gone almost 5 weeks (since I was in PA for a week). I've never been away from home longer then 5 weeks so we'll see how this goes! But I really feel like this is becoming home to me. I guess I can tell partly by the way I've become so bad at journaling which I am usely really good at when I'm on trips : ) And also as much as i miss home it makes me really sad to think about leaving Nepal.
So a quick recap of some highlights...
- walking to the chirldrens meetings with some nepali ladies and randomly getting a ride from some people in a truck
- the amazing times i've spent having a quite time and reading my bible
- Jenn making the most amazing bagels
- wed. afternoon bible study with the Nepali ladies
- making necklesses with some nepali ladies every wednesday
- eating an amazing cinnamon roll at higher grounds bakery, yumm
- meeting and spending time with Sarah Beth
- making pizza!
- playing with the kids!
- getting a new bed in my room and then rearanging it : )
- swiming
- hummm and so many other things that i can't remember right now : )
So I got to talk with my family and Emma today which was amazing! I really miss you all!
Oh man its so good some of the kids got chicken poxs and I was kinda nervous that I was going to get them but i didn't! Praise Jesus (yup thats for you pastor greg haha) Somehow I've stayed quite healthy I've been taking my vitimans and drinking lots of water (filtered water) and its been good!
Well rememeber to keep Nepal in your prayers!
"The most powerful words we will ever speak...We pray"
- M. Loftis
Thursday, June 12, 2008
the five senses
so i decided for you to better picture Nepal i am going to share with you the 5 senses of what I find my time in Nepal to consist of...
see - mountains, trash, people, cows, cars, scooters.
hear - people spiting (it sounds as though they are about to throw up), cows mooing, dogs barking, rain
taste - Dal bat!
smell - car fumes, trash, b.o. , cows.
touch - hugs, hands, food
So in other news, we have been out of water! You know living her makes me appreciate life in America so much more. We take so many things for granted that we are so blessed to have! Like water. Who would have ever guessed you could just not have water. So last night I couldn't wash my hands, wash my face, or brush my teeth. Well I could have brushed my teeth but I've been rationing out my drinking water and decided I would rather stay hydrated then have clean teeth for bed : ) But this morning Me and Leah went to a gym near by and got to swim for awhile and then we showered! It was so amazing! Oh and guess what?! I got a new swim suit! I didn't even think about bringing one with me so when we were at the store the other day they had some. It is the coolest swim suit you've ever seen. hahaha It is one of those one piece suits with the skirt on it and the best part...it came with a matching swim cap! No lie! And yes I wore the suit and cap today at the pool just so I could look as cool as the Nepali ladies. I mean they sure beat the guys in speedos!
well i'm out - hope you all are having a wonderful week! when you wash your hands and drink lots of clean water think of me! : )
see - mountains, trash, people, cows, cars, scooters.
hear - people spiting (it sounds as though they are about to throw up), cows mooing, dogs barking, rain
taste - Dal bat!
smell - car fumes, trash, b.o. , cows.
touch - hugs, hands, food
So in other news, we have been out of water! You know living her makes me appreciate life in America so much more. We take so many things for granted that we are so blessed to have! Like water. Who would have ever guessed you could just not have water. So last night I couldn't wash my hands, wash my face, or brush my teeth. Well I could have brushed my teeth but I've been rationing out my drinking water and decided I would rather stay hydrated then have clean teeth for bed : ) But this morning Me and Leah went to a gym near by and got to swim for awhile and then we showered! It was so amazing! Oh and guess what?! I got a new swim suit! I didn't even think about bringing one with me so when we were at the store the other day they had some. It is the coolest swim suit you've ever seen. hahaha It is one of those one piece suits with the skirt on it and the best part...it came with a matching swim cap! No lie! And yes I wore the suit and cap today at the pool just so I could look as cool as the Nepali ladies. I mean they sure beat the guys in speedos!
well i'm out - hope you all are having a wonderful week! when you wash your hands and drink lots of clean water think of me! : )
Monday, June 9, 2008
Hello!!!
wow. I am so sorry I haven't written on this since I left! I keep thinking about it but then when it actually came down to being on the Internet I choose emails over blogging.
Well I'm in Nepal! Thank you so much for all the prayers on my traveling days, it all went very smooth and uneventful.
humm what to tell you about Nepal. The kids in the orphanage are great! They have been so fun to hang out with! I get to help them with homework (yes some of them have to check there math which is probably not a good idea!) at 7am then we eat some breakfast and they go to school. I've also been helping the children's ministry which is in the slums on Tues. and at the bible college on Fri.
The ministry to the slums was heart wrenching. Those kids have nothing they live in little shacks with there family and are so dirty. Some of them only have pants or a t-shirt to wear when they come. And with monsoon coming Margie was saying that the water can get as deep as there ankles which when the floor of your home is the dirt you pretty much won't be dry. But let me tell you they can sing! They sang there little hearts out and yelled out the memory verse they had learned last week. I am so glad I will be able to spend time with them this summer.
Another thing I have been doing since being here is on Tues. and Thurs. mornings I get to go out with two ladies from the church, Ruth and Nista, and go visiting. They are such great ladies. I think it is such an awesome thing that they take time out each week to go visit people from the church and pray with them. And while we are out they have been teaching me a little Nepali which they then have me practice at each house we go to. Needless to say the day is filled with much laughter : )
God has been so amazing on this trip already. I have learned to lean on Him like I have never done before. Being in a country that speaks another language and not having your family and friends always there to support you is a hard thing to get used to.
But God has also brought an amazing new family into my life! English and Nepali : )
I've also been spending a good amount of time with Jenn and Leah and they are so fun! Last night we went to make dinner at this guys house. yumm. Jenn made some amazing popcorn chicken and me and Leah found our new calling to a fast food chain by making the best french fries!!! Yup I'm really staying healthy here in Nepal : )
Well I think i'm gonna try to check my email before I need to get back to the orphanage for dinner...hopefully it won't as long before I update this time : )
thank you so much for all the prayers!
Well I'm in Nepal! Thank you so much for all the prayers on my traveling days, it all went very smooth and uneventful.
humm what to tell you about Nepal. The kids in the orphanage are great! They have been so fun to hang out with! I get to help them with homework (yes some of them have to check there math which is probably not a good idea!) at 7am then we eat some breakfast and they go to school. I've also been helping the children's ministry which is in the slums on Tues. and at the bible college on Fri.
The ministry to the slums was heart wrenching. Those kids have nothing they live in little shacks with there family and are so dirty. Some of them only have pants or a t-shirt to wear when they come. And with monsoon coming Margie was saying that the water can get as deep as there ankles which when the floor of your home is the dirt you pretty much won't be dry. But let me tell you they can sing! They sang there little hearts out and yelled out the memory verse they had learned last week. I am so glad I will be able to spend time with them this summer.
Another thing I have been doing since being here is on Tues. and Thurs. mornings I get to go out with two ladies from the church, Ruth and Nista, and go visiting. They are such great ladies. I think it is such an awesome thing that they take time out each week to go visit people from the church and pray with them. And while we are out they have been teaching me a little Nepali which they then have me practice at each house we go to. Needless to say the day is filled with much laughter : )
God has been so amazing on this trip already. I have learned to lean on Him like I have never done before. Being in a country that speaks another language and not having your family and friends always there to support you is a hard thing to get used to.
But God has also brought an amazing new family into my life! English and Nepali : )
I've also been spending a good amount of time with Jenn and Leah and they are so fun! Last night we went to make dinner at this guys house. yumm. Jenn made some amazing popcorn chicken and me and Leah found our new calling to a fast food chain by making the best french fries!!! Yup I'm really staying healthy here in Nepal : )
Well I think i'm gonna try to check my email before I need to get back to the orphanage for dinner...hopefully it won't as long before I update this time : )
thank you so much for all the prayers!
Friday, May 23, 2008
Well kids tomorrow my adventure begins! My family leaves in the morning for family camp, then me and Emma leave in the afternoon for my Aunts. Then I'll go one to PA and then comes Nepal!!!
So I've been packing my bags all day today and let me tell you! I feel like I'm moving! I have two huge bags! I try to comfort myself with the fact that only one is full of my stuff and the other is full of orphanage gifts but I still feel like the heaviest packer ever! And add to that the fact that the group I'll be flying with are trekking so they probably just have backpacks! Oh well I'm a heavy packer! I'll just have to live with that fact.
Oh man I am starting to get nervous!!!! I already know it will take me forever to fall to sleep tonight cuz i'm ssooooo excited!!!!
So some prayer requests:
-that my bags will be under the weight/size limit : )
-that my travels will be successful and uneventful
-that God will be working on the hearts of the people who I will come in contact with
-that I will be able to be a blessing to everyone I come in contact with
-that God will teach me some amazing lessons and show me even more amazing things about Him
-that I will keep a good attitude and be willing to try
-that I will be confident in where God has put me
-that God would give me boldness
thank you guys so much for your prayers! I wouldn't be able to do this without them!!!
So I've been packing my bags all day today and let me tell you! I feel like I'm moving! I have two huge bags! I try to comfort myself with the fact that only one is full of my stuff and the other is full of orphanage gifts but I still feel like the heaviest packer ever! And add to that the fact that the group I'll be flying with are trekking so they probably just have backpacks! Oh well I'm a heavy packer! I'll just have to live with that fact.
Oh man I am starting to get nervous!!!! I already know it will take me forever to fall to sleep tonight cuz i'm ssooooo excited!!!!
So some prayer requests:
-that my bags will be under the weight/size limit : )
-that my travels will be successful and uneventful
-that God will be working on the hearts of the people who I will come in contact with
-that I will be able to be a blessing to everyone I come in contact with
-that God will teach me some amazing lessons and show me even more amazing things about Him
-that I will keep a good attitude and be willing to try
-that I will be confident in where God has put me
-that God would give me boldness
thank you guys so much for your prayers! I wouldn't be able to do this without them!!!
Friday, May 9, 2008
Home again, home again, jiggity jig...
So I just got my flight info for flying to and from Harrisburg PA to Nepal! So I leave PA at 6:40am on May 29 then get to Nepal on May 31 at 8:15am. Talk about a long day of traveling and major jet lag!
Then I fly from Kathmandu on Sept. 3rd and get back to Harrisburg at 5:30 on The 4th. So I think I'll try to get a flight back to lax that evening and probably just stay at my aunts that night or something.
Oh I'm so excited!!! (well not for the traveling/jet lag part but for the rest of it!)
Oh God has been so amazing at getting all the little pieces together : )
Then I fly from Kathmandu on Sept. 3rd and get back to Harrisburg at 5:30 on The 4th. So I think I'll try to get a flight back to lax that evening and probably just stay at my aunts that night or something.
Oh I'm so excited!!! (well not for the traveling/jet lag part but for the rest of it!)
Oh God has been so amazing at getting all the little pieces together : )
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Josh Moore
So the other week I got an unexpected phone call from a friend of mine that I haven't seen in a good 3 almost 4 years. We met on a mission trip to Ireland the summer of 2004. So our friendship since then has mostly consisted of aim or random e-mails each summer and maybe a few phone calls. But he was just calling to see how life was treating me and catch up.
Well last year he went and lived in Nepal for 6 months and lived in an orphanage (hum a little resemblance?) So of course I brought up my up coming trip to Nepal. Oh my word! He was such an encouragement to me.
He told me about not touching people on there heads and being sure not to point my feet at people while I'm sitting but he also told me about the brokenness and all the tears I will shed. I guess I had figured I would but I feel like now I'm a little more ready for it. I know what I'm going to go through a little more. He talked to me about the fact that this is going to be a trip of me and God. Because when I get back no one will ever be able to fully understand all I went through. He said I had guts to do this because not many other girls would jump into something like this and he also said I would most definitely be in his prayers. When I got off the phone I just felt so refreshed and encouraged.
If I were to think back on my life and pick out the people who have made the biggest impact on my life he would defiantly be on that list. I couldn't even count the ways he has encouraged and inspired me to do things that I would other wise be afraid of or think were worthless.
I think this trip is the scariest, most exciting thing I've ever gotten myself into and I can't wait for it all to unfold.
p.s. Josh is the one on the left (and then Tim is on the right)
Monday, April 7, 2008
elections
So for a little update on whats happening in Nepal...
They are going to be having there first ever elections on the 10th. There is potential for much violence and killings on that day. The communist party there has said they will win at any means...so if they don't win it could be really bad. There have even already been some bombing in the city.
So please pray for safty and peace. Jenn was saying there is a lot of spiritual warfare going on in this nation. Please don't ever forget to pray for the missionaries there who have such a heart for these people.
Thank you guys so much for the all the prayers.
They are going to be having there first ever elections on the 10th. There is potential for much violence and killings on that day. The communist party there has said they will win at any means...so if they don't win it could be really bad. There have even already been some bombing in the city.
So please pray for safty and peace. Jenn was saying there is a lot of spiritual warfare going on in this nation. Please don't ever forget to pray for the missionaries there who have such a heart for these people.
Thank you guys so much for the all the prayers.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
pictures...
I've been talking to this girl Katie over facebook who stayed in the same orphanage that I will be living at and I was looking through her pictures from her time there so here are a few...
i just thought this one was adorable.
quite possibly the rooftop of my bedroom where I will be doing my laundry also.
playing basketball.
the kids.
i just thought this one was adorable.
quite possibly the rooftop of my bedroom where I will be doing my laundry also.
playing basketball.my support letter...
Many of you know that I have a heart for missions and have been asking me if I have any plans to go on another trip. Well after much prayer I have decided I will be going to Nepal this year. I have had a number of friends go to Nepal on short term trips which has put the desire in my heart to go as well. I will be leaving in May and plan to come home the end of August.
God has opened the door for me to go with The Association of Baptists for World Evangelism. This is a solid missions group who has been working in Asian countries for a long time. ABWE runs a short term program called IMPACT and they have been so gracious to plan a trip to Nepal just for me.
Nepal is the world’s only Hindu Kingdom. It is nestled between China and India and holds the world’s highest mountain, Mt. Everest. It is considered to be one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world.
I will be flying into the capital city of Kathmandu and living in an orphanage called Abba’s House. Along with my work in the orphanage I will also spend time working at the bible college ABWE runs. The orphanage and bible college are run through a church ABWE has in Kathmandu. The orphanage is run by a Nepalese couple, David and Ruth, and has about 20 kids living there right now. There is also a single missionary gal, Jenn Hand, who lives about a 2min. walk from the orphanage and I will have the opportunity to work with her as well.
The greatest need I have as I set out on this new adventure is prayer. Please pray for Nepal, which has been currently in strife over internal and political upheaval. Pray that the hearts of the people there will be open to hear the gospel. Also pray for Jenn, that God would open up doors for her to serve the Nepalese people and be a witness to them. And then pray for me as I prepare for this journey. Pray that I will be sensitive to the needs of everyone around me, that God will give me the strength I need to complete the tasks He gives me, that I will keep a servant’s attitude and that I will stay in good health while I’m there.
If the Lord lays it on your heart to invest financially in my work in Nepal then please send your checks to ABWE. The trip is going to cost me $4,455 and as much as I work I can’t raise it on my own so I would love your help. My account number is 085629. Checks should be made payable to ABWE and designated for IMPACT with my name and account number on the memo line. This ensures that the funds are credited to my account.
If you want to know more about ABWE you can go to their website at www.abwe.org. Also, don’t hesitate to call, write, or e-mail me with your questions.
Thank you so much for the encouragement each one of you has been to me.
God has opened the door for me to go with The Association of Baptists for World Evangelism. This is a solid missions group who has been working in Asian countries for a long time. ABWE runs a short term program called IMPACT and they have been so gracious to plan a trip to Nepal just for me.
Nepal is the world’s only Hindu Kingdom. It is nestled between China and India and holds the world’s highest mountain, Mt. Everest. It is considered to be one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world.
I will be flying into the capital city of Kathmandu and living in an orphanage called Abba’s House. Along with my work in the orphanage I will also spend time working at the bible college ABWE runs. The orphanage and bible college are run through a church ABWE has in Kathmandu. The orphanage is run by a Nepalese couple, David and Ruth, and has about 20 kids living there right now. There is also a single missionary gal, Jenn Hand, who lives about a 2min. walk from the orphanage and I will have the opportunity to work with her as well.
The greatest need I have as I set out on this new adventure is prayer. Please pray for Nepal, which has been currently in strife over internal and political upheaval. Pray that the hearts of the people there will be open to hear the gospel. Also pray for Jenn, that God would open up doors for her to serve the Nepalese people and be a witness to them. And then pray for me as I prepare for this journey. Pray that I will be sensitive to the needs of everyone around me, that God will give me the strength I need to complete the tasks He gives me, that I will keep a servant’s attitude and that I will stay in good health while I’m there.
If the Lord lays it on your heart to invest financially in my work in Nepal then please send your checks to ABWE. The trip is going to cost me $4,455 and as much as I work I can’t raise it on my own so I would love your help. My account number is 085629. Checks should be made payable to ABWE and designated for IMPACT with my name and account number on the memo line. This ensures that the funds are credited to my account.
If you want to know more about ABWE you can go to their website at www.abwe.org. Also, don’t hesitate to call, write, or e-mail me with your questions.
Thank you so much for the encouragement each one of you has been to me.
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