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!