Back to Southern Asia

So I'm really going to do my best to keep this thing updated this time around! I am back in Nepal. I arrived to India about 3 weeks ago. Joe (my brother-in-law) and Monique came with me. Joe was checking it out for future trips/students coming. Monique is here to stay! Well, for at least the next 5 months I am here :)

I took Joe and Monique around to see our different projects/ministries and introduced them to people we work with and partner with. After Joe left, we had a medical team come in for a week of clinics in our slum areas. They were amazing and such a blessing to the people. It was hard to see the tragic situations these people are living in, but so good to see the little bit of hope this team was able to give to them. Just a smile was enough to lift their spirits. In just 5 days they were able to see about 1000 people!

After the team left we decided it would be good for me and Monique to come up here to Nepal and work with the girls' center in downtown Kathmandu. A young Indian girl, Siam, has been here for a few months now working with these girls who are mostly prostitutes and we have come to join her. We are trying to build relationships and trust. It's hard to see their lives. They come to our center and have a lot of fun talking, playing, drawing... and then have to leave because they have customers. Please pray that we can build trust with these girls and help get them away from this life. Above all pray that Christ's love may be shown to them. They need Jesus. A spiritual transformation is the only hope they have. Sometimes I feel like I have no idea what I'm doing (well most of the time!), but I am trusting in God and in His timing and control.

That is mainly our focus for our time here in Nepal. We will be heading back to Delhi at the end of November for a month or two before we come back here. Hopefully in a couple of weeks we will be joining some of our staff on one of the Daughter Project campaigns along the Nepal/India Border.

On a different note, the weather is amazing in Nepal. Nice and cool compared to the hot and humid Delhi weather. And the mountains are beautiful! I will try to post some pictures soon!

Ok bye :)