NEPAL

The Travel Endeavors:

Well, we made it to Nepal safe and sound… sorta. Well, we for sure made it, but it was an interesting journey. Like I was last able to send we made it to New York, then boarded our 13.5 hour international flight to Mumbai. I was really siked to board this wonderful aircraft, have my own little tv monitor, and remote… everything was so fancy. A little ways through the flight we were served dinner, a chicken and rice dish, with salad, and yogurt, and some little Indian flared extras. Some of it was pretty good ;) I found some movies to watch and was enjoying the flight, until it became UNenjoyable. I just had a very upset stomach and some fevery symptoms, and felt awful! I got sick three times and felt nauseous until we landed. We then had to fix a minor bag situation where the tag to my bag got lost, but all was settled and we received our next boarding passes to Kathmandu. Found a little coffee shop and then looked for a place to rest for our 12 hour layover. I found a cozy little spot on the floor to sleep off and on for a few hours, and the whole gang tried to get some sleep. When time neared to board, we found a deserted little restaurant where we sat and tried some fresh lime soda, and ginger tea, pretty good. We boarded the next plane with only a minor problem of fingernail clippers in a carry on, but once all sorted out, we found our seats. Lauren felt pretty bad for that whole next flight, but remained strong enough to make it through without getting sick, praise the Lord! 2.5 hours later we landed in Kathmandu after getting the beautiful sky high view of many mountains, including Everest! Breezed through immigration and customs and found all our bags to be in tact. Finally we were about to see the real Nepal! We walked outside and there she was, Kristi, waiting for us with a smile and a hug! So good to see her. We loaded everything into the family Jeep and headed to drop John off at his house. The family treated us to a yummy Chinese lunch, I got some real good chow main, and we then drove to their cute house. I must say the sights driving around the busy city were shocking; unlike anything I have ever seen. Trash everywhere, crazy scary driving, pedestrians being brave, advertisements covering buildings, and animals just roaming everywhere. There was just so much new stuff to take in. The family had the cutest little room set up for us, a bunk bed with another twin, and three closets, and just really cute. We unpacked and rock paper scissored for beds, so I got top bunk! ;) We got the house tour, and the views from everywhere, especially the roof, are incredible. The family has two dogs and a puppy that live at the house and a guinea pig, a puppy at there student center, and a dog with two brand new puppies at the community center! Cuteness overload. The family all sat down to have dinner made by Junu and Shushila, a yummy meal of rice, buffalo stew, and carrots. But very soon we realized the jet lag had caught up with us. We hadn’t really slept in 50 hours, our faces were very pale, and the room was spinning a lot. So, they kindly let us retire early. Now the house was really cold, because there is no heat, but the beds and warm clothes did there job well and we all slept very well. I woke up fairly early the next morning at around 4 and just rested until the other girls started waking up, mainly because I’m on the top bunk, and its not too easy to get down without disturbing others. We retreated down for breakfast, which was oatmeal with fruit, coffee, tea, and later eggs, and fried rice. I got the pleasure of helping Asha with breakfast. Asha was abandoned at a temple as a baby and has some problems because of that. Her vision has some issues, she is autistic, and has a history of getting seizures daily. She has in the past week learned to walk though, and through much prayer many of her problems are leaving due to spiritual ties that are being broken. I just love this family, and how God constantly adds new people to it. After breakfast I took my first bucket bath, which is how I will be staying clean for the next three months, what an adventure.

            Our first real outing that first day Kristi took us on a decent walk to the community center. Schooling for some of the children behind was happening and we got a tour, and got to meet some young girls.We had planned to help organized some stuff, but plans got a little changed, so we took the walk back up the hill to grab lunch. Yummy yet again! Let’s just say, I’m eating well here.. We took one more walk to the center to help organize and sterilize dental equipment for a free dental camp coming up this Sunday. During my time there I had a little girl teach me a little Nepal dance, and I realized dance doesn’t look good on everybody, but we had lots of laughs and fun trying. Once the organizing was done we trekked back to the house one last time to go back home. Church services here are on Saturdays, so I’m very excited to go check out the Nepalii church tomorrow. But until then, I need a bit more rest and food to be rid of this jet lag! Can’t wait to see all that happens tomorrow! Until next time, please be praying for complete restored health, and receptiveness of foreigners to the people. Thank You!