We arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday October 18 late in the evening after 27 hours of travel. Denek was my flight attendant from the czech republic... Next time you fly Emirates look out for him! he is the best!!! We had reservations to stay at a little motel, but a day before we arrived we were told the owners are communists and it could cause political problems for our group so we had to find another hotel to stay at. Our host made reservations for us to stay in a 5 star hotel. So here we are, on a mission trip, serving children in an orphanage and women who are walking for days over mountains to get to us just to hear about the Word and sing and worship and praise God, but we are staying in a 5 star hotel. Even though a 5 star hotel in Nepal is like a 2 or 3 star hotel in the states... We have a shower with hot water, a western toilet, nice comfy beds with (fairly) clean linens and big comfy pillows. A flat screen TV!!! What in the world. I know I can speak for my roommate and I when I say we felt guilty. It didn't exactly feel like we were in a foreign country "roughing it" on a mission trip.
Friday was VBS in Kathmandu. Vacation Bible School for all the kids from the orphanage and any other children that showed up. There are 67 that live in the orphanage and about 45 others showed up from all over the city. They were so stinking cute. Anyone that says they don't choose favorites is LYING!!!!! His name is Prashant and he is 6 years old. Holy sweet face, batman. We had a western theme so the other girls were wearing giant foam cowboy hats and bandanas and sheriff badges singing about horses and saying "Howdy" and "Yee Haw" telling the kids all about Texas, where we traveled from to come see them and play with them. We did arts and crafts with them and they made western picture frames and I printed photos of them from a portable printer that I brought. They were so excited to have a picture of themselves. It really is the little things... I think it is something they will treasure for a long long time. They colored pictures and we taught them about the story of Moses. They learned about Miriam and The Pharaoh. They are little sponges. They just soak up every bit of knowledge we share with them. I cannot wait to share pictures of their sweet little brown faces.
Saturday is church day... Oh and i saw Will Simcoe, childhood friend. After 8 years. In Nepal. Crazy!!!
Sunday was the women's conference.
Monday I took the most beautiful flight I've ever been on... From Kathmandu to Nepalganj then a 4 hour jeep ride to Surket.
Gumi needs its own blog post... Better post while I have a second of Internet.
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