After a long time....

Hello all. Sorry for the delay in updating you all. Things have been good, but busy, and I haven’t wanted to sit through painfully slow internet connections to upload a blog. The past two months have gone by in a blur. I can’t believe that three months are almost past already! Though the past months have been really great. 20 students came for a two month outreach from Australia. It was quite a shock at first to have so many young people running around. A group of about 8 joined me and the two Canadians for about five weeks. It was a good five weeks. We spent time in a local village, praying and also organizing a clean up event, where we cleaned the village and also were able to share through skits, songs and speaking that we need cleansed on the inside as well. We also spent a week working in the cabin restaurants. This was a great time for some of the students to connect to the cabin girls and also to the neighbors and shop keepers in the area. I was sick that week, and it was quite a struggle to have the energy to translate and go out all the time, but God was good and I was able to help the students connect to the people around us. We met many people who are interested in learning more about Jesus and we still continue to build those relationships. Now I am back to working in the local church plant. It has been good for my Nepali skills, but a challenge for me personally. I enjoy the people so much, but our time can sometimes feel stale and dead. Please pray that the Holy Spirit would fill our meetings, and that we would know God’s will for our time and how to spend it. I wrote before about our land purchase. Praise God that the money all came in! It is so good to know that God also wants to provide and give us good things! He has confirmed that by giving us the land monies. Thanks for your prayer and support for this as well! The countdown is on. I will be back in the US in about 3 months! It is so hard to think about my time here coming to an end. I have enjoyed my time here so much, and feel a little like a deserter that I am leaving Nepal during such an important time. In about two weeks, Nepal will hold elections, voting for a government who will rewrite the constitution and all its laws. Nepal has been in a state of limbo for a while now. The temporary government has postponed elections several times over the past year and a half, and now it seems like the election might actually take place. Be praying for Nepal. More than anything, pray that good, caring and responsible Nepalis will vote in the elections. Many are not interested and have planned to take vacations instead. Nepal is a young democracy, and many have felt like their voice has never been heard. This election will put into place the constitution that will govern this land. From this election, the future of mission and organizations and workers like me may change forever. If good people (especially Christians) choose not to vote, then people in this land don’t want a democracy. It is so easy for our people here at the base to pray fervently for Nepal, but are still unwilling to seek God about voting. Pray for them. Many of you have read, seen and heard much about the unrest in Tibet. I have heard of some clashes here in Kathmandu as well. Don’t worry, I am far removed from that side of town, and here in the village, we haven’t seen or heard anything about the situation in Tibet. Pray for this land as well. We know that God has created Tibetans, and He loves them. Pray for peace to be restored to this land.