The first update

Hello friends,

Thank you again for taking the time to visit our blog and joining us on this journey of starting an orphanage. We have hinted at many exciting things happening right now so allow us to give you some more information on what is actually going on right now.
I have just spent several hours looking at different websites trying to find a good hotel for our stay in Kathmandu. But besides that, this is the current "status" of our project "Because of Two orphanage":

- Laurie has worked in Nepal before (2007) and being an adoption/child social worker she made several friends that are Nepali natives. Among these friends are a lawyer working with these specific questions and an orphanage director. Still, for years nothing solid happened. The dream lived a hidden life. Yet, it must be said that God was working. That is simply the best explanation for what has happened lately.

- A few weeks back we were still alone in the world with our vision. Sure, we had shared it with family and these friends, but is was very much a dream. However, we had set a very tentative date of a first trip to be made in february of 2013 just for things to move forward. Then it happened.

- We made a local connection with a worldwide, big and respected denomination/church in Nepal.  Let us just share the headline of their first email to us after hearing our vision and prayers: "Answer to 10 years of prayer!". Amazing! This is still in its infancy and many things need to be checked out...but miraculously it now looks like we are not only connected with friends that can help us (and that we trust) but also with a local organization that has everything from a building to orphans (currently staying with pastors all over Nepal) to connections with the government for registration and other related issues...and more.

- Our old Nepali friends have been excited and want to help us in any way they can. Without going into details quite yet it is clear to us that their help is both invaluable and exactly what we need. They know the culture and the local laws and rules, they know the world of Nepali orphan care, they know the extreme importance of financial transparency and accountability. We trust these people 100% and they will be with us for the entire project in various capacities. We are not going to Nepal completely alone. Far from it.


This is some of what has happened since October. We are so glad to be able to share it with you. We will continue to write and post updates  as soon as we can (soon, perhaps some pictures). We are a little cautious since so much seems to be almost too good and too perfectly timed to be true. Another "tricky" and difficult thing right now is to not get too excited and make sure that this gets done properly so that some children of Nepal may soon have a new home that will last for as long as it needs to.

So, we are cautious and excited...but also steadily moving forward. Thanks for joining us.

Very sincerely,
Andreas and Laurie Kjernald


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