They call a strike. Thus, today everything was closed. The taxis stood still and the shops were shut. Actually, it was rather nice. No, well less, pollution and noise made for a rather pleasant day. The weather was nice and warm and it was just nice to walk around with our friend Bobby to experience more of the city, more of Nepal. A country takes a long time to soak in.
It is good to take some time away from the intense situation that we are in. It reminds me of Jesus's life in some respects. We know that he had lots to do but he didn't seem stressed. Similarly, we don't look stressed and we don't literally run around...but there is an huge amount of thinking and praying and planning going on inside.
Every day is full of both adventure and seriousness. Today Bobby took us to The Dream Gardens, a place with real grass(!) in Kathmandu. It was like a park with walls and it was quiet and peaceful...amazing! It was a good place to sit down and rest and think long thoughts. Every meal is a great time to process and talk about what we have thought about while we were walking and watching Kathmandu. At the same time we both made an effort not to dig through all the details of what this partnership with Light for Nations will entail. It was a day of processing.
Tomorrow we will visit places and hotels in Kathmandu that we hope will be suitable for future teams to use. Kathmandu is a hard place just to throw yourself into. People will need a place that looks like home, or as close to it as possible, after a crazy day in Kathmandu (not to mention after the emotional effects of visiting with the orphanage/kids). We will also see some of the sights on our way to visiting the hotel and place where we stayed when we came to pick up Samuel 7 years ago. We also hope to prepare the things, or just get the things, we want to provide for the orphanage.
Thursday we travel to Nagarkot which is supposed to be a really tranquil and beautiful place up in the mountains. We will spend the night and watch the sunrise over the Himalayan mountains. This is the time when we hope to find a good amount of time to pray and listen to God and also to put some things down on paper as to what an agreement with Light for Nations would look like. Bobby will come with us and be of much help, as usual. Friday afternoon we go back to the orphanage and meet with KB (the director).
We are tired after a day of much walking and many impressions but we are so very excited to be living our vision...to actually be in it. This is what we had been talking about and thinking about for so long and now it is here, right where we are...and it is happening. It really is.
Until next time,
Andreas
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