The three weeks we were in Nepal went by too fast. I’m glad to be back in America and really excited to tell my family and friends all about Nepal. But at the same time, I miss all the people we met and worked with in Nepal. I will miss all the children we taught. The children were always so excited to learn, and I wish I could . . . read more

Hello again,It is our last full day here in Kathmandu. Tomorrow, we board a plane back home, but we won\'t arrive before making a day and a half stop in London. For that, we are all quite excited, but I don\'t know that anyone is looking forward to leaving.We have been here since Thursday night. Friday was another relaxing day full of reading, . . . read more

Hi there, everyone!I just realized that this will probably be one of my last times posting from Nepal!  It\'s hard to believe that I only have two more days here...where did the month go?! :) We sure have had some excitement the past few days in northern Nepal.  We scaled a landslide on foot (during which a HUGE boulder half the size . . . read more

Tonight is our last night in Nepal. In some ways it seems like I\'ve been in this country and with all these people for a very long time. However, at the same time it seems like everything went way too fast. I don\'t feel like I should already have to go back to the \"real world\" of work and school. My time here has been filled with numerous good . . . read more

These past two weeks have been amazing! So much has happened that I hardly know where to begin.I\'m sad that I only get to teach my lesson one more time. The best part of this trip is teaching the children the Bible stories. They are all so excited to see us! At every church they sing us songs while dancing and clapping. They love it when we join . . . read more

MHT 2011 has been moving along quickly and quite smoothly. The majority of our child evangelism sessions having been completed, we\'ve returned to Kathmandu for a day to gear up before heading north for our last few groups of children. The treks into the mountain villages have been physically taxing, but the nature of our work is more than . . . read more

Hello again! It\'s only been about five days since my last post, but I already have so much more to say!Hiking up and down mountains has been our main activity this past week or so! The hikes have been strenuous, slippery, long, and hot. Having to carry our heavy backpacks over rocky mountainsides, muddy leech-infested foottrails (I\'ve gotten 3 . . . read more

Yesterday was our last child evangelism.  I don\'t know why I haven\'t done this before now, but I want to commend my team on the great presentations they have done.  They came a long way from their first one in Mulpani.  They took the constructive criticism  given by Rajan and really adapted their lessons for the . . . read more

It\'s just after 10:00 pm on Thursday night here and we have safely returned to Kathmandu for the final time. Our remaining work and time will be spent here.During the last three days we have traveled by bus, on foot, in a jeep, school van, on foot again, and finally by bus back to Kathmandu.We walked several KMs through mud, mountain streams, and . . . read more

With only one more day in Nepal the emotions are all over the place. There is a sense of sadness that we are leaving so soon with so much left undone. And there is the joyful anticipation of family and home that is just a few days away.Today Chad and I met with 18 of the 22 pastors of Himalayan CLC of Nepal at rented room in a very nice hotel that . . . read more