Week 1 of 10
With more than half our 20+ hour air travels over, we had an overnight rest at a hotel in Seoul, South Korea! What a blessing to sleep in a bed before we finished our travels to Kathmandu! We awoke to this beautiful view in the morning.
Over seas and mountains (hello, Himalayas!), we finished our travels to Kathmandu.
March 31, we joined a multitude of Christians for a 5-mile walk to an Easter rally in Nepal's capital of Kathmandu. Way to push through jet lag, team! What started as a small walk with a couple of churches grew into a 5-10 people wide "parade" singing songs until we reached the rally.
At the rally, we began to pray for those around us, first to encourage other believers, then for healing. I remember one woman in particular: we laid hands on her hands and persisted in prayer until she regained normal movement in her previously stiffened fingers. Praise God! The team continued to pray for healings for several hours that hot afternoon.
As we finished week one, we learned more about Nepalese culture as we visited a local evening festival and the "Monkey Temple", pictured above. This temple is a site important to both Buddhists and Hindus and showed an expansive view of the Kathmandu Valley, with mountains in the hazy distance.
Thank you for traveling along for week one! Next, we'll head to villages surrounding Kathmandu. What diversity in such a small area!
