July 20, 2009
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Nepal Project’09 – Feeling quite overwhelmed
July 21, 2009
9:34AM Kathmandu time
*This is a spur of the moment weblog, so please excuse the randomness if it comes off that way.We came back from Pokhara yesterday night after a very long and exhausting micro-bus ride back to the capital. Mike, and most of the students went water rafting yesterday and though it looked fun, I can’t say I was completely jealous. Glad that they had a great time and that we all could head back home together.
This year’s trip has felt very rushed for me personally. Today will be my first full day in Kathmandu where I can go ahead with a slower pace. It was also the first day I got to take the orphans to their private school, something I had been waiting to do for 2 years. Plus, today is probably the sunniest day we’ve had here during the last 1.5 weeks I’ve been here, so it’s nice to be back, despite the noise and air pollution.
Today, Sofia & I probably will be visiting one of the local city hospitals and hopefully will gleam off some information about how the city level hopsitals conduct their affairs verses what we saw in Besishahar. Besides that, today will be a slower day and more prep for tomorrow when we celebrate the orphans’ collective birthdays. Some of the female students will be flying back to Boston starting on Thursday and the rest of us will be flying out Friday night and be back in Boston by Sat. afternoon.
Though there’s only a few days left, I know that there will be much to percolate and chew on the coming weeks after we get back. Personally, the questions of how to allow Christ, who lives in me and I in Him, be incarnationally present amongst the people I interact with. It’s not about pure preaching or evangelism in what most people think of, but what does it mean to allow the living Savior be who is seen through me? How do I become more of a mask for Jesus, a cover for Him, decrease myself as much as possible that it is He who is seen and heard than just the idiotic geeky guy that people typically see?
2 years ago, our team said that Christ is the hope for Nepal. That is still true, but how do we carry that ideal into our own lives in the USA when we return? How do we merge what we long for Nepal into wherever we are and not lose sight of those goals? *sigh* Like I said, random thoughts and many more to ponder when we return.
