sunday afternoons

On Sunday afternoon a small group North Americans and some of our Nepali friends gather to sing, pray, and devote ourselves to the word.  This has only been going on for a few weeks now, so we are still kind of in the experimental phase of it, but the Lord is really blessing our time together.  This past Sunday we had a wedding during our gathering.  The wedding was for a couple that was married in Nepal, but it was after their papers were filed for their move to the states, so they aren't legally married here.  So on Sunday Jarett, David and Ram helped them out.

Kick Off!

We kicked off our fall trimester last Tuesday night with 47 kids!  It really is a new trimester, the kids are in totally different groups for the first time since Kids' Club started.  It had to happen because we added so many new kids that we had to add 2 new groups!  It really isn't a bad problem to have.  We also graduated about 6 of our kids to teens club at the end of last trimester.

  

a sari kind of day...

This weekend the Nepali community celebrated Teej.  The festival is a ceremony for women.  Women will travel to their family of origin and celebrate with them, some of the Hindu women also fast.  They end the fast with a celebration that includes food, dancing, and everyone wearing their fanciest clothes.  The community wanted to honor women who had made and impact and chose to celebrate myself and two other wonderful Kingdom servants.  If you know me at all, I am not one who likes too much attention, so it may have been a little intimidating.  I didn't plan on dressing up, but when I heard that the other two ladies were I had to make a quick phone call to one of my friends and she dressed me in one of her saris.  I am so beyond blessed with the chance to serve and love my Nepali friends.