Kathmandu

Ah…Sally and I just pried our eyes open and forced our bodies out of bed. It’s 3:30 in the afternoon here in Kathmandu. We arrived yesterday. If we let ourselves sleep now, we’ll never sleep through the night.

Yesterday we walked with Joel and his son Elliot to the Mercy Missions Home for Children. This is the new Children’s Home that Vision Nationals started a few months ago. Sally brought her stethoscope to check out one of the little ones who is rather sickly. On Tuesdays we’re going to give them immunizations. Rather, Sally is. Here’s a pic of all the LOVELY children!

Mercy Mission Children

Kathmandu is a beautiful city. There are huge hills surrounding us here, and this morning while walking to a nearby bakery we saw the snowcapped peaks of the Himalayas in the distance! The roads are insane. Even more so than India, because there are brick walls on either side of the streets and so when the cars and motorbikes and bicycles come careening down the narrow streets there is only so far you can squeeze over to get out of their way before you are met with a brick barrier. It is quite the rush.

Well…I shall write more later. But please keep us in your prayers. Especially for our health. Sally was fighting a cold when we left Seattle and is still a bit congested. And I have been having a few chills and aches today. I think I might be fighting a little fever or something. Thanks!