Hello everyone!
I apologize for not updating this sooner, I know many people have been in suspense! Things are going really well so far! We like our apartment, it's pretty quiet and we live in the same house as some wonderful Japanese brothers and sisters! It's also not very far from the Kingdom Hall (which is a huge plus).
We started preaching on day 1 and Jehovah has blessed our efforts, I think in the week we've been here I've had more encouraging experiences and have been able to see more parts of the city (and surrounding villages) than I had in the Month we spent in Nepal back in 2013!
There are SO many deaf people that it's almost overwhelming (most things around here are overwhelming haha!), for example in one town called Naxal I was able to meet 20+ deaf in under an hour, sister Ukiko (our awesome upstairs neighbor) told Cassandra that there are over 1,000 deaf people in that one town!
I apparently have a Bible study, although I haven't met the man yet! Cassandra met him in the ministry very close to where we are staying!
Kathmandu is Kathmandu... it's hard to explain really, you just have to experience it. As my friend Tony once said, it can be "in your face". I think that sums it up pretty well, it's not a place for the faint of heart, the harsh reality is that we are in a very poor country with many problems, and though it presents many opportunities (and missed opportunities) for amazing photographs around every turn, it's not always as romantic as they make it seem. You have to be brave and ready to face things that make you very uncomfortable every time you leave the house... abject poverty, begging, child exploitation, neglected animals, destitute and sick homeless people... the list could go on and on! It can be overwhelming to say the least.
But all of that aside, the family of Jehovah's people that we have here is an amazing thing, SO many have given up everything they have in 1st world countries to live here and do everything they can to help people come to learn the truth about God, and it's even more impressive for me to see the Nepali brothers and sisters balancing their daily lives with service, meetings, talks, etc... many don't have a means of transportation and rely on walking or the bus! The meetings and service are so encouraging, the experiences we have, the people we meet... it's definitely worth all of the effort to see what a difference it can make in peoples lives (immediately AND in the future).
I apologize for not updating this sooner, I know many people have been in suspense! Things are going really well so far! We like our apartment, it's pretty quiet and we live in the same house as some wonderful Japanese brothers and sisters! It's also not very far from the Kingdom Hall (which is a huge plus).
We started preaching on day 1 and Jehovah has blessed our efforts, I think in the week we've been here I've had more encouraging experiences and have been able to see more parts of the city (and surrounding villages) than I had in the Month we spent in Nepal back in 2013!
There are SO many deaf people that it's almost overwhelming (most things around here are overwhelming haha!), for example in one town called Naxal I was able to meet 20+ deaf in under an hour, sister Ukiko (our awesome upstairs neighbor) told Cassandra that there are over 1,000 deaf people in that one town!
I apparently have a Bible study, although I haven't met the man yet! Cassandra met him in the ministry very close to where we are staying!
Kathmandu is Kathmandu... it's hard to explain really, you just have to experience it. As my friend Tony once said, it can be "in your face". I think that sums it up pretty well, it's not a place for the faint of heart, the harsh reality is that we are in a very poor country with many problems, and though it presents many opportunities (and missed opportunities) for amazing photographs around every turn, it's not always as romantic as they make it seem. You have to be brave and ready to face things that make you very uncomfortable every time you leave the house... abject poverty, begging, child exploitation, neglected animals, destitute and sick homeless people... the list could go on and on! It can be overwhelming to say the least.
But all of that aside, the family of Jehovah's people that we have here is an amazing thing, SO many have given up everything they have in 1st world countries to live here and do everything they can to help people come to learn the truth about God, and it's even more impressive for me to see the Nepali brothers and sisters balancing their daily lives with service, meetings, talks, etc... many don't have a means of transportation and rely on walking or the bus! The meetings and service are so encouraging, the experiences we have, the people we meet... it's definitely worth all of the effort to see what a difference it can make in peoples lives (immediately AND in the future).
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