Beginning project #2 ...

Joseph and Sarah at work painting a mural of the Annapurna mountain range in the kids room at the church...

Mixing colours...

These two artists have been at work for a couple of weeks creating something amazing. The detail and precision in this piece of work is incredible.  What's even more valuable is that this is a picture they took of the mountain range view from Poon Hill during our four day trek.  I'm so proud of these two!

PS they are not finished yet so in a few days, I will post the completed masterpiece.

We did it!

We took on a family project of painting the interior of the church in Kathmandu and we finished!  At times we had the help of others including Adam, David, Benita and Sukiyangi.   

Here are some pics...

Mikayla, we discovered is super-human when it comes to endurance and reaching hard-to-get corners...

Sarah hard at work...

Joseph painting the tougher areas with brick...

After days of painting we went to the gym.  Not only was this a great chance to work-out but it also served as an opportunity for six of us to have hot showers...

Walking to the gym...

The church service today!

Moments in KTM

Not sure how we will part with such sweetness next week...

Isaac, Aaron & Isaan

Look at Raju...he's such a great Dad!  Here he is in action...

Isaac above is 5 years old.  Isaan below is 3 years old.  Look at how still they are for their haircuts.  Little angels..These two brothers are from a village called Nessing.  They lost their mother years ago when she passed away.  Their father remarried and started a new family.  These beautiful boys were "adopted" into the church family at ktm vineyard.  Here they are loved, given a family and a wonderful opportunity to go to school.  

"God places the lonely in families..." 

Psalm 68:6

Upper respiratory infections...

Ok there's a name for our cough and common cold we can't shake!

Samuel has recovered from his stomach bug.  Unfortunately I had some veggies last night that were not cooked thoroughly.  Looking forward to getting through this today.  I'm thinking the memory of how I feel today will prompt me to be super careful of how I eat these next 2 weeks.  Here's how we are getting through today while I'm sick... (Btw I'm not usually sick in Canada- this experience has given me a new respect and appreciation for those who deal with stomach issues on a daily!)

Uno...

bunnies...

This is their break time at a cafe.  I can rest on a chair while they work.  We found a cafe that has animals and board games for their break times.  

Here's a sign at the cafe my kids took for me.  So true!

More soon on our project at ktm vineyard! 

A day of celebration at a Nepali school

What a great day!  (Apart from still being sick!). The youth who live at the church had "parent day" at their school.  We loved it!  We had no idea going in that it would be 7 hours and a full out celebration.  In North America this kind of event would be an hour or two but here it's an all day show full of culture, awards and tea.  Wow do these people know how to be together!

Benita getting an award...

Myanmar...

Nymbutto

These youth who live at the church are so wonderful.  They work so hard with their school work and everyday they cook and clean and help with the younger kids at the church.  It was a blessing to be able to celebrate with them during their parent day.  

Samuel is 11 years old today!

Samuel was really gracious about letting us begin our work project today which is painting the interior of the church.  

We started the day painting and went for a good 5 hours...

So much fun working together.  After the work we took Samuel to the civic mall to watch a 12 D movie and play laser tag.  Lots of fun ...

Dessert night on the way home!

Happy 11th birthday to our youngest member of the family who fills our life and family with so much joy.  We love you Samuel!

A beautiful day with the poorest folks I've met..

Urmilla who works at the Ktm Vineyard has established some meaningful relationships with the Nepali people who make their homes out of scraps and garbage down at the riverbed.  We were able to reap the benefits of her work as the folks welcomed us into their homes and lives.  Here are the pics...

Making and preparing packages of rice,oil and salt...

We arrived at one home and the woman laid this mat out for us to sit.  Guess what it's made of?  Recycled garbage from candy wraps! 

This couple was so thankful for Suhail and team coming last year!

Moments our kids will not forget...

We asked folks how we could pray for them.  Their requests were for physical healing, the country of Nepal and their children.  Not one person requested a change in living conditions.  

Here is one home...

We prayed for these two women in the centre and they were healed of their physical pain!  

This Nepali woman (beige scarf around her head) has been blind since birth.  Her husband (in the village right now) is also blind.  She lives alone for another month until he comes back.  We are praying protection for them both.  Here we are in her crammed little space she invited us into.  This is her home and we are honoured to be invited in ...

The Riverbed in Kathmandu...