Volunteers

We may not always know why the Lord asks us to do things. Sometimes it isn't until after we've finished what we needed to do that we look back and see what we learned. Sometimes we may never know why we felt to take the long way home instead of the usual short and safe route. But the Lord knows!

For us here in Nepal we are still not sure why the Lord wanted us here at this particular time. However we are seeing some wonderful tender mercies that are happening with the volunteers here that would not have been happening had we not been here at the same time they were. 

Verity & Fynn:

This mother and son are from the UK. Verity has visited India before so the culture shock for her was not as high as first timers. This trip she brought her 12 year old son Fynn, who is so cool. Verity was out at Her Farm working with the women and studying women's rights and using the experiences of these women who had come to the Farm after being domestically abused. 

Two things happened with Verity and Fynn which are worth mentioning. The first was the almost dessperet need Verity had to have someone care about her and what was going on with her family. As Americans this type of almost small talk is something so natural that at first we didn't even realize we had asked about it. It wasn't until a bit later that Verity expensed her appreciation for that simple act. 

The second experience we are still unaware if it was even helpful. However both Keturah and I had the same thought and feeling so we acted on it. Fynn had gotten really sick and had been admitted to the hospital. Verity came back to the Kathmandu house and in a rush packed up some needed things and ran back to the hospital. It doesn't matter what we did, we just pray that it helped ease some of her burden as she headed back to the hospital. 

 

 

Sarah:

Sarah has traveled the world. Her passport is completely full and it doesn't expire until 2028. She is well learned and loves life. She also happens to be vegetarian and a cheese maker by trade. 

For Sarah who was craving to attend a religious service and pray. After not being allowed in one of the places of worship because she was a women we ended up being her relief. She asked many religious questions which lead to a very enlightening religious discussion between us all, which we hope filled her 'spiritual bucket'. 

 

Misha:

17 and here on her own we have become like the three musketeers. We all are now working in the community hospital which means we leave together, we eat together, and we come home together. Keturah mentioned Misha probably just needed an older sister figure to be there just in case anything were to go wrong or if she needed help. 

Misha is very sweet and has a brain like no other. She is pre-med and wants to get into Oxford for medical school. We have no doubt that she can make it. 

 

Those are just a few of the volunteers we have had good experiences with. Experiences that though for them, have changed our lives because of them. 

Something I learned from my mission is that you learn the most from those you serve. That statement is as true here in Nepal as it was in Germany 5 years ago. 

Jenessa