Go Nepal team all safely home ! Thankyou so much for praying ! We will probably never know how much impact the team has had, but many of the local Nepalis were encouraged, felt loved, valued and cared for by the medics, teachers and helpers, and some sensed God Himself touching them and making a difference in their lives. Not to mention the impact it has had on the team themselves!  We give God all the glory and praise!

Well, we got up in the aeroplane,very murky day, had to wait for the president of Nepal to leave for Kuwait before we could fly. Flew for 10 minutes then told we were turning back, as the mountains were covered in cloud. Saw some pretty big snow capped mountains, but obviously not the right ones! Money refunded - so we don’t feel hard done by!

It has all been amazing. Garambeshi was awesome. Learnt so much. I have bought resources to leave for Anita’s nursery age children as they were copying off the blackboard when they couldn’t even hold a crayon. Pam x

Arrived safely in Kathmandu. More glorious view as we flew here. Hoping for clear skies tomorrow as some of us are booked onto a flight around Everest. How touristy can you get! - Kate

The teachers made it back safely from Garembeshi. Steve & Graham left a little later to finish some electrical work (not sure it would pass IEEE). The teachers had a fruitful two days and feel that it was worth going back to Garembeshi to tie up the loose ends. Journey back for the rest of the team was bearable on pack…ed buses. Steve and Graham had a relaxing bus ride and then a taxi ride for 50 ruppees more per person. Thank goodness for Christian Taxis….. We all have enjoyed a relaxing day today, mainly spent shopping in Lakeside. Tomorrow we leave for Kathmandu. It is strange to think that are time here is rapidly coming to an end, but what does the future hold….. Looking forward to seeing you Sunday even if we are a little jet lagged. Thankyou for all your prayers, without them it wouldn’t have been a success.

Wednesdays photos…wonderful!

Another good day in Nepal. Teaching (!) at the school this morning, and off to the orphanage this afternoon. Tomorrow will be our last work day, as we will all have a rest day on Wednesday. Not looking forward to our last evening at the orphanage - the children are so lovely, and so happy in our company. Garembeshi team return to Pokhara tomorrow

Had a great time yesterday wit the children from the orphanage. Arranged a tea party. with food games, volleyball, badminton, cricket etc. The rocket balloons went down a treat, as did all the party food. Such a joy to see so much happiness from such small pleasures. The rocket balloons were a huge hit, and also the bubbles. Such small things, yet such a delight for them (and us, seeing their faces).We thought there was masses of food - rolls, cake, biscuits, crisps, peanuts, cheese and ham (from a tin, which they had never seen before) and their own fizzy drink bottle, but they wolfed it all down.Another glorious day today. off for a walk with Debs, then to the orphanage this afternoonHelen and Roger took 5 children from another orphanage for a lakeside trip - and managed to bring them all back safely! We have all felt so privileged to be working with these children, who have very little, but give so much. The teaching team plus Steve and Graham are back in Garembeshi. Communication is difficult, but we had a phonecall this morning. Pray for positive teaching experiences and safe electrical installations..-Kate

Friday photos from Nepal…

Greetings from Kathmandu where the medical team plus John and I have arrived safely ready for our flight home tomorrow.  We said a bit of a sad goodbye to the rest of the team early this morning (who have a full days work ahead) and flew back. I honestly cant believe how the time has flown by!  

Yesterday Phil had her final day in Green Pastures hospital, where she has been such an encouragement to the OT and OT tech there, as well as a number of patients.  Most other people had a day of preparation for things coming up - Helen Meneilly was preparing for some IT training she is doing on Monday for the Indeni staff, Phil and Pete prepared resources to leave at the hospital and the teachers were also working on resources for the schools to leave.  Kate and Debs have been preparing to take the children in the Fishtail orphanage out for a picnic. Debs baptism yesterday evening was fantastic! John Spicer and Steve baptised her in a small hotel swimming pool, in answer to prayer the sun had been out that day which warmed it up a bit…. but it was still pretty chilly!  Debs was able afterwards to share with the group (including Chanman and Axa our Nepali hosts) about how she met God at Alpha and came to know him, also why she was getting baptised and what it meant to her.  She said afterwards it had been a really special day.  Then as a team we were able to have communion together.  Finally we went back down into Lakeside and had a Chinese to celebrate a range of Birthdays last month and this month! and headed home to pack. There were variuos transport challenges yesterday - which included a taxi ride where John Spicer had Pete on his lap for the whole journey, as well as all of us fitting in a minibus intended for about 12, but we are all safe and sound! My faveroute random moment of the day was coming back to our room to find Simon Crewe in full swing of dentistry by headtorch, sorting out one of Pams fillings which had fallen out.  He really can fix teeth anywhere!!! Finally, I’m so happy to say that it has now been arranged for the teachers to go back to Garambeshi on Saturday afternoon, Sunday and Monday.  This is brilliant as they felt they had left unfinished business up there, but the logistics of doing additional days was complex.  Its great to know they have this opportunity to go and teach alongside the teachers there so that they can demonstrate some of what they were explaining at the training.  However Garambeshi is not the easiest place to be as I discovered over the past few days - between the spiders, sleeping on hard floors, outdoor shower in the rice field, 4 hour bus and then long walk to get there - its tougher than Pokhara. Its not so bad when it isnt raining (which also means they can have the electricity on) so please pray for them as they return and for conditions which allow them to work and achieve all they hope to safely. I think this will be my last email as I wont be able to report any more news, however hopefully the team in Pokhara will keep you up to date with all their progress! Thank you again for all your support and prayers, I have definitely been so aware of them and so so so grateful and I’m sure I can say that on behalf of the team both here and in Pokhara. THANK YOU
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Mountains  best ever today. Team day off on Thursday. Fab walk to Serankot but mountains a bit cloudy. Debs baptism was great. Teaching teachers today. Off to Garambeshi tomorrow til Tues pm. Simon filled a tooth for me at 10pm last evening. The lake in the picture is in Pokhara and we crossed it to go to Peace Pagoda on Mon. If it’s not cloudy you can see Annap from there. It was misty when we were there. Should have had a photo of Simon giving me a filling! ‎7 of us have booked $160 each to fly round Everest next Fri (25th) at 7am. Half hour flight. No cost if cancelled due to weather. WOW! Pray for good weather. Sad to say goodbye to medics and John S and Helen. We miss you already. Hope my filling stays in, Simon, as you have given the kit to Steve (who has seen 1 filling being done)! Plz pray for weather (good now) and for work with teachers, esp Anita in nursery which is going to be painted. - Pam x