Compassion for Asia

We love to go back to the orphanage and visit with all the people there. Today we took at trip to the Bible College first and it was really nice to see everyone again. Our kids are getting back on schedule and finally we are able to get to bed before midnight and get out bed before ten in the morning. Rebeccas favorite place on earth is the orphanage where she gets to play with all the kids and with the animals. Here she was watching the cow poop on the ground and she was telling Saru that they need to teach the cow how to use the toilet inside the orphanage. We were all laughing.

Today we had one of our fellow ministers in the Lord, Lok Mani, come and speak in the church. We had communion and it was a special time with a strong presence of the Lord. Lok Mani is a mature Christian who runs his own orphanage and a church. He is also very known in the Christian political work in Nepal. We had dinner together after church and we would like to see if there are any way we can work together.

Yesterday we met with a doctor from Canada named Daniel. He is in Nepal to do some work here, but said that he would be able to do a full physical checkup on all of our children at the orphanage and the elderly people. So today he went through all of them and they were all found in good health besides some minor problems. He gave us some money to buy a deworming medicine for everyone and recommended that they would take it every 6 months. Thank you for your help Daniel!

Today Maya got married! She got engaged to a boy called Bipin last month and they decided to get married this month. She will be going back to the village where he is from and they will work in his mothers church together. We will stay in touch with Maya and support her, but we will not be able to see her as much as we did before. We will miss her, but pray that she will be happy in her new place of ministry and life.
Rebecca got a new outfit because of the wedding and she loved her dress. I had to add a picture of her dancing around in her new outfit.

Samuel just turned 5 months old. He is such a happy baby and is learning that laying on his belly isn't that bad after all. Rebecca and Samuel are enjoying their time together more and more and it is really exciting to see our children grow.

Samuel, Santosh, Tek, Kumari, Martha, Sote are six of our children at the orphanage. They are all about to finish 10th Nepali grade, which means that they have finished their basic education. All of these students will do some further studies after they have finished their last exam. All the children at the orphanage will be having a vacation for a few weeks, but we have asked these six kids to stay at the orphanage and study until they have finished their final exam. Then they can take a well deserved vacation whenever that is finished.

Today we wanted to sit down with all the kids and eat and fellowship with them before some of them leave for their vacation. The kitchen is really taking shape and we also took a picture of everyone living in this one building. Isn't this an amazing testimony of Gods provision every day for all of us. We serve a great God and he really provides for all of our needs. He is the God who takes care of the orphans and the widows.