It's Saturday evening in Kalimpong, we all walked to Nandu's home to use his wifi. Here's a quick update on our last couple of days.
Thursday
The day was spent looking at potential plots of land to buy. There is no flat land here at all, its hard to even imagine building a house but somehow they do it. Land is also very expensive so the cost was a little discouraging for us all.
Friday, January 18
Left the hotel around 9, our destination was a village down the mountain close to the Teesta River. Saw monkeys on the way. Had a flat tire along the road, that drew a crowd. The church there was holding some sort of Bible Training and for new believers and they had asked Nandu to speak. Our vehicles stopped in the road, the road is narrow and there is no place to pull off, there was a small sign that said Victory Church so we headed up the stair path to the church. Everything is terraced here because there are no flat spots. We walked up three, four maybe five terraces till we came to the church building. There were 50-100 people there, most of them looked very young. John spoke first then Nandu. They then proceeded to feed us lunch, on a newspaper table cloth. Lunch was excellent. The pastor there asked us to pray for them and all the Christians in India.
Breathtaking drive for the next 2 hours, Hotel in Darjeerling is nice , did a little shopping.
Wishing for wiFi.
Saturday January 19
The plan this morning was to get up early – 6am - and watch the sun rise over the Himalayas, we go to see the sun set on them for a few brief moments last night. That didn’t happen because it is raining and foggy. Since I had a little free time I looked back over the kids bios to try to get more of their names down. In looking at their bios and remembering what I saw and heard yesterday I am overwhelmed with a sense of need for these people. The stories of what these children experienced at such a young age is something we as Americans can hardly even begin to comprehend. I am so humbled and in a sense ashamed of my own lack of understanding and actions when I hear the stories from Nandu about the way he and Anu have taken in these children. Everyday they are doing and living out the word of God.
Thursday
The day was spent looking at potential plots of land to buy. There is no flat land here at all, its hard to even imagine building a house but somehow they do it. Land is also very expensive so the cost was a little discouraging for us all.
We also made a quick stop at KP1 home to visit with the kids. We were treated to several songs, they sing like angels, a quick tour of their home and some hugs. They are starting to warm up to us, I am getting a few names down but they all sound so different than any of the names we are familiar with.
In a previous conversations with Nandu about the number of kids in each home he mentioned that there were approximately 10 “extra” orphans. We asked him to explain more about how these children were being taken care off. He explained that they were being cared for by his father’s church in another village. The church there feeds the children by giving a small portion of rice each time they make a meal for their family – basically they are tithing their rice for the children! Very Cool!
Left the hotel around 9, our destination was a village down the mountain close to the Teesta River. Saw monkeys on the way. Had a flat tire along the road, that drew a crowd. The church there was holding some sort of Bible Training and for new believers and they had asked Nandu to speak. Our vehicles stopped in the road, the road is narrow and there is no place to pull off, there was a small sign that said Victory Church so we headed up the stair path to the church. Everything is terraced here because there are no flat spots. We walked up three, four maybe five terraces till we came to the church building. There were 50-100 people there, most of them looked very young. John spoke first then Nandu. They then proceeded to feed us lunch, on a newspaper table cloth. Lunch was excellent. The pastor there asked us to pray for them and all the Christians in India.
Breathtaking drive for the next 2 hours, Hotel in Darjeerling is nice , did a little shopping.
Wishing for wiFi.
Saturday January 19
The plan this morning was to get up early – 6am - and watch the sun rise over the Himalayas, we go to see the sun set on them for a few brief moments last night. That didn’t happen because it is raining and foggy. Since I had a little free time I looked back over the kids bios to try to get more of their names down. In looking at their bios and remembering what I saw and heard yesterday I am overwhelmed with a sense of need for these people. The stories of what these children experienced at such a young age is something we as Americans can hardly even begin to comprehend. I am so humbled and in a sense ashamed of my own lack of understanding and actions when I hear the stories from Nandu about the way he and Anu have taken in these children. Everyday they are doing and living out the word of God.
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