Educate Nepal Mission Teams

Final Blog. It is Monday afternoon, we have had trouble with the Internet again, but seem to be back on, though everything is slow. We have a house full of teachers at present, training with Anges and Viv. Viv has been terribly ill with diarrhoea and fever and running nose. She has managed to drag herself out of bed to do the training. She is such a trouper. That is commitment to the task, We leave the Guest House at 6.30 a.m. tomorrow to fly to Nepalgunj and the two hour rough trip to Chinchiu. Dan and Lilly have arrived and the news about internet doesn't look good. They seem to think that it isn't available. This morning, I interviewed the new girls. Some pitifully shy, and almost impossible to find out anything about them, and others who are full of information. Of course, through an interpreter, one wonders if some things are missed. They are all so beautiful. One young girl, only fifteen, quite tall for a Nepali, sat so proudly, looked us straight in the eye to tell her story. She is very impressive. She already has a sponsor and she is very excited. One little girl said to me, that when I greeted her, gave her a cuddle and a kiss, she said it felt like I was her mother. Agnes is still not well, but the antibiotics have kicked in, and she seems a little better. We tried to post a photo of the four of us in our Nepali outfits, but without success. We will be staying in the local hotel/guest house up in Chinchiu. I am worried about the food. Not sure what the kitchen hygiene will be like. I guess ignorance is bliss. The first time we were a few years ago in a hostel, Grahame went down to the kitchen early in the morning to see if he could get a cuppa, and when he turned the light on, rats scurried everywhere. We didn't stay there again. It is so good having our own flat, and it sort of feels like home when we arrive, and can try to keep everything as hygienic as possible. Saturday, there was a protest by hindu's in a city square with loud speakers, protesting against Christians and how they are changing their country.There is also a strike today, and no taxi's are allowed to travel. Don't know if it is anything to do with the protest the previous day. We had a long talk to the manager of the big supermarket yesterday and told him what we were doing here and he said he had heard about our hostel and school at Tusal. He said people said we were making people become Christians. We had a great opportunity to tell him that people make individual decisions. We have built a good relationship with him, talking about politics etc. Liat had just returned from Thamel, and she also had a long discussion with and man in a shop about Christianity. He is a liberal Muslim. Please pray for our sick ladies. Life can be stressful here without being sick. Maybe this will be our last blog. We will be here for one day, 21st April and then we fly out on 22nd. Robyn.