A bit of a mixed day…

Today was an interesting day. I’ve spent most of the day holed up in my bedroom trying to drink and sleep enough to feel better – it wasn’t the most pleasant night I’ve ever had! I’ll be making an effort to avoid Buffalo Momo in the future – although I’ll still be having vegetable Momo!!! I am feeling better now though – bit of a lingering headache, probrably due to dehydration/ lack of sleep. But otherwise good – although my appetite has taken a definite hit! I’m really gutted that I’ve been ill this last 24 hours – not only because of the unpleasantness – I missed a chance to attend a local traditional Nepalese Church and a chance to visit the Market at Thamel. I’m also very jealous because Joanna had a go on a motorbike today (not driving, riding shotgun!). i do have to say a huge thank you to everyone here for helping to take care of me – with advice/ getting me water and crackers and just generally being sympathetic! A special thank you to Suzi, Joanna, Ram Prasad and Bhibin for everything they’ve done for!

Our final team members John Boyd and Pete Brady arrived today – it’s good to have them with us! We’ll all get to know each other well on the bus journey tomorrow I expect! For this blog, John will be writing in purple and Pete will be blogging on his own blog at the Methodist Church, which you can follow through this link.

We went for a wee wander tonight to see the Rato Machindranath at Pulchowk – a chariot temple that is taken to different places around the city of Patan. It’s a fascinating thing – I made a bit of a cultural mistake by walking round it counter-clockwise instead of clockwise! The locals who were worshipping there seemed quite content for me to sit and take photos of them, some kids were quite persistent that I took their photos!

Tomorrow’s bus journey is expected to be around about 7 hours long – but we’re taking a private bus, not a public bus, so it will be comfier and less chance of animals being on board! but I’m expecting less comfort than megabus!!!!!

I also seem to be getting Suzi and Joanna into photography – Suzi seemed quite surprised that I trusted her enough for her to take the camera to Church when I wasn’t feeling well!

Hi! So today I have been without Chris and Joanna for some of the day – which sucks because we were to go around together but in all I have had a good day!! This morning we visited the Koinonia Patan Church – they hold two services in the morning – the first being 8.00am-10.00am and second which we attended was 10.30am-12.30pm. It was a family service, the christian churches had a bomb scare not long ago and so going into the church we had our bags checked and got a sercurity check – very interesting!! We went into church and men sat on the right and women on the left. The service was great – i didn’t understand much and the bible verse they spoke on didn’t speak to me much either. But the whole atmosphere felt really amazing and homely at the same time – the children were free to run around and be noisy – just like the service ‘Lighthouse’ I help run back home!! They weren’t afraid to pray or speak there mind during prayer times as everyone shouts out – talks, prayers – its wonderful to hear! Why are we sometimes so afraid to do this? So during the talk I had Chris’s Bible on me and so went through it and found some interesting things that really encouraged me as I have been finding it really difficult to come to terms with a battle I seem to be fighting with God at the moment! So all in all – a good day at church!! Unfortuately Chris wasn’t able to join us and that wasn’t good because he would of loved the experience of it! – Maybe next saturday!!

So after church I met a few people and we then went to look around Thamel! The shoping place of Nepal – it was brill – for all those that know me personally you will surprised I only bought one scraf (which my sister Sara will steal! .) and a braclet! Honestly!!!!It was really lovely as I met a lady from the CMS Co-Mission partner (from Hong-Kong to Nepal) called Pokautn – she was lovely and full of great stories!! Thanks to her for looking after us in Thamel!

After shopping we got back to the hotel and not long after our other team members John and Peter arrrived – wooop – yeah!! Was excitng that the rest of our team are here and now all together – which means it must be time for the youth conference now!!! So we went for food – and learnt a little about each other – but like Chris mentioned we have a huge journey tomorrow to Pokara and so more chatting to be done then!! Apparently the journey is long and sometimes scary but has a gorgeous view – we’ll let you know tomorrow evening!

This evening on the way home Chuli had to do some photocoping for her workshop she’ll be taking at the conference so I stopped with her and met the cutest adorable little boy in the whole world!! (Another one for those who know me – yes i always meet either the nicest kids or the strangest people!) So he was called Aadigy and he was 20 months old!! He was the son of the shopkeepers and he was hiding from us and so I poked my head over the side of the counter and he hide again and then i hid and he looked over the counter for me!! Haha hide and seek – was so lovely!! He then ran away to his mum and started hiding behind the door from me and was chuckling so much – I don’t think i will ever forget his laugh!! It was a gorgeous moment – and people are put into your life sometimes for a lifetime, sometimes for a reason and sometimes (like tonight) for a moment!! But it was the most special moment ever!!

So hope alls well back in our homes and thanks for all the support!! Chris is doing alot better now – he doesn’t look white! And pray for Joanna as she has a sore stomach! Godbless <><

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