Church

Our little Seventh-day Adventist church is filled with beautiful and brave people!  The first Sabbath we were here was a very emotional one for me.  Nepal is about 80.5% Hindu, about 10.5% Buddhist, about 4.5% Muslim, about 3.5% Kirat (an indigenous religion) and less than .5% Christian (with the last .5% being "other").   For many people, being a Christian is not easy.  (Christmas has only been a public holiday since 2008.)  Still, I only see smiles on everyone's face!  They're so happy to be in church.

Here is the view from the fence by the gate that we enjoy every time we go to church:

Here is an inside shot:

Some teens from a home for foster children came and sang for us--they did a great job!

They also later gave a concert in town, which we really enjoyed. 

Here I am with some of my new friends:

...and Ramon with one of his new friends:

The ladies are beautiful:

...and so are the kids!  Here are the Primaries waving to you:

The Kindergartners are enjoying their craft time:

The finished results:  (They're so cute aren't they?!)

Sometimes we have a potluck dinner after church.

The Canteen terrace has great views: 

...that go on and on:

 

..and on:

...and on:

Here is one of the young men (on the left--the one of the right is his brother who is translating) telling his experiences when he and a friend went to a mountain village to meet with some church members.  Man!  What amazing things happened!  There's a real shortage of people available and able to go to the villages.  It's so nice to see the young people out there helping and doing what they can.  

Even the kids enjoyed the testimony and listened intently:

Well, that's all for now!  See you later!