tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31998130658057326802024-03-05T23:42:39.521+05:30Himalayan HappeningsLetters Home from NepalKathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861549869475030556noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199813065805732680.post-33736919501600184392018-05-17T05:13:00.000+05:302018-05-17T05:13:14.583+05:30All Good Things Must Come to an End<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is our "Goodbye" post because we said, "Goodbye!" to Nepal!</div>
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...and we say to our dear friends there:</div>
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...and always remember how much the Lord loves you! </div>
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Besides being with us every single day of our lives, we felt His presence with us when we </div>
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and the hundreds of aftershocks we experienced and He will continue to be with us ALWAYS!</div>
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This promise has always had special meaning for us and we hope it will for you too!</div>
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the beautiful country of Nepal where every day was an awesome adventure for Him.</div>
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"Mero Nepal" means "My Nepal" and we can certainly say that Nepal is "Our Nepal!"</div>
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861549869475030556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199813065805732680.post-67331880990686551462017-09-30T16:49:00.004+05:302017-09-30T16:49:34.340+05:30In Nepal These Days<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We hope everyone is fine, despite all the depressing news in the world.</div>
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We're praying for everyone!!!<br />
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Here in Nepal we're in the midst of one of the many festivals they have and it's called Dashain. Many people travel to visit their families, like we do to visit our families during Thanksgiving and Christmas. Here is a common scene these days:<br />
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">Kathy Ma'am: </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">Oh! How nice! What holiday is it?</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"> </i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">Kids: </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">Janai Purnima!</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"> </i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">Kathy Ma'am: </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">How interesting! What is that?</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"> </i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">Kids: </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">It's a festival.</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"> </i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">Kathy Ma'am: </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">What kind of festival?</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"> </i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">Kids: </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">A festival!!!!</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"> </i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">Kathy Ma'am: </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">But what is it exactly?</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"> </i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">Kids: </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">It's a festival!!!!</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"> </i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">Kathy Ma'am: </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">But what happens during this festival?</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"> </i><br />
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">Kathy Ma'am: </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">What kind of things will they do at the festival?</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"> </i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">Kids: </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">Just festival things!!!</span><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">Kathy Ma'am:</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"> What are the festival things?</span><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">Kids:</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;"> The things you do at the festival!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: left;">(They shake their heads. I just don't get it.)</span></div>
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If you're curious to find out more about Nepal's festivals, check this out: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_festivals_in_Nepal">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_festivals_in_Nepal</a><br />
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The best way to let you know about what's happening these days is to let you read newspaper articles.<br />
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<a href="http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-09-30/various-leaders-offer-receive-dashain-tika-blessings-in-photos.html">http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-09-30/various-leaders-offer-receive-dashain-tika-blessings-in-photos.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-09-29/kathmandu-streets-wear-a-deserted-look-during-dashain-in-pictures.html">http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-09-29/kathmandu-streets-wear-a-deserted-look-during-dashain-in-pictures.html</a><br />
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This picture really is unusual, because the traffic is usually quite heavy!<br />
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...and just a couple of days ago:<br />
<a href="http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-09-25/festival-rush.html">http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-09-25/festival-rush.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-09-29/linge-ping-on-verge-of-disappearance.html">http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-09-29/linge-ping-on-verge-of-disappearance.html</a><br />
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If you looked up my Dashain post, you'll have seen my picture of this linge ping<br />
which I took right down the road from here:<br />
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More festivities--<a href="http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-09-27/fulpati-being-observed-nationwide-today.html">http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-09-27/fulpati-being-observed-nationwide-today.html</a><br />
Sneak peak from that article:<br />
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<a href="http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-09-29/traditional-santhal-dance-during-dashain.html">http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-09-29/traditional-santhal-dance-during-dashain.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-09-29/mahanawami-being-observed-today-20170929073618.html">http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-09-29/mahanawami-being-observed-today-20170929073618.html</a><br />
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Also in the news this week--<br />
<a href="http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-09-28/new-kumari-trishna-shakya-takes-reign-as-living-goddess-in-photos.html">http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-09-28/new-kumari-trishna-shakya-takes-reign-as-living-goddess-in-photos.html</a><br />
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To read more about the Kumari tradition, read here: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumari_(goddess)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumari_(goddess)</a><br />
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OK, that's all for now. Just Google for more information if you're interested.<br />
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We wish everyone all the best! Have a nice day, take care, and God bless!<br />
Thanks for your prayers!<br />
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861549869475030556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199813065805732680.post-8755182521497601952017-07-15T15:14:00.001+05:302017-07-15T16:01:54.729+05:30Views From My Work Windows<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hi! <br />
Hope you're having a nice day! <br />
Would you like to see the beautiful views of the fields behind the hospital that I have<br />
from the windows of the library where I'm working? Here are just a few of my current views.</div>
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Look! All day, day after day, these folks are bent over and working in the fields.</div>
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Yes, I do feel like my back starts to hurt just watching them!<br />
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OK, now the very next day, that little island was gone and everything was planted!</div>
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They moved over to work in the other field, as you can see on the left.</div>
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They work in family groups and alone.</div>
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We admire the hard work of these folks. Man.<br />
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Of course, as the rice grows, it gets quite tall! Here I am standing in a field a couple of years ago.<br />
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They do rotate their crops, so it's an ever changing landscape,<br />
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For those who are interested, and who missed other posts about the fields,<br />
just go to the Labels and click, "Rice Fields." All of the posts also have<br />
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Also, the "Harvest" post has some good pictures!<br />
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Since Ramon is busy in the operating rooms, he only has views like these pictures.<br />
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Some of you may have seen this picture before, but here's a repeat for those who haven't.<br />
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What happened? Well, this little darling had swallowed a coin. After Ramon extracted it, and Mom and Grandmother were relaxed and happy again (although Little Darling wasn't happy yet!), Ramon told the mom and grandmother, "Please get her a purse so she has somewhere to carry her money!"<br />
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Well, have a wonderful weekend and thanks for your prayers!<br />
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We're fine and just working as usual! Ramon's hours are very long, and so we head out<br />
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Many times we have to leave late, or come back early, because of Ramon's schedule, </div>
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Now and then we see remnants of an accident. This was very recently.<br />
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There was so much traffic that I couldn't get a good picture, but if you can tell,<br />
the bus is being held up by a tree!!! Yes, that one lone tree saved the lives of all the people who were on that bus! Even as the people were climbing out, the tree held and all the people got out safely!<br />
MAN! Someone's angel was working!<br />
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This area of the "highway" is on the edge of a steep cliff. In this picture of the truck stop near the place of the accident you can see it's perched right on the edge.<br />
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Now one interesting thing about this truck stop is that usually I don't see people going in and out of the restroom.<br />
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However, I always see men standing beside it and going over the edge of the mountain!<br />
Either the restroom is a little smelly and they won't go inside,<br />
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Now here is a common sight all over Nepal and we see it every day.<br />
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It never ceases to amaze me. This is one reason there is a high incidence of uterine prolapse here.<br />
Once I saw one of these baskets filled with grass like this sitting unattended by the school.<br />
No one was around, so I thought I'd see how heavy it was. Not only could I not pick it up,<br />
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Very rarely do you see men carrying heavy loads, although once in awhile you do.<br />
Yes, this is at the truck stop.<br />
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Now, as we travel down the mountain, we pass by this little store, which as you can see,<br />
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Sorry it's a little blurry, but, well, I was in a car on a bumpy road!<br />
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Continuing on, we pass this store with a roof, supplemented by an umbrella! Hey, whatever works!<br />
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Yes, we often see families who are still living in a temporary shelter, and some are able to watch TV.<br />
Do you see the satellite dish?<br />
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Yes, even before the earthquake, we saw folks at the outdoor community water spigots.<br />
If you look closely, you can see the darling toddler this mother is washing! <br />
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Right near there is the fire station!<br />
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Now there's a lot of rebuilding going on, so you always see scenes like this,<br />
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...and this:<br />
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The brick companies are doing really well and are very busy.<br />
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These areas are like little villages. It's hard to get a picture of the action because of the trees.<br />
I've heard that it's going to take at least four more years to make enough bricks to<br />
rebuild the houses that were destroyed or damaged during the earthquake.<br />
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This week as we got closer to Kathmandu, we saw a bus whose driver must<br />
have dated a Drama Queen!<br />
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OK, that's enough for now. Have a lovely day and enjoy the views out your windows<br />
wherever you are! 😊<br />
Take care and God bless!</div>
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861549869475030556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199813065805732680.post-73695994949803091142017-04-29T18:02:00.001+05:302017-05-01T10:48:31.926+05:30The Coin that Traveled the World<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We're back in Nepal<br />
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(This is the hospital and school, with Banepa in the background.)<br />
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...after a wonderful family vacation!<br />
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This coin (showing it and the flip side here)<br />
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is the one in the title. <br />
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OK, the recap:<br />
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First we flew to Doha<br />
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and then to Miami. Yes, it's a loooong flight!<br />
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Next we were on our way to Paraguay, via Sao Paulo.<br />
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For those who may recall, Ramon's mom is very ill, and that visit was very important.<br />
However, visiting our family and friends there was fantastic and the time flew by too quickly!<br />
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As we waited to board in the airport in Asuncion, we enjoyed listening to this fellow,<br />
who often is there in the departure lounge.<br />
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So we flew back to Miami, via Sao Paulo again, then on to Maryland,<br />
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where we got in more visits<br />
with family and friends, and we wouldn't trade those visits for anything!<br />
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The snow was an added bonus!<br />
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Before we knew it, it was time to fly back to Nepal!<br />
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First we had to go back to Miami.<br />
Then of course, backtracking, we flew to Doha, and then Kathmandu.<br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3199813065805732680" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>As I've mentioned before, to visit our families, there and back, it's over 29.000 miles.<br />
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Well, we FINALLY landed in Kathmandu, put our luggage on a luggage cart, and Ramon<br />
threw his Scottevest jacket, yes, the one with 17 pockets, onto the luggage.<br />
The flap that covers the zipper opened up.<br />
There it was--a Paraguayan 1000 Guarani coin--sticking to the magnet! <br />
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Now, that is a REAL magnet! That coin had to have been there since we were in Paraguay!<br />
We certainly didn't use Paraguayan Guarani currency anywhere else!<br />
He wore the jacket on every flight, and even put it up in the overhead compartment at least once.<br />
OK, so that coin stayed stuck to that magnet from:<br />
Asuncion to Sao Paulo<br />
Sao Paulo to Miami<br />
Miami to Baltimore<br />
Baltimore to Miami<br />
Miami to Doha<br />
Doha to Kathmandu<br />
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MAN! I'm not sure that Scottevest knows it has such strong magnets!<br />
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Yes, Ramon loves his jacket, and his only complaint is the same one others have--<br />
with so many pockets, it's hard to remember where he put things!<br />
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Well, if you're in the market for a jacket with pockets and magnets,<br />
we recommend checking out Scottevest's jackets!<br />
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Have a nice and blessed day!<br />
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861549869475030556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199813065805732680.post-40878307688253595252017-02-23T21:24:00.000+05:302017-02-23T21:24:00.454+05:30Last Year and This Year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Hello!</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Yes, it's February, but we can still wish you a</span><br />
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Wow, another year has gone by!</div>
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Yes, it's true: Time Flies When You're Having Fun! I'm not sure we had fun every single solitary minute of every day, but I am dead certain that we were richly blessed every minute of every day!</div>
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We hope you were too!</div>
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So here's a comparison between last year at this time and now.<br />
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First of all, we're on our vacation right now! Last year we took it at the end of March, but<br />
this year we chose February. We're so thankful to be able to spend time with our families<br />
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This time last year in Nepal the roads looked like this...</div>
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...not many vehicles in the road, right?<br />
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We were in the middle of a very cold winter with a fuel crisis going on. Did you hear about it?</div>
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Go to the Labels section, and click "Fuel Crisis" for information if you missed those posts.</div>
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You'll see pictures like this of vehicles waiting in line, sometimes for days,<br />
yes, days, for fuel.</div>
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Now, we spend lots of time stuck in traffic since we have fuel, but we're happy to have fuel,<br />
so...there you go!<br />
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Ramon said he's thinking of buying either a car or a motorcycle.<br />
When he makes up his mind, I'll let you know!<br />
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Last year was a difficult time for the country and especially those living in temporary housing</div>
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after the earthquake. Some are still living in temporary housing, although<br />
lots of construction is now in progress--YES!<br />
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It's so nice to see this these days<br />
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since these areas were empty last year! Ugh! </div>
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The restaurants, including our hospital's canteen, do not have to cook on an open fire anymore.<br />
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(This is not the canteen, it's a local restaurant.)<br />
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Did you notice the gray sky in the first picture?<br />
This year we SOMETIMES have blue skies again like we used to before the earthquake:<br />
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I never get tired of seeing that!<br />
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Hong Kong Adventist Hospital's ENT Team came for their annual trip for cochlear implant<br />
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They've actually been here already this year and Ramon worked with them again.<br />
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What a blessing they are to those in need!</div>
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This is the time of year that I start teaching the Kindergarten students how to use the library<br />
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It's a new concept for most of them and they're so excited! The new school year starts </div>
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books out for a week like the "big kids." They take it very seriously and besides being more than adorable, they are very responsible. Our school has the only library in our district that allows children younger that Grade 4 to check out books! I'm very proud of all of our students!</div>
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I don't have fines for overdue books. Instead I give a cookie to the kids when they return their books. It works! Once when one of the new kids said to me, "See you tomorrow!" I said that he wouldn't see me until the day after tomorrow because I was going to go to Kathmandu the next day. One of the kids who has been at the school for a number of years turned to him and with a voice of experience said very seriously, "Yes, she has to go to Kathmandu to get our cookies." "Oh." They solemnly nodded their heads. Yes, the only reason Dr. Ramon and Kathy Ma'am go to Kathmandu is to buy them cookies! 😊</div>
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In town, then and now, and usually quite often in fact, we see Gurkha soldiers guarding buildings and in the winter they never wear coats. At least this one has gloves on. I do hope they can wear long underwear! Everyone else is bundled up!</div>
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Here's a very interesting article about them:</div>
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After reading the article, I found out who this fellow was:</div>
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Lately this statue has been decorated:<br />
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Well, that's enough for now. We trust you are having a nice year too and we thank everyone for your prayers! Blessings to all! <br />
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December 25 is just another day here, but now and then you spot something</div>
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<span id="goog_1240000087"></span>This December we have seen several demonstrations, which are not uncommon in Nepal.<br />
This one was peaceful.<br />
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This one we stumbled upon, and had to turn around for, had potential to not be peaceful.<br />
I even saw someone throw a rather large stone and you can see smoke in the distance.<br />
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While walking and driving around, you see people rebuilding their earthquake damaged buildings.<br />
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This is good news, because some people are still living and sleeping in unsatisfactory conditions.</div>
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While it's been a fairly mild winter so far, it's supposed to get cold soon. Right now our indoor temp is a balmy 61 F. as opposed to 51 F. this time last year! Read the photo credit to find out more.</div>
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The other day our elementary school had it's Annual Program,<br />
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and the nursing school put on a Christmas drama.<br />
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Read the photo credit under this pic to see other Christmas celebrations.<br />
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This time of year is one of the designated times for weddings. At any time you can see this:</div>
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Usually you hear the procession before you see it!</div>
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Next come the bride and groom in a decorated car. This couple had an escort by Little Brother.</div>
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Littlest Brother looked like he wished he could go and run and play!</div>
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Now she works in a big hospital in Kathmandu. She was so beautiful!</div>
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Ramon made a new and adorable friend.</div>
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The kids had fun dancing.</div>
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Well, "Hello!" <br />
Finally I have time to finish this series of posts. <br />
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Anyway, I haven't posted recently and it's not just that we've been busy...<br />
We've been <u>really</u> busy and our internet has been iffy--really iffy some days.<br />
Ramon's been so busy that sometimes when he comes home, finally, even for a few minutes, he says, "Hi. Who are you?" (smile)<br />
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Look at him with this adorable patient, who by the way, was about 30 minutes old in this picture!<br />
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What a darling! What a smile! What a charmer already at age 30 minutes!<br />
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Here are some of the cuties I am blessed to see at school every day:<br />
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Also adorable!<br />
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Well now, let me finish this series of posts I decided to do about celebrity sightings.<br />
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Did you miss the first three parts of this series?<br />
Click to find Part 1: <a href="http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/2016/01/celebrity-sightings-part-1.html">http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/2016/01/celebrity-sightings-part-1.html</a> (Many of the celebs we've missed in Nepal...which made me think of doing this series.)<br />
Part 2: <a href="http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/2016/02/celebrity-sightings-part-2.html">http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/2016/02/celebrity-sightings-part-2.html</a><br />
(The celebs we DID see in Paraguay!)<br />
Part 3: <a href="http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/2016/08/celebrity-sightings-part-3-back-story.html">http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/2016/08/celebrity-sightings-part-3-back-story.html</a> (The backstory--so today's Part 4 wouldn't be so long...<br />
as well as some heroes of mine here in Nepal who work day and night with little recognition<br />
who really should be celebrities!)<br />
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By the way, we missed another famous person recently:<br />
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Read this photo credit article <a href="http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/visiting-princess-beatrice-of-york-visits-tilganga-eye-hospital/">http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/visiting-princess-beatrice-of-york-visits-tilganga-eye-hospital/</a> to see who was here. I'm glad she was able to come<br />
and bring awareness to some of the issues facing patients here. <br />
The hospital she visited is doing a great job.<br />
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OK, to continue...in Part 3, the post ended with me having quit my job in the library where I was going to school, and running to the radio station where I heard there was an opening for a<br />
receptionist. I ran because I didn't want to miss out on this job! <br />
(Really, if you missed it, click above for Part 3.)<br />
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I arrived at the radio station.<br />
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Yes, the radio station is still there and is as popular as ever!<br />
<a href="http://www.wgts.org/">http://www.wgts.org/</a><br />
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Sure enough, the reception desk was empty.<br />
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"You're hired. Can you start tomorrow?"</div>
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YES, THERE YOU HAVE IT! THE BEST JOB INTERVIEW EVER!!!</div>
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Yes, after learning on the first one, the "modern" electric typewriter was a dream!!!</div>
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My other duty was to time the songs on the records (yes, that's what we had then!)</div>
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so the times could be put into the new and very modern (for then!) computer system!</div>
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This gave me time to study while the songs were playing. It was great!</div>
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One day when I was sitting at my desk and working, this lady just walked into the office--</div>
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YES, IT WAS ROSALYNN CARTER!!!</div>
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She held her hand out, shook mine, and said, "Hi! I'm Mrs. Jimmy Carter.</div>
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I'm here to talk on the radio since I'm campaigning for my husband."</div>
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She looked at me expectantly. Behind her were about 3-4 of her "people"<br />
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"Our station manager isn't here right now," I managed to say. "I'll go ask the DJ. Please wait here just a minute." We had a little waiting room, something like this, and they sat down.</div>
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I walked quickly to the DJ booth. which looked something like this:</div>
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I had to wait for him to give me the signal that it was safe to talk.</div>
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"What?" he asked. He wasn't used to being interrupted while on air.</div>
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"Mrs. Jimmy Carter is here with her crew and she wants to talk on air for her husband!"</div>
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"What should I do with her?"</div>
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"Just talk to her!"</div>
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I went back to the waiting room and smiled.</div>
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"You folks can go back to the booth, but please Mrs. Carter, stay here and talk to me."</div>
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They went back and I sat down beside her. I wished I had some snacks to offer her, but I didn't!</div>
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So for about 15-20 minutes, she and I talked! </div>
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It was just a very nice and regular conversation!</div>
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She told me she missed her daughter while on the campaign trail,</div>
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and we talked about her daughter's school after I told her I was studying to be a teacher.</div>
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She told me about their home and peanut farm in Georgia.</div>
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So it went...just a nice conversation!<br />
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I remember her stretching her legs up and down and saying something like,<br />
"It's actually really nice to sit here and chat and relax for a bit. We've been going and going<br />
and I haven't had time to relax. Thank you for keeping me company and just letting me relax!"<br />
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"Of course," I said. "Anytime!"<br />
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Before we knew it, her crew came out with the DJ, who had put a tape on, and he told her<br />
that he wasn't allowed to let her talk unless he could give equal time to her opponent.<br />
She said she understood and got up to leave. She wished us all the best and then<br />
thanked me again for such a nice visit! She never talked about her husband<br />
or his campaign. Today we would have taken selfies, but back then we just waved goodbye!<br />
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As they walked down the path, the DJ said to me, "You got her autograph didn't you?"<br />
"Uh, no." OOPS! I hadn't even thought about it! Rats!<br />
"You're crazy you know," he said. "She's probably going to be our next First Lady."<br />
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He was right!<br />
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If you want to read more about her, click here:</div>
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861549869475030556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199813065805732680.post-37140477583941148562016-08-27T19:50:00.000+05:302016-11-12T17:57:23.505+05:30Celebrity Sightings! Part 3--The Back Story<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>Celebrity Sightings! Part 3--The Back Story</i><br />
<i><br /></i>Greetings!<br />
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I decided to do this series about celebrity sightings when I kept hearing about celebrities coming to Nepal and I thought, "Well, by the law of averages, we should have seen at least <u>one</u>!"<br />
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So far, we haven't!<br />
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Well, <a href="http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/2016/01/celebrity-sightings-part-1.html">Part 1</a> was about those celebrities we missed (and of course, are continuing to miss!)!<br />
<a href="http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/2016/02/celebrity-sightings-part-2.html">Part 2</a> was about celebrities we did actually see while in S. America.<br />
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However, before I actually write about when I met a famous person, yes, I did,<br />
I'll just put up a few pictures of people around here I see who SHOULD be celebrities!<br />
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Man, these girls are my heroes! <br />
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So are these! There they are, all day, every day,<br />
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What about these "shop" keepers?<br />
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How about this family, living like this since the earthquake?<br />
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We see people here everyday who should be celebrities.</div>
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struggling day by day to make a living and never giving up!</div>
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I was a freshman in college (for my Nepali friends, it wasn't 11th or 12th grade;</div>
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Washington Adventist University, where I was studying for my</div>
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By the way, it was called Washington Missionary College when my parents went there,</div>
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It was a great place to go to school--all of the tourist attractions </div>
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Now because I had worked in my high school's library for three years, working my way up to cataloging and accessioning books, I was a shoo-in for and easily obtained a job at Weis Library on the college's campus before I even arrived. </div>
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Here are the darling first graders learning how to carefully read and take care of books,</div>
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including how to turn the pages, along with wonderful older students as my translators.</div>
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OK, so school started and so did my job at the library.</div>
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I checked out books,</div>
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and shelved books (putting them back on the shelves after they were returned).</div>
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Of course, my favorite assignment was when I was able to help organize the section </div>
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It was a large library, like most university libraries, and we all had to move around with the different assignments just about every week to make it fair. Reading shelves every day for</div>
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Me: "I'm scheduled to work on Sunday on this schedule."<br />
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Me: "But my dad told me I don't have to work on Sundays."</div>
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Her: "My dear, your dad is not in charge here. I am. Everyone must take turns working on Sunday. That's all there is to it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to work."</div>
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Me: "Well, then I quit!"</div>
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861549869475030556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199813065805732680.post-20039883863919815832016-08-20T17:45:00.004+05:302016-08-20T17:45:38.260+05:30Nepal Happenings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This past week many people in Nepal celebrated the Hindu festival of Janai Purnima.</div>
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Parts of India celebrate this festival under the name Raksha Bandhan.</div>
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Here's something you can see during this festival:<br />
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Now, I have twice done posts about this and I'm going to repost them today</div>
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for those of you who missed them. </div>
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I posted this post after our first Janai Purnima:</div>
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<a href="http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/2010/08/festivals.html">http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/2010/08/festivals.html</a></div>
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I used this picture because you'll find a cute conversation about festivals<br />
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Two years later, I posted about Janai Purnima again,<br />
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<a href="http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/2012/09/janai-purnima.html">http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/2012/09/janai-purnima.html</a></div>
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For more photos (professional ones!), and more information,<br />
check out these newspaper stories:<br />
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No photos, but interesting:<br />
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Here's what else happened this past week:<br />
<a href="http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/kathmandu-marks-gaijatra-memory-dead/">http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/kathmandu-marks-gaijatra-memory-dead/</a><br />
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More photos here:<br />
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Well, that's what's been happening here, and whatever happened in your neck of the woods,<br />
we hope you had a wonderful week.<br />
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Thanks to all of you who are praying for Nepal, and actually for the whole world!<br />
Man!<br />
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Have a nice day, take care, and God bless!<br />
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861549869475030556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199813065805732680.post-5640739984225181232016-07-23T20:48:00.001+05:302016-07-23T21:51:26.321+05:30What I Do Differently Now<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hi! Here's a little cuteness to start the post with!</div>
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They escaped from their classroom to greet me!</div>
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It's wonderful! The joy on those precious faces lifts me up every day!</div>
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Anyway, we are fine and thankful for all our blessings. However, it's 15 months</div>
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post-earthquake, and I still do some things differently than I did pre-earthquake.</div>
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This may or may not be interesting to you! </div>
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Anytime I think I will lighten up, we get another aftershock--like today:</div>
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and yesterday:</div>
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So, I don't know about other people, but I never fully relax.</div>
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I still "start" when I hear a noise like a dropped book or something.</div>
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I look around and wait to see if it's an aftershock.</div>
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Will it stop or keep going...like the earthquakes did?</div>
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So, yes, every morning this is me:</div>
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Now, I don't think my brain has changed,</div>
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although some people might challenge me on that,</div>
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but I do some things differently now.</div>
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I don't lounge around in my pajamas and robe anymore, either in the morning or the evening.</div>
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I get up and get dressed right away, and don't take my shower and get into my pajamas</div>
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until right before I want to go to sleep.</div>
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Speaking of showers, we still take the fastest showers we can. </div>
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Of course, we have always had to take fast showers here! The water can run out at any moment,</div>
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so you always have to wash your hair first to make sure you can rinse it!</div>
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Then we had the earthquake, and taking a shower during aftershocks is a little shocking, </div>
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so you don't want to fool around!</div>
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Of course, this past winter, during the fuel crisis, we didn't want to run out of gas, so...fast showers had to be the norm! Lucking we had experience. and </div>
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we were blessed that we didn't have to wait in line like so many had to do.</div>
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We're still taking fast showers--it gets to be a habit here!</div>
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However, when we were on vacation, we took very long showers!</div>
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Another thing I do differently, is walk back and forth into the kitchen in the mornings to sip my coffee which I keep on the kitchen counter, until I've drunk enough so that I'm not</div>
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I keep a set of clothes right near our bed in case we have to jump up and go outside.</div>
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By the way, while looking for that picture, I found my dream closet:</div>
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We also keep a backpack by the front door with a water bottle, cookies, and toilet paper!</div>
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Well, here it well into July already! Boy! Time is flying by!<br />
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So...here's hoping everyone had a ...<br />
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If we were home, we would have been at my family reunion! Happy day! <br />
However, I'm happy that I was able to video chat! <br />
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I love it! We didn't even dream of this in the '80s when my parents were in Africa.<br />
Maybe those who did dream of this had relatives living far away! Anyway--THANKS!<br />
How we would have loved it then like we love it now!<br />
Letters took two weeks, if we were lucky, and phoning in those days was so expensive that<br />
we mostly only phoned when there was bad news. Yikes!<br />
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By the way, letters and packages usually take two weeks to get here too--most of the time!<br />
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Anyway, it's now the monsoon season.<br />
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This was a rather light rain. It can become torrential! It was so bad a few weeks ago<br />
that crops were tragically destroyed.<br />
<a href="https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/banepa-downpour-destroys-crops-worth-millions/">https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/banepa-downpour-destroys-crops-worth-millions/</a><br />
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One of Ramon's patients, a very elderly man, told him that he couldn't remember such a storm<br />
since he was a boy! <br />
I admit that it was a little scary and we prayed!<br />
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The past three months have been difficult:<br />
<a href="https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/47-killed-floods-landslides-across-nepal-3-months/">https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/47-killed-floods-landslides-across-nepal-3-months/</a><br />
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Look:<br />
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Man! These two pictures are from this article which I give the credit to:<br />
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Here's the road to the church:<br />
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Yep, flats are the way to go!<br />
I'm very happy to say that the cars and motorcycles wait for you to pass so they don't splash you!<br />
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This is on the outskirts of town, <br />
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and thankfully they're working on it,as there are potholes in the potholes of the potholes! (Not kidding!)<br />
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It's also HOT and HUMID! Of course, that's to be expected.<br />
Everyone stays in the shade as much as possible,<br />
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unless they have to work outside--and they work hard, all day long, day after day,<br />
week after week, month after month, year after year!<br />
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I was happy to find these ladies who were able to work while sitting down--at least for awhile!<br />
They were very happy for me to take their picture!<br />
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Now we haven't heard that fuel is in low supply again, but we have seen very long lines at the<br />
fuel stations again, like we did during the crisis. This is only a small part of a very long line and we have recently seen very long lines. Let's hope everyone just accidentally had to get fuel at the same time!<br />
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Sometimes I wonder why I took a certain picture--like this one. Perhaps I was<br />
wondering if Deep Stationary was selling nice and thick notebooks! <br />
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Look! Here's a truck driver who is a fan of the Titanic movie! <br />
Do you think Leonardo, Kate, and James know they have a big fan in Kathmandu?<br />
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It looks nice!<br />
I have seen Che, Bob Marley, Michael Jackson, AC/DC, and others many times on the trucks<br />
and buses, and have put some pictures up before. This was the first time I've seen scenes from a movie!<br />
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Well, I'll end for now with two pics from school. The other day I found some of the third graders<br />
relaxing by their door after recess while waiting for their teacher to show. I told them I liked<br />
how calm, cool, and collected they were!<br />
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Then I found the fourth graders at study. They are as sweet and nice as they look!<br />
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More later! I hope I'll have pictures from Ramon. He's been so busy and hasn't even<br />
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Have a nice day and thanks for your prayers!</div>
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861549869475030556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199813065805732680.post-56574364751177985722016-06-04T20:08:00.001+05:302016-06-25T15:14:43.634+05:30We made it...29,619 miles!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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OK, it's about time that I get back to what's happening in the Himalayas.<br />
However, we haven't been in the Himalayas most of this time.<br />
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"We made it...through the winter!" I am now updating this post to, "We made it...29,619 miles!" More about that in a minute.<br />
Now, making it through the winter was exciting for all of us in Nepal,<br />
after going through the winter without heat because of the fuel crisis.<br />
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For example, here you can see that this family is living only in their bottom floor and using an outdoor makeshift "room" as an extension. <br />
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Here are some others without a building and somehow they are making due.<br />
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Imagine living this way for a year--and through a very cold winter! I'm looking at it and can't imagine it. The monsoon rains are starting, and this is not going to be fun.<br />
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Anyway, so there we were, enjoying the beginnings of spring, when everything changed.<br />
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In. a. minute.<br />
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Ramon's mom suffered a very massive stroke. One week and a day later we were in Paraguay.<br />
It takes three days to travel there, so four days after the stroke we were on our way, clocking in 14.661 miles. We really appreciated the fact that we were given permission to run. Here is a picture of our beautiful view from the airplane as we pulled up over the clouds of Kathmandu!<br />
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Providentially, a visiting team from the U.S. was coming the next week to do uterine prolapse surgeries and they brought an anesthesiologist! Then, an anesthesiologist from Kathmandu agreed to come twice a week, and a retired anesthesiologist from Austria (who comes when we're on vacation) dropped everything to come back to help out! This meant that there were no worries with the anesthesia services. What a blessing!<br />
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OK, so our time in Paraguay was filled with taking care of all the concerns involved with my mother-in-law, who is now basically paralyzed. We visited many homes and chose one which was highly recommended that we are very satisfied with. More importantly, she is satisfied with it. Of course, her situation is very dire and very uncomfortable and we are all sad. She can't talk or eat or swallow any more or move very much at all. She has to be fed through a nose tube. Ramon put a pen in her hand, thinking she could write messages, but she couldn't hold it. She could hold our hands though, and as Ramon held her hand this day, he remembered holding her hand as a little boy when she walked him to school!<br />
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We appreciate all the prayers for her comfort. We're very thankful for all the family and friends in Paraguay who are taking the time to visit her, even though they are very busy. Thanks! We enjoyed reconnecting and visiting with all of you!<br />
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Ramon was asked to give a couple of speeches,<br />
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a couple of sermons,<br />
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and talked briefly on the radio that he usually talks on via Skype.<br />
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While we were there, it was fall. We packed for fall weather. However, little did we realize that an Indian Summer heat wave would be in full swing! I mean FULL SWING! It was close to 100 F. every day and too hot to wear a watch! The humidity was worse than Nepal's humidity during the monsoon. Now, the monsoon's humidity has been strong enough to bring back to life a plant I had that had died! I'm serious--that really happened! Anyway, my hair frizzed like Monica's on Friends in the episode where they go to the Caribbean! (It really was almost like this!)<br />
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I put it up, but the stragglers frizzed big time. Oh well. It was what it was!<br />
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Somehow, that difficult month came to an end, and we left Mama in the capable hands of<br />
her caretakers and the Lord. Two weeks of R and R with my family in Maryland, traveling 6,012 miles to get there, was just what the doctor ordered! We rested and visited and shopped and<br />
ate fun food!<br />
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However, the absolute best and most incredible part of the trip to Maryland was discovering the joys of being a great-aunt and great-uncle! It's wonderful! I loved watching my niece being a mother and my sister being a grandmother and my mother being a great-grandmother! Precious!<br />
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Those two weeks flew by, and what seemed like a blink later, had us putting in 8,946 miles back to Nepal! So that's how we made it through 29,619 miles, and nine flights, since the last post! We were so thankful to land, since turbulence had us circling the airport for about 40 minutes. Ugh!<br />
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More pictures of our trip coming soon!<br />
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OK, so everything here is the same. We're back to work, and calling it our "vacation" since our vacation wasn't a real vacation! :)<br />
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Aftershocks are continuing--yesterday's was about #460 above four on the Richter Scale: <a href="https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/light-aftershock-ml-4-4-jolts-sindhupalchok/">https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/light-aftershock-ml-4-4-jolts-sindhupalchok/</a><br />
No, you don't get used to them.<br />
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Landslides continue: <a href="https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/landslide-obstructs-vehicular-movement-along-ki-singh-highway/">https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/landslide-obstructs-vehicular-movement-along-ki-singh-highway/</a> <br />
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Very difficult. Look how many there have been (and there have been a few more since this article was written on May 20): <a href="https://thehimalayantimes.com/environment/gorkha-quake-caused-4312-landslides-in-nepal-report/">https://thehimalayantimes.com/environment/gorkha-quake-caused-4312-landslides-in-nepal-report/</a><br />
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Leopards continue to "visit" the city...Yikes!!! <a href="https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/lack-prey-pushing-leopards-city/">https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/lack-prey-pushing-leopards-city/</a><br />
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We appreciate all the prayers and know that we are praying too!<br />
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Have a nice day!!!</div>
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861549869475030556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199813065805732680.post-56198387859231973142016-02-20T20:20:00.003+05:302016-11-12T17:58:58.711+05:30Celebrity Sightings! (Part 2)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Are you having a nice winter? I'm happy to report that winter here is starting to ease up<br />
and it's actually quite warm outside--if the sun is shining! It's still cold inside, but I'm only wearing three sweaters today instead of five! During these days, you put on your coat/heavy sweaters<br />
to go inside and take them off to go outside--really!<br />
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The fuel crisis is also starting to ease up! What a huge blessing. It will take some time for things to get back to normal, but at least there's now a start.<br />
<a href="https://thehimalayantimes.com/business/fuel-distribution-to-be-regular-from-today/">https://thehimalayantimes.com/business/fuel-distribution-to-be-regular-from-today/</a><br />
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Load shedding might actually start to ease up soon too!<br />
<a href="https://thehimalayantimes.com/business/nepal-to-import-80mw-electricity-from-tomorrow/">https://thehimalayantimes.com/business/nepal-to-import-80mw-electricity-from-tomorrow/</a><br />
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We're thankful for the blessings we have, since many people have super struggled this winter.<br />
<a href="https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/nepal-winter-storm-hits-quake-survivors-in-sindhupalchok-highlands/">https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/nepal-winter-storm-hits-quake-survivors-in-sindhupalchok-highlands/</a><br />
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OK, so now that you know we are fine, and just busy as usual,<br />
I will continue on to Celebrity Sightings! (Part 2):<br />
<b><br /></b>In the last post, I mentioned many celebrities who have come to Nepal that we have missed seeing! By the law of averages, we should have spotted at least one! Oh well!<br />
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However, we have seen a few celebrities in our travels!<br />
When we have traveled to Paraguay we have been lucky a few times!<br />
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This is the autograph of Marco de Brix.<br />
Those from Paraguay will know his name! He was a famous and very beloved singer.<br />
<a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_de_Brix">https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_de_Brix</a><br />
(If that doesn't come through in English, just hit your translate button!)<br />
Sadly, just a few months after we saw him and got that autograph, he passed away!<br />
(The above story tells about it.)<br />
We were in the beautiful shopping mall Mariscal Lopez<br />
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when Ramon nudged me. "Look over there." I looked. "What?" I said.</div>
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"That's Marco de Brix. He's a very famous singer!" </div>
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"Really?!" "Of course! I'm not making this up!" </div>
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"Do you think we can go and ask for his autograph?"</div>
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I had just purchased a daily calendar and so had something for him to sign!</div>
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"Let's try." We went over.</div>
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"Excuse me, Mr. de Brix. I'm a big fan and we wondered if we could have your autograph."</div>
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He was very gracious and we actually talked to him for about fifteen minutes!</div>
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Then he hugged us, right there in the busy mall, and we prayed with him.</div>
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We mourned his passing with all of Paraguay just a few months later.</div>
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Here is his Facebook page, with lots of pics:</div>
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"That's Lidio Benitez, a soccer player."</div>
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At the time, he was playing in Venezuela, but now is back in Paraguay.</div>
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Anyway, Ramon had a nice conversation with him and we got his autograph too!</div>
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It was so nice to see him walking around the mall holding the hand of his son!</div>
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"That's Aldo Bobadilla. He's a goal keeper." </div>
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As we passed him on our way to coach, (yes, we sit with the masses in coach!), we shook his hand.<br />
Ramon talked to him for a couple of minutes. He was very gracious. <br />
The plane wasn't full and a lot of people stopped to say hello to him.<br />
He has since retired from soccer.<br />
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Now, just for fun:<br />
The first team he ever played professionally with is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerro_Porte%C3%B1o">Cerro Porteno</a>.<br />
My mother-in-law is a huge fan of one of its rival teams, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_Olimpia">Club Olimpia</a>.<br />
Yes, she loves to watch her football team!<br />
When Ramon wants to tease her, he sings a song about Cerro Porteno that he made up. <br />
He sings in an old man's voice and says silly things about how wonderful Cerro Proteno is.<br />
Of course she gets mad and tells him, "Basta! Basta!" This is "Stop it! Enough!" <br />
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Anyway, thinking about him starting out at Cerro Porteno made me think of that!<br />
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Another time when we flew to Paraguay, Ramon told me that almost the whole<br />
section of first class was filled with politicians. We didn't talk to them!<br />
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So, yes, there is going to be a Part 3 to this post because I did meet and<br />
spend a little bit of time with another famous person, but you'll have to wait to find out who!<br />
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<img src="http://www.savagechickens.com/images/chickenbaldwin.jpg" /><br />
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No, it wasn't Stephen Baldwin! I just thought this was cute!<br />
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Have a nice day, take care, and God bless!<br />
Thanks to all of you who are praying for Nepal!<br />
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861549869475030556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199813065805732680.post-11765856456489683492016-01-30T17:33:00.000+05:302016-11-12T17:59:39.151+05:30Celebrity Sightings! (Part 1)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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OK, by the law of averages, sometime soon we should run into a celebrity here in Nepal!</div>
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(Each picture here is from the newspaper article linked to above it.)<br />
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Maybe it will be Prince Harry!</div>
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<a href="http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/prince-harry-visiting-nepal-late-march/">http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/prince-harry-visiting-nepal-late-march/</a></div>
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...the Danish crown prince, but we were on vacation then!</div>
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However, Benedict Cumberbatch was here right after we came back!</div>
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This picture from the article is from Prayush Khadka, Twitter @technicalyright.<br />
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He was shooting a Dr. Strange movie. We would have been in Kathmandu that day<br />
if there wasn't a fuel crisis! Now we have to limit our "Town Days." </div>
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We have seen a Nepali movie being made at the spot in the photo some time ago, but of course I can't find the pics! I know we saw Nepali celebrities, but we don't know who they were!<br />
There was a traffic jam so I was able to get some nice photos.<br />
Well, maybe I'll run across them sometime.</div>
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Anyway, this link shows Benedict in places where we often walk. I usually don't pay attention to the people walking by, unless they are really noticeable--and some are (!),<br />
but now I'm going to pay attention!</div>
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<a href="http://www.monkeysfightingrobots.com/first-look-benedict-cumberbatch-as-doctor-strange/">http://www.monkeysfightingrobots.com/first-look-benedict-cumberbatch-as-doctor-strange/</a></div>
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This picture, from this above article, </div>
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was taken very close to here:<br />
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Of course, I have pictures of that exact spot, but I'll never find them!<br />
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This Ace Holidays post has a nice article with pics of celebs who have been here,<br />
some of whom have been here since we've been here:<br />
<a href="http://www.ace-holidays.com/hollywood-celebrities-who-visited-nepal/">http://www.ace-holidays.com/hollywood-celebrities-who-visited-nepal/</a><br />
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Susan Sarandon came after the earthquake:<br />
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How fun to have run into one of them while walking around!<br />
Would we have asked for their autographs? Hmmm...would you?<br />
Stay tuned for Part 2, when I'll tell you more...!<br />
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Have you seen any celebrities in person?<br />
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Please continue to pray for Nepal and all the troubles here. Thanks.<br />
We're praying for all of you!<br />
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At the hospital, Ramon has worked with ADRA Japan's Cleft Palate Repair Team<br />
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and Hong Kong Adventist Hospital's ENT Team.<br />
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We thank them for coming and helping those in need.<br />
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Have a nice day!</div>
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861549869475030556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199813065805732680.post-20844998737008501742016-01-23T15:37:00.000+05:302016-01-23T15:41:28.308+05:30Newspaper Stories<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hope you're having a nice January! We're fine, and are just keeping on keeping on as they say!</div>
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Nepal is still in a deep crisis, and, without heat, it's still very cold inside buildings, but outside in the sun it can be quite nice actually, although one must be careful of being in the shade and cold wind! <br />
It's now about 55-56 F in our apartment<br />
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and not 51 anymore! <br />
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Yeah!<br />
Still wearing 4-5 layers inside, but at least we have layers to put on!<br />
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The weird part for me is that it's cloudy every day, which has never happened during the winter since we've been here. Previously during the winter we have had amazingly blue skies and awesome views of the Himalayas! Usually our views are like this:<br />
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This year it's like this: <br />
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These two pics were taken in about the same place. Hard to believe!<br />
You can't even see the hills, let alone the mountains!<br />
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Anyway, today I'm going to post links to some interesting stories from the newspapers here. I read The Himalayan Times every day, even when we're on vacation.</div>
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This story has great pictures of much needed winter relief in the mountains.<br />
(I saw many people walking around without socks today just like you'll see here.)<br />
Man!<br />
<a href="http://thehimalayantimes.com/multimedia/photo-gallery/quake-survivors-get-relief-in-helambu-snow/">http://thehimalayantimes.com/multimedia/photo-gallery/quake-survivors-get-relief-in-helambu-snow/</a><br />
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There are still aftershocks.</div>
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<a href="http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/425th-significant-aftershock-of-nepal-earthquake-recorded-in-dolakha/">http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/425th-significant-aftershock-of-nepal-earthquake-recorded-in-dolakha/</a><br />
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This one was recent and was the 426th above 4 on the Richter Scale.<br />
It made some of our pictures tilt.<br />
<a href="http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/nepal-earthquake-tremor-felt-in-kathmandu-valley-at-107-am-epicentre-in-gorkha/">http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/nepal-earthquake-tremor-felt-in-kathmandu-valley-at-107-am-epicentre-in-gorkha/</a></div>
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The quake fault is still straining.<br />
<a href="https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/quake-fault-straining-underneath-kathmandu-study/">https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/quake-fault-straining-underneath-kathmandu-study/</a><br />
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This festival recently occurred:</div>
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<a href="http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/thousands-of-devotees-throng-gaumukhi-on-maghe-sankranti/">http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/thousands-of-devotees-throng-gaumukhi-on-maghe-sankranti/</a></div>
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Another one is starting.<br />
<a href="http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/onth-long-swasthani-brata-katha-begins-today/">http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/onth-long-swasthani-brata-katha-begins-today/</a><br />
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For new readers, here is the link to a post early in this blog, soon after we moved here,<br />
with a cute conversation I had about festivals with the kids at school:<br />
<a href="http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/2010/08/festivals.html">http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/2010/08/festivals.html</a><br />
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Recently a leopard wandered into someone's house in Kathmandu!</div>
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<a href="http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/leopard-enters-residential-house-in-kathmandu-downtown/">http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/leopard-enters-residential-house-in-kathmandu-downtown/</a></div>
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Another leopard wandered into a supermarket in the middle of the afternoon!<br />
<a href="http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/leopard-enters-pokhara-supermarket-injures-one/">http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/leopard-enters-pokhara-supermarket-injures-one/</a><br />
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...and yet another one...<br />
Man!<br />
<a href="http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/leopard-enters-kirtipur-settlements-injures-1/">http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/leopard-enters-kirtipur-settlements-injures-1/</a></div>
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I also like to read The Kathmandu Post.<br />
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Earthquake amputees get new hope:<br />
<a href="http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-01-16/a-new-hope.html">http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-01-16/a-new-hope.html</a><br />
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Here's a look at the lives of Nepali ladies outside of the city:<br />
<a href="http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-01-16/beyond-the-city.html">http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-01-16/beyond-the-city.html</a><br />
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Here are some Reflections:<br />
<a href="http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-01-09/stories-of-nepal-reflections.html">http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-01-09/stories-of-nepal-reflections.html</a><br />
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Well, that's enough for now!<br />
Have a nice day!<br />
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If you are experiencing the East Coast Blizzard, stay warm and be careful!<br />
Man!<br />
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Bye and Blessings to all!<br />
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861549869475030556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199813065805732680.post-44217709877886415972016-01-09T20:48:00.000+05:302016-01-09T21:04:13.597+05:30Goodbye 2015! Hello 2016! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Wow, I'm a little behind with my posting! <br />
I guess time does fly when you're having fun!<br />
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These are the little ones at Esa Memorial School greeting me with cheers!<br />
Isn't that a wonderful way to be greeted?!<br />
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Anyway, we made it through the difficult year of 2015 and are thankful!<br />
We hope everyone reading this can also find many blessings to be thankful for!<br />
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We're fine, although the country is in turmoil. Yes, we're still recuperating from the earthquake, and the continuing aftershocks, although thankfully they are not as frequent as they were. Now there is the problem of the fuel crisis, which is hampering the progress of helping the people who still desperately need help, especially now that winter is here. It's bad people, it's bad. Just Google it, and you can find any number of articles about the dire situation. <br />
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This article is from a couple of weeks ago, and it's only gotten worse since then.<br />
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-nepals-fuel-crisis-will-push-almost-a-million-people-into-poverty-2015-12">http://www.businessinsider.com/r-nepals-fuel-crisis-will-push-almost-a-million-people-into-poverty-2015-12</a><br />
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Normally we are blessed during the winter to have a gas room heater, but we can't use it now. Five years ago I wrote this post about preparing for our first winter here: <a href="http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/search/label/Weather">http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/search/label/Weather</a><br />
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Now, without gas coming in, we have to save our meager supply for quick showers and load shed with the rest of the country to save the generator's fuel for the hospital's needs. We can't use our ugly, but wonderful, gas room heater! I miss it! We're using two electric heaters, one for the bathroom and one for the living room, when there's no load shedding. (We bundle up when there is load shedding! I look like Jolly Mrs. Santa Claus with all my layers, but you do what
you gotta do, right?! I know many people don't even have room heaters,
so I'll just add another layer if I get cold and keep going! We bought an electric water kettle (we have to boil our water and put it into a filter before using it) and an electric skillet since we can't use the gas stove. Those two, combined with our microwave and toaster oven, solve our cooking needs nicely. However, as I mentioned, we can only use them when Banepa has electricity, which is usually three - four hours during the day!<br />
Yep, that's how we're rollin' now!<br />
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The operating rooms and the OB ward are the only places on campus allowed to have heaters on during the load shedding.<br />
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Here are some pictures I took of people waiting in line for cooking gas.<br />
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Obviously this line goes on and on both ways!<br />
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Here are some pictures I took of some of the lines for fuel. These lines go on for about a mile for each fuel station.<br />
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As soon as one line ends, you see the next one forming.<br />
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Yes, one can get nervous watching the young men on top of the buses who volunteer for the top because there's no room inside. Now that is nothing new for Nepal. During some of the festival times, when people travel to visit families, buses can also get this crowded. However, now they are<br />
crowded because only about half of them have fuel to travel anywhere.<br />
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This picture is blurry, sorry (!), but you can see that the boys hanging on in the doorway because they couldn't fit anywhere else are just inches from the parked buses they are passing. Yikes!<br />
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It's difficult to see the parked trucks and taxis because each one means someone<br />
is missing a much needed paycheck.<br />
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This article has lots of pics. It's sad:<br />
<a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2015/12/crisis-nepal-india-border-blockade-continues-151223082533785.html">http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2015/12/crisis-nepal-india-border-blockade-continues-151223082533785.html</a><br />
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Well, that's what's happening here. We're counting on your prayers! We also will be praying for all of you reading this to enjoy a nice year and stay warm this winter!<br />
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For those who are interested, here are two more articles. This first one is about how the fuel crisis has now become a humanitarian crisis.<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015-2016_Nepal_humanitarian_crisis">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015-2016_Nepal_humanitarian_crisis</a><br />
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This second one is just a rather interesting one I stumbled upon. Even if you skip some of it,<br />
please don't miss the ending! <br />
<a href="http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-01-02/the-chepang-people-of-chitwan-and-their-conversion-to-christianity.html">http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-01-02/the-chepang-people-of-chitwan-and-their-conversion-to-christianity.html</a><br />
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Goodbye, take care, and God bless!<br />
To close, here are the cutie pie first grade girls in the library...<br />
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861549869475030556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199813065805732680.post-78848557901352225052015-11-09T15:50:00.004+05:302016-01-16T14:44:14.051+05:30What's Happening Now<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well, a lot of time has passed since I last wrote because we were on vacation!</div>
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We were able to visit our families and enter the unreal world of long hot showers</div>
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and grocery stores filled with endless supplies of yummies! Let me tell you, it was hard to make ourselves leave these two places! <br />
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Also, later, will be Part 2 of our April 26 Earthquake story.<br />
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OK, so what is happening in Nepal six months after the earthquake?</div>
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Yes, it's been six months--man, six months! In some ways, it doesn't seem like it was that long ago!</div>
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Maybe it's because there are till aftershocks now and then! </div>
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Also, because you can still see people living in tents.</div>
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I took this picture the other day, soon after we arrived.</div>
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People, this is not the same as camping in Yosemite, which I thought was fun and super enjoyed!</div>
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I don't think I can say that the people still living in tents are super enjoying it,<br />
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Here is a photo post from ABC Australia by Care International's Brian Sokol </div>
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Things look pretty much the same here.</div>
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Winter is coming and this means hardship under normal circumstances. </div>
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Imagine now.</div>
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This article was in The Himalayan Times recently:</div>
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On top of everything else, there's a fuel crisis. We are on strict orders to conserve all gas.</div>
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We use gas for cooking, heating, and hot water for showers. We have to save the gas for quick (very quick) showers (which we actually did during the aftermath of the earthquake--who wants to be in the shower when there's a strong aftershock that makes you want to run outside) and to boil our drinking water. Thankfully we have a microwave and toaster oven. However, we have to be careful not to use too much electricity either, because if the hospital's generator's fuel supply runs out, and there is no fuel to buy, well, you get the idea! Read about it here:</div>
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Most people have run out of gas and are cooking outside with wood. Here is where our canteen's wood fire is. Yes, they ran out of cooking gas and are cooking outside right there. They put up the tarp to keep the smoke away from our apartments. </div>
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The other day, some cylinders of gas came to Banepa, and people waited in line for hours and I heard that many slept in the line to keep their place. I'm not going to lie--it's hard.<br />
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Of course, food, medicine, blood, and other supplies are dwindling and prices are soaring.<br />
This article in The Kathmandu Post tells about the medicine shortage:<br />
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People smile, but the look in their eyes is sad. <br />
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Every industry is suffering, except perhaps those which sell electric appliances!<br />
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Here's a picture I took of some vehicles in a line at a closed gas station. This line went on and on. They sleep there and wait until whenever their turn will be, which could be days.<br />
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We passed lines like this almost all the way to Banepa from Kathmandu (17 mi.)<br />
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Man!<br />
To see more photos, go to Google Images and type: petrol lines in nepal<br />
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So, just keep the whole country in your prayers please! THANKS!<br />
Here are the precious darlings I get to spend time with who won't know you're praying for them,<br />
but I will and that's enough! I'm glad they don't understand what's happening<br />
and are just enjoying their childhood.<br />
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OK, I'm going to go and see what I can make Ramon for dinner using the microwave and<br />
toaster oven!<br />
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Take care, God bless, and stay tuned for Part 2 of our April 26 story.<br />
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861549869475030556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199813065805732680.post-70319289071017288662015-08-29T21:52:00.003+05:302017-04-08T20:35:37.612+05:30Our April 26 Earthquake Story<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This post is "Remembering April 26, 2015--Part 1."</div>
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The best part of that day was actually waking up that morning!</div>
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If you missed what happened to us on April 25, you can read about that day in these three parts: </div>
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At the end of Part 3, we were trying to fall asleep on a mattress outside of and in front of the operating room. It was hard to sleep--our minds were churning and so was the ground under us! </div>
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For those who are interested, here is a page from a website that lists all the aftershocks above 4 on the Richer scale: <a href="http://www.seismonepal.gov.np/index.php?action=earthquakes&show=recent&page=4">http://www.seismonepal.gov.np/index.php?action=earthquakes&show=recent&page=4</a></div>
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You can see what we were dealing with and the frequency.</div>
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If you were still, you could feel the ground shaking with the tremors under 4, </div>
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This still is happening. Today I was taking a nap and felt slow shaking.</div>
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As far as I have heard, there have been over 23,000 aftershocks under 4, </div>
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OK, back to our story.</div>
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Here is an excerpt from the end of Part 3 of my thoughts as I tried to sleep:</div>
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You can go longer than you think you can without washing your hair!</div>
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No one worried at all about how they looked and we all looked the same!</div>
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Yes, Mitchum deodorant really DOES work for 48 hours as they claim!</div>
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SMILE!</div>
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Well, I think we both finally fell asleep from sheer exhaustion about 3:00 a.m. and we woke up around 5:00-ish, when the sun came up accompanied by more aftershocks! </div>
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We thanked the Lord for waking up!</div>
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If you looked at the aftershock list above, you'll see there was a large one at 2:52 and then the next one was at 5:01, and thankfully we were able to sleep during those two hours. The next aftershocks followed at 5:21, 5:26, and 5:32! No, we couldn't sleep any longer even though we'd only had two hours of sleep! </div>
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and brushed our teeth! What a wonderful feeling! Then we actually took about 15 second showers, a rinse actually, changed clothes, and ran back outside. Still had our passports, etc., in my purse and toilet paper and our no-bake cookies from my friend Diann's recipe (Yes!) </div>
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Four months later work is still going on to fix everything. Can't even guess when it will be finished!</div>
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Earlier this month we found out that all the stress underground was not released!</div>
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This means that there are real risks of more earthquakes.</div>
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Thanks to all of you who have prayed and continue to do so!</div>
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Well, the rest of the day was basically the same as the day before--staying outside most<br />
of the time, talking to people, hugging and praying with (at their request) whatever lady was near me when an aftershock happened. There were about 38 that day over 4 on the Richter Scale<br />
and who knows how many under 4! <br />
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Once someone told me to go to the courtyard and take a picture of another outdoor c-section<br />
in progress. Ramon had lead the team outside for one the day before. No one knew if the building would stay standing! I asked, "I really can go over there?" "Yes, and take pictures! Hurry!"<br />
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I ran over and took this picture, which has traveled around!<br />
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Ramon is in the green hat.<br />
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Here's a darling brother and sister, bless their hearts.</div>
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Everyone was happy to be alive, and at least for us, prayer kept us going.<br />
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We hope everyone is having a lovely day and a lovely summer.</div>
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We're fine and "enjoying" the hot and humid monsoon season! We're sad though about the mudslides and sinkholes that have caused more deaths. Plus, the aftershocks are still coming (I've heard the current number, as of today, Aug. 15, is 378 of 4.0 or above). <br />
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In case you're wondering, many people still are in great need here.</div>
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Anyway, before I forget what happened, I need to finish telling about the rest of our day that fateful day of April 25, 2015. The previous two posts are Part 1 and Part 2, if you missed them. </div>
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So, as I told about in <a href="http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/2015/07/our-april-25-earthquake-story-part-2.html">Part 2</a>, I had finally connected with my husband, which was joyful because I didn't know where he was in <a href="http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/2015/06/our-april-25-earthquake-story-part-1.html">Part 1</a> , but we couldn't talk for long because he was so busy, so I went back to where the people were sitting and continued talking, praying, hugging and holding hands during each aftershock with ladies who instantly became my sisters since we were in the same boat. As I mentioned previously, people just grabbed the closest person to them. The difficult thing about that time, and the feeling is still with us, at least with me, during the continued aftershocks, is the total uncertainty of what was/is going to happen. We just didn't, and still don't know. It's hard for someone like me who always likes to read the end of a book first!</div>
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Here are some of the people I was sitting with.<br />
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At one point I heard something and saw a large group of doctors and nurses surrounding someone who was on the ground. It was sort of like this, only a lot more people.</div>
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This picture you may have seen before as I posted it on the hospital's news blog. I didn't take a picture that time because I heard someone shout, "Where's Dr. Ramon? Go find him!" I just watched and prayed. I saw him run over and he disappeared into the crowd. I just continued praying. Then the crowd slowly started to break up and the patient was carried away. I ran up to Ramon and he told me that it was someone who had had a massive heart attack down in the town and had passed away before he arrived. We prayed for his family. I think we received eight or nine patients who were DOA that day.</div>
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So we continued--Ramon went to work and I went back to the people.<br />
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As the day went on, off and on, people were able to use their phones, even if briefly. There would be a signal at least for a few minutes. People asked me if I had called my mom. "I'm waiting until I think she'll be awake. I don't want to wake her up because I know she'll never go back to sleep."<br />
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Now, my mom and other family members were in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, where the Seventh-day Adventist high school, Mt. Vernon Academy was, for Alumni Weekend. It was a significant weekend, because the school would be closing at the end of the school year--after opening in 1893! It was our denomination's oldest boarding high school! It was also my 40th reunion! I was scheduled to give the mission story during Sabbath School live via Skype and had e-mailed my PowerPoint slide show to a former classmate, Dan, who would be running the program. We had had a trial run on Friday night and it looked like everything was working well! I had been looking forward to it! <br />
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I had a signal when it was about 6:30 a.m. Mom's time and I got through! You can only imagine how happy she was to hear from me! They were at a hotel, and my uncle in the next room had woken up early and turned on the news and discovered the earthquake. He immediately called Mom and she had been anxiously waiting for a call from me. She actually gave me an update on the situation at that time because she knew more than I did since she and my aunt were watching the news. I gave her instructions about how to meet with Dan. She went early, found him, went over the slideshow with him, and from all accounts the mission story was a rousing success! THANKS Dan and Mom! </div>
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As the sun was going down, Ramon was able to come looking for me. He found me easily since I had on the red ski hat. "Let's make a run into the apartment and get coats (it was starting to get chilly) and toilet paper and decide where to sleep." I was so happy to finally be near him.<br />
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As we walked, he told me that the young police cadet he had set up the outdoor ICU for had been successfully transferred to Kathmandu. "Good news," I said, "but please tell me about the outdoor C-section." "We had no choice!" "But how did you do that?" "The team was steady as always<br />
and we just did it."<br />
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If you have seen the picture already of Ramon and the team doing an outdoor C-section, please note that it was taken the next day during another emergency during the 6.7 aftershock. We have no pictures of the first one, but here is a picture of the brave mother, proud father, and the little sweetheart which I took the next day.<br />
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OK, yes, those are chocolate no-bake cookies. Yes, one of our favorites! Yes, I was able to eat one that night since I love them! Yes, I could only eat one, but at least it was something in my stomach. <br />
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Now, about two weeks before the quake, Ramon had said to me one day, "Hey, remember those no-bake cookies you used to make? How about making those again???" "Yeah! I forgot about those!" I looked online for the recipe, because if you don't get the exact measurements for the ingredients, they will not harden. My recipes are in our attic and I've never unpacked them. With the internet, I didn't feel the need. Anyway, when I Googled the recipe, there were millions!!! Which to choose? I decided to Facebook message my childhood friend Diann for her recipe, which I knew to be perfect! She sent it right away (THANKS Diann! You saved us!!!) and I made them the day before the earthquake. I took the picture to show Diann. I never got around to sending it to her--after all, there was an earthquake and I was kind of busy! So, finally, here's the picture Diann! SMILE!<br />
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I quickly wrapped up those cookies into several groups with aluminum foil, threw them in a backpack, and we ate and shared them with others for several days actually! <br />
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OK, so we headed outside and tried to decide where to sleep. People were just laying down anywhere they thought looked like it might be safe. I pointed to this slope near where I been sitting. "How about just laying here? The slope will be like a pillow."<br />
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Ramon said, "Well, I'd rather go near the operating room in case I have a surgery." We headed to that side of the hospital, grabbing one of the few empty mattresses we saw on the way. <br />
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We joined the group already there, which was Ramon's assistant and his family and a couple of nurses. I whispered to Ramon, "This is the first time in my life that I have gone to sleep without brushing my teeth or washing my face! Even when I traveled around Europe on the trains I somehow managed to do both of those." (When we had been at the apartment, we just grabbed what we needed and I felt lucky that I was able to quickly use to the bathroom!) "Do you want to go back and do those things?" "NO!" "Well, let's try and go to sleep. Tomorrow may be another long day." "OK." We prayed and then tried to go to sleep. My mind wouldn't sleep. All over the country I don't think many people slept, or at least didn't sleep well. I kept praying the childhood prayer as I felt the ground shake under us, "If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take!" In this instance, it was a real prayer. I really didn't know if I was going to wake up. Sometimes the ground was just moving back and forth, and other times it was a real shaking with the accompanying boom. </div>
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OK, so here is Part 2 of "Our April 25 Earthquake Story!" Yes, there will be a Part 3! <br />
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What's happening now, three months on? <br />
This Himalayan Times news article explains many things:<br />
<a href="http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/monsoon-troubles-nepal-quake-survivors-three-months-on/">http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/monsoon-troubles-nepal-quake-survivors-three-months-on/</a><br />
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Yes, it's still tough.<br />
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When I ended the previous post, I was in the aftermath and aftershocks of the "big one" and didn't know where my husband was, nor could I call him (no service) nor ask anyone (all too busy). If you missed it, click <a href="http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/2015/06/our-april-25-earthquake-story-part-1.html">http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/2015/06/our-april-25-earthquake-story-part-1.html</a></div>
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If you've read or heard about it, there were aftershocks at approximately 15-20 minute intervals all day--and all night too. They are actually still continuing! (There was one this morning.) Of course, they're not as strong now as they were then, but I'm still pretty jumpy every time I hear an expected sound! The last current count I've heard was about 355 aftershocks above 4 on the Richter scale and over 20,000 under 4. That 20,000 hasn't been updated for awhile, since I suppose that once you hit 20,000, you sort of lose track! I felt one the other day as I lay in bed just relaxing and the mattress started softly shaking. Ramon had already woken up and was in the other room, so it wasn't him turning over! I would say the shaking lasted about 20 seconds or more. I didn't move and just prayed in my mind, "Help us Lord!" and "Thank you for helping us!" I usually don't feel those as I'm moving about during my days. </div>
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Well, OK, back to our story! At some point I decided to make a quick break for it and change out of my Sabbath dress and shoes--and go to the restroom! I made a mad dash to our apartment where I changed in record time! I just threw off my Sabbath things, let them fall where they may, and threw something on! Yes, there were aftershocks while I was in the apartment. (I was shaky and chanting in my mind: "Help us Lord! Help us!") However, what a surprise to find that we hardly had any casualties! This is all that fell out of the kitchen cabinets:<br />
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Nothing else in the kitchen was broken! All our plates, bowls, and glasses--safely in place!<br />
The doors of the cabinets had all opened, yet the contents remained inside!<br />
There the cabinets were--doors knocked open, yet everything in place! Man!<br />
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A couple of things fell out of the hutch, which of course was full of glass cups, and not one of them fell--only a few unbreakable things! Yes, the doors were open and all the cups were just sitting there as if there had not been an earthquake! (I did take a second to put rubber bands on the door pulls, so they wouldn't swing open again.) The Norman Rockwell had been on top of the hutch, so it fell quite a distance, but didn't break! That "thing" at the bottom is a statue of a pregnant lady, which we have to remember all of the C-sections Ramon has been involved with. She was up there with the Norman Rockwell pic. Her head was broken, but she can be glued back together!<br />
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A few books and CDs fell off of one bookshelf (of course I can't find the picture right now),<br />
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Anyway, I noted these few things, but I didn't stop to pick anything up. That's right--I just left the guacamole right there and ran back outside as quickly as possible--<br />
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Soon after I came back down someone came up to me. <br />
"Ramon is looking for you!" <u><b>YEAH!</b></u> "Where is he?" "Over there!"<br />
Do you see him? He's in the blue hat on the left.<br />
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I was so happy that my knees started wobbling!<br />
As I headed up there, the person called after me, "Ask him about the outdoor C-section!"<br />
I stopped and looked back. "WHAT?" "He led the team outside for a C-section<br />
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I ran up and over to him. Maybe you've seen this picture before. <br />
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He had set up an outdoor ICU. The patient was a badly injured young police cadet. Two of his classmates had come to the hospital DOA. This young man survived, but it was touch and go for awhile. His sisters we walking up to him at the same time I was and stood beside me. They were crying. One reached out to hold my hand. Ramon said to them, "You can come and talk to him, but you must stop crying first. Get a hold of yourselves, and come and talk to him. It will transmit strength to him which he really needs." They took some deep breaths and went over. <br />
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Ramon smiled at me and I was so happy and thankful he was OK. He gave me a red ski cap which he had taken when he had had a chance to run up to the apartment. "Put this on and don't take it off. I need to be able to see you in the crowd." I put it on and actually wore it until the next morning! The weather was a little bit cool, so I was fine. We said a quick prayer together and then he went back to work and I went down to be with the other people where I had been. <br />
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I told our church's youth that I was proud of them for helping where they could. <br />
Those with gloves on were helping to push stretchers and help carry/move mattresses.<br />
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Some of the nurses and student nurses had a moment to sit down and calm themselves.<br />
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All this time patients continued to come as did the aftershocks! I have to say that I don't believe all the ambulance, car, and motorcycle drivers who risked their lives to bring the injured to every hospital and health clinic in the country are not getting the recognition they deserve. Man, it was scary to just be there in that area behind the hospital. I can't imagine what it must have been like to be on the road. Besides that, countless people carried their friends and families, sometimes far distances, when there were no vehicles around. There are many unsung heroes wandering around Nepal! I want to say, "THANK YOU!" to all of them!!!<br />
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Did you see the hospital's post about the little girl with the brave uncle who drove her here on his motorcycle during the very strong aftershocks? If not, here it is:<br />
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Update on the family: The father got a job working reconstruction construction in their village and the surrounding areas. The mother and children are here living with friends and the kids are still at our school. We love them and are happy they can be with us for awhile!<br />
Look how precious they are! They are strong little survivors!<br />
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Here are just some of the motorcycles in front of the hospital that day.<br />
All had carried injured patients and were driven by brave folks.<br />
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Did you see this hospital post about the men who carried their friend in their arms for 11 hours<br />
down a mountainous path? If not, here it is: <a href="http://scheermemorialhospital.blogspot.com/2015/05/earthquake-part-4-hes-not-heavy.html">http://scheermemorialhospital.blogspot.com/2015/05/earthquake-part-4-hes-not-heavy.html</a><br />
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We will never know about all the heroes who stepped up to the plate during a difficult time.<br />
To all of them I say, "THANK YOU!" as well!<br />
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We all felt like this man's face shows.<br />
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OK, to find out what happened as the the stressful day finally ended,<br />
stay tuned for Part 3! I'll just say that we were all thankful that this day <u><b>was</b></u> finally ending!<br />
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I hope everyone reading this is having a great day!<br />
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If you have supported Nepal in any way, even with prayers, I also say, "THANK YOU!" to you!<br />
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Bye for now!<br />
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861549869475030556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199813065805732680.post-43079433686401971852015-06-27T18:26:00.005+05:302015-06-27T18:26:48.487+05:30Our April 25 Earthquake Story--Part 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hi!<br />
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OK, OK, I'm behind schedule and I know it! It's about time I tell our earthquake story--right?!<br />
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We're so thankful that we can tell our story. So many people cannot.<br />
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I've worked on this post off and on, but seemed unable to finish </div>
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Anyway, just to let you know, we are OK and keeping busy. Keeping busy during a difficult time makes it a little easier to cope. Yes, it's difficult. Yes, it's also getting easier, but still difficult because we see so many people still in need and we still are having aftershocks. I start at every unexpected sound. There have been well over 300 aftershocks above 4 and over 20,000 under 4! On top of that, landslides have started and more deaths have occurred. It's too sad and also surreal. I still think I'm going to wake up and tell Ramon, "You would NOT believe the dream I had!"</div>
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Before we came, we were told that Nepal was due for an earthquake. Well, when I lived in Memphis, we were always being told that an earthquake was due. So far, nada! (Memphis friends--keeping my fingers crossed for you!) Anyway, we went to an Earthquake Preparedness class hosted by the American Embassy soon after we arrived. Did we follow their advice and keep a backpack with clothes and food in the hallway closet? No! We did occasionally buy canned food with a pop lid, like they advised us to, but always eventually ate it! That's how it is, isn't it?!</div>
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Anyway, we do feel blessed with how the world has responded with help and support. It's still needed and still quite necessary. Thank you! After the monsoon rains, it's going to get cold, so right now the emphasis is on getting shelter for those still sleeping under tents </div>
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Now I'll tell you the blessings! It's good to remember that there were (and still are!) blessings! One interesting thing is that at the beginning of April, it was announced that there would be bandhs off and on for three weeks in April. That's when the roads are closed. If you missed it, some years ago, I blogged about bandhs here: <a href="http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/search/label/Strikes">http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/search/label/Strikes</a> Anyway, because of this possibility and the chance that we might not be able to go shopping, I shopped like a crazy woman and filled up our pantry. Many people did this. Then, the bandhs were mostly called off, but many of us had lots of food! This turned out to be important later when the roads and stores/shops were closed after the earthquake! Although for those whose houses collapsed on their food supplies, it was a different story. This is why we are thankful for those who donated and for those who carried supplies (and still are) to those folks.</div>
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Here are some of the young people in our church and their friends making food packages </div>
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to carry out to the villagers without food.</div>
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Another thing that might sound silly is that right before the earthquake I went to the beauty shop for a much needed haircut. I had been putting it off. I'm so glad I went though, because it would be some time before I would be able to go! Who knew that that would turn out to be a blessing?!</div>
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Another huge blessing which you've probably heard, was that the earthquake was on a Saturday, so children all over the country were with their parents and not in school! On any other day, the children would have been in school and many people would have been in their offices. Nepal has a six day work/school week with Saturday being the only day of the "weekend." That this happened on Saturday was surely a blessing!</div>
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This is evident when you look at the pictures of the elementary school on our hospital's campus, which at first glance seemed undamaged. However, upon second glance, we see that is not so. Every classroom had ceiling tiles on the floor. They are <b>very heavy</b>. I could barely lift one up. This is right where the Kindergarten students line up to go out of their room. Imagine if they had been there!</div>
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Here is where the little ones sit to sing and take their naps. Imagine! Thank you Lord!</div>
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Here they are in that same location waving to me and saying, "Hi!" on the first day of this </div>
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So now to our experiences on "the day" we will always remember. It started out like any other spring day. It was a little cloudy, and had in fact been raining now and then, which was worrying some farmers as it was a little too early for the monsoon. People were out in their fields working, </div>
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Ramon and I had had a lovely Sabbath School class with the little ones. Here is a picture of the class taken two weeks post-earthquake and just a few days before the second one!</div>
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After Sabbath School, Ramon went to prepare himself for an upcoming C-section, and I went to the church foyer with some books for the little ones to look at during church.</div>
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Right in front of us was the door into the church and to the right was the door to the outside.</div>
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OK, so all the preliminaries were over and the people settled in to enjoy a sermon by a visitor.</div>
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Suddenly there was a loud noise and a shaking.<br />
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Everyone looked at each other for that split second. "OH NO!"</div>
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The noise and shaking intensified and there was no doubt as to what was happening.<br />
I could see that door frame moving from side to side. I thought the ceiling would fall on us! </div>
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Mothers grabbed their children and everyone rushed outside.<br />
(I found out later that those farthest from the doors got under their chairs until the initial<br />
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We looked at each other and grabbed each other while the earth trembled,<br />
shook, rattled and rolled under our feet. We were all in the same boat, so we hugged<br />
whoever was closet to us whether we knew them or not.<br />
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In my mind I didn't have time to think, but it seemed so unreal, yet it was real.<br />
If I thought anything at all it was just "OH NO! This isn't real."<br />
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I had the same thoughts many years ago when I was hit by an 18-wheeler semi-truck<br />
and he pushed my car for awhile until I rolled upside down through the oncoming traffic!<br />
"OH NO! This isn't real." But that's another story!<br />
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The shaking stopped for a second and I ran back inside the building (yes, I did!),<br />
picked up my books like a mad woman and ran back outside.<br />
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Ramon called me and said, "Where are you?" and I answered, "I'm walking with everyone to the back of the hosp..." and we were cut off! I didn't have any idea what was happening with him for some time. You can imagine how difficult that was. All I could do was pray. The phones didn't work for some time and were off and on for several days actually. <br />
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I continued walking with everyone to the back of the hospital where there is an area of flat land.<br />
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(You may recognize some of the pictures that have been posted on the hospital's blog.)<br />
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Everyone was still holding hands with each other and hugging each other.<br />
"Are you alright?" "Are you alright?" Many people were crying.<br />
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The ground kept "booming" and shaking. There was a collective shout from everyone each time.<br />
Injured people started arriving in a steady stream and triage commenced.<br />
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Lots of people ran into the hospital and helped bring out patients and mattresses.<br />
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Nepalese army soldiers arrived and immediately started helping where needed.<br />
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I tried to stay out of the way. Sometimes I even had to jump to get out of the way. Many ladies and girls, many crying, came up to me, hugged me, held my hands and asked me to pray with them. They didn't know who I was but they knew I would pray with them.<br />
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I noticed a pregnant girl sitting by herself, hugging herself and crying. I went over to her<br />
and she grabbed me and pulled me to sit with her. We hugged each other during each aftershock and<br />
held hands in between. She spoke a little English and I discovered that her husband was working<br />
in the west of Nepal and her parents were in Kathmandu. With the phones down, she didn't know<br />
how any of them were. She was trembling and I was glad to be of some comfort to her. <br />
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After about an hour, those of us sitting where we were, were asked to go down to another<br />
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We headed down to this area:<br />
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I spent most of this time continuing to hug and pray with ladies and girls who asked me to.<br />
They continued coming to me and I was happy to pray with them and just hug those<br />
who needed a hug and a shoulder to cry on. Yes, the aftershocks continued. (Remember I said earlier that we are still having them!) I'm not ashamed to tell you that I cried myself now and then.<br />
The uncertainty of what might happen was emotionally draining.<br />
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We had some visitors on campus that I also visited with, prayed with, and held hands with!<br />
There were two ladies from Australia who sponsor an orphanage near Kathmandu and were with us for a few hours. Two student nurses from Finland were also with us, as well as three travelers, two girls from Argentina and one from Spain. They had been on a bus from Nagarkot, that beautiful village with the amazing views, to Kathmandu when the earthquake hit just as they were in the middle of Banepa! The bus stopped, obviously, and someone told them to come to our campus where they would be as safe as possible. They stayed with us for a few days, until they were able to be evacuated. My previous post mentions Nagarkot--if you missed it, click <a href="http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/2015/05/may-12-earthquake.html">here.</a> If you missed my posts about Nagarkot, and want to read them (and see the amazing pics--you can't take a bad picture there!), click "Nagarkot" where it says, "Labels" on the right side of the blog.<br />
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No one knew anything about what was happening anywhere. Some people listened to the news on car radios and told us the little bit they could find out. Patients were telling what was happening in Banepa, although I didn't find out what they said until later. I realized that I would have to wait until I could call my mom and sister, whenever that would be (!), and have them tell us what<br />
was happening, since I knew they'd be watching it on the news!<br />
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Anyway, I still didn't know where my husband was. I kept scanning the crowd for him. Couldn't see him! Couldn't ask a busy doctor or nurse and take them away from what they were doing!<br />
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I ran up to the canteen (quickly, as it was scary to run up stairs) and took this shot.<br />
No Ramon. Boo!<br />
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On the way back down, I saw this sad sight.<br />
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When I saw these bloody gloves hurriedly tossed aside, with no time to be thrown away properly,<br />
the part of my brain which still wanted to think, "This isn't real!" knew that it was real<br />
and I felt so sad. "Lord help us," was all I could say.<br />
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When did I find Ramon?<br />
Stay tuned for Part 2 to find out!!!<br />
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Again, thanks to all of you who are supporting the relief efforts here<br />
and thanks for all of your prayers!<br />
Have a nice day and a lovely and blessed weekend!<br />
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May 12--another earthquake!</div>
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My word--it was the very next day after I posted the last post!</div>
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It was scary, I won't sugarcoat it. We didn't have time to pray!</div>
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This is why I'm glad we prayed in the morning!</div>
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I've been working at home, because my new office is on the third floor of the hospital</div>
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and I didn't really want to go up there! <br />
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So, anyway, I was called up there for something</div>
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I've been afraid to come up here for longer than a minute!"</div>
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THEN, there was a very loud noise, and the first shakes!</div>
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YIKES! Say it isn't so! It's so! GO!</div>
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The building kept shaking badly and we all ran to the doorway,</div>
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which, by the way, we do at home when there's a strong aftershock.</div>
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However, this didn't stop and it was obviously the second earthquake many feared</div>
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was going to come, and as predicted, we found out later, was east of the big one.<br />
We made a run for it down the stairs with the building shaking the whole time.<br />
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By the way, all day today, off and on, I've felt tremors. Please keep praying!<br />
We'll be sleeping in (Ramon) scrubs and (me) sweats so we can run outside in the night if we need to.<br />
We'd been sleeping that way for two weeks and had just started wearing pajamas again.<br />
Now, however, it's back to scrubs/sweats!<br />
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Here is the hospital's post of what happened:<br />
<a href="http://scheermemorialhospital.blogspot.com/2015/05/earthquake-part-8-may-11-again.html">http://scheermemorialhospital.blogspot.com/2015/05/earthquake-part-8-may-11-again.html</a></div>
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We are thankful that we are OK, but so sad for the devastation upon devastation.<br />
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The famous beautiful tourist town of Nagarkot was near the epicenter.</div>
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Remember this picture of my mom and me with the very tip top of Mt. Everest to the left of Mom?</div>
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Nagarkot!</div>
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Here's an article about what happened in Nagarkot. I'm so sad.<br />
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The hotel we stayed at is the one called Club Himalaya.<br />
To see pics, go to the "Labels" and click Nagarkot.<br />
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Here's an article about this quake. <br />
<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/nepal/11600834/Second-earthquake-brings-Nepal-crashing-down-again.html">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/nepal/11600834/Second-earthquake-brings-Nepal-crashing-down-again.html</a><br />
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When you read about Sindupalchowk,<br />
please note that it is the same place in the previous post where the team went.<br />
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Thanks again for your prayers and support.<br />
Have a blessed day!<br />
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861549869475030556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199813065805732680.post-88512674902894907502015-05-11T20:02:00.005+05:302015-05-11T20:02:55.499+05:30A Trip to a Village<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hope everyone is having a nice week and that you had a lovely Mother's Day with your family!</div>
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I had a lovely talk with my mom, sister, and family,</div>
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and Ramon did too.</div>
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Here, we are still experiencing aftershocks, some too strong for my liking!</div>
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However, we are thankful that our house is OK and we can sleep inside</div>
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(I'm sleeping in sweats in case we have to rush out!)</div>
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and have electricity, water, internet, and even cable TV! </div>
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No, we didn't make it to a village, but some of our doctors have been going to badly affected areas.<br />
To read about one such trip, jump on over to the hospital's blog:</div>
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I think their experiences are typical of the relief teams.</div>
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Here are a few pictures of my recent trip to Kathmandu:</div>
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Look how one is down and one is still up!<br />
It's probably very likely that the one up has cracks though.<br />
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The owners of the intact houses are inviting homeless friends and family members into their homes.<br />
This is very nice to note.<br />
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Well, very tired, so will quit for now.<br />
Thanks for care and concern and prayers.<br />
More soon.<br />
Take care and God bless!<br />
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861549869475030556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199813065805732680.post-42478481386817604882015-05-03T21:40:00.004+05:302015-05-09T14:19:27.353+05:30An Earthquake Story<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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First of all, thank you for all the love and support we are feeling over here in Nepal!</div>
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There are still aftershocks (two or three about about hour ago)</div>
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and life is extremely difficult for many people.</div>
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This BBC article is pretty comprehensive.</div>
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We are OK, thankfully, and busy as you can imagine--especially Ramon!</div>
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He has been on CNN Espanol along with the other doctors.</div>
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He's also been in a newspaper in Paraguay!</div>
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Here he is talking on the phone to a reporter in Paraguay.</div>
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I think he has talked to three.</div>
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Twice a radio station tried to talk to him live, but it didn't work out.</div>
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Maybe later.</div>
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I've not been able to update this blog with our experiences yet, </div>
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but I did get a story out for the hospital's blog.</div>
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If you want to read it, here it is: </div>
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It's the story of these folks.</div>
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For now, I'll say Bye and put up a happy sight I saw today.</div>
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This adorable little boy is still healing from his head wounds. You can see the bandages.</div>
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However, he's up now and PLAYING! What a beautiful sight!</div>
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He wasn't running, but he was playing!!! He's getting better!</div>
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