What I Do Differently Now

Hi!  Here's a little cuteness to start the post with!

They escaped from their classroom to greet me!

It's wonderful!  The joy on those precious faces lifts me up every day!

Anyway, we are fine and thankful for all our blessings.  However, it's 15 months

post-earthquake, and I still do some things differently than I did pre-earthquake.

This may or may not be interesting to you!  

Anytime I think I will lighten up, we get another aftershock--like today:

https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/light-aftershock-ml-4-1-jolts-gorkha/

and yesterday:

https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/light-aftershock-ml-4-1-jolts-gorkha/

So, I don't know about other people, but I never fully relax.

I still "start" when I hear a noise like a dropped book or something.

I look around and wait to see if it's an aftershock.

Will it stop or keep going...like the earthquakes did?

So, yes, every morning this is me:

(photo credit:  pinterest.com)

Now, I don't think my brain has changed,

http://www.newsweek.com/brains-changed-earthquake-survivors-ptsd-432653

 although some people might challenge me on that,

(photo credit:  cliparting.com)

but I do some things differently now.

I don't lounge around in my pajamas and robe anymore, either in the morning or the evening.

I get up and get dressed right away, and don't take my shower and get into my pajamas

until right before I want to go to sleep.

(photo credit:  pinterest.com)

Speaking of showers, we still take the fastest showers we can.  

Of course, we have always had to take fast showers here!  The water can run out at any moment,

so you always have to wash your hair first to make sure you can rinse it!

Then we had the earthquake, and taking a shower during aftershocks is a little shocking, 

so you don't want to fool around!

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 

we were blessed that we didn't have to wait in line like so many had to do.

We're still taking fast showers--it gets to be a habit here!

However, when we were on vacation, we took very long showers!

(photo credit:  cliparting.com)

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

afraid that this will happen:

(photo credit:  dreamstime.com)

During a recent aftershock, this happened:

 Luckily potatoes aren't breakable!

Anything else?  Yes.

I keep a set of clothes right near our bed in case we  have to jump up and go outside.

(photo credit:  thelittlehoneybee.com)

Our shoes are near the front door.

By the way, while looking for that picture, I found my dream closet:

(photo credit:  dawn.com)

Anyone else love this?!?!?!

We also keep a backpack by the front door with a water bottle, cookies, and toilet paper!

 We're not this organized, but it's a good idea and something the American Embassy

told us to do when we first got here.

(photo credit:  ebay.com)

Lastly, as soon as dusk starts, I put my Energizer headlamp flashlight around my neck.

(photo credit:  headlampflashlights.com)

When the lights go out, I don't have to fumble for a flashlight, as it's always around my neck!

I love it!

Here's a really interesting article about preparing for natural disasters:

http://lifehacker.com/5976362/the-complete-guide-to-what-to-do-before-during-and-after-a-disaster#earthquakes

We have both survived other natural disasters, and are certainly thankful to the Lord

for His mercies!  Those stories will have to be in another post!

Have a nice and disaster free day!  Blessings to all!

What's Happening Now

Hi!

Well, a lot of time has passed since I last wrote because we were on vacation!

Yeah!

We were able to visit our families and enter the unreal world of long hot showers

and grocery stores filled with endless supplies of yummies!  Let me tell you, it was hard to make ourselves leave these two places!

Also, later, will be Part 2 of our April 26 Earthquake story.
Just no time now!

OK, so what is happening in Nepal six months after the earthquake?

Yes, it's been six months--man, six months!  In some ways, it doesn't seem like it was that long ago!

Maybe it's because there are till aftershocks now and then!  

Also, because you can still see people living in tents.

I took this picture the other day, soon after we arrived.

People, this is not the same as camping in Yosemite, which I thought was fun and super enjoyed!

(photo credit:  yosemitepinesrv.com)

I don't think I can say that the people still living in tents are super enjoying it,
nor would they say it's fun!

Here is a photo post from ABC Australia by Care International's Brian Sokol 

that shows you current scenes in a village in Dhading District.  

Things look pretty much the same here.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-25/six-months-after-the-nepal-earthquake/6878770

Winter is coming and this means hardship under normal circumstances.  

Imagine now.

This article was in The Himalayan Times recently:

http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/race-against-winter-six-months-after-devastating-nepal-earthquake-un-humanitarian-official/

On top of everything else, there's a fuel crisis.  We are on strict orders to conserve all gas.

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:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Nepal_fuel_crisis

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.  

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.

Of course, food, medicine, blood, and other supplies are dwindling and prices are soaring.
This article in The Kathmandu Post tells about the medicine shortage:
http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2015-11-09/with-supplies-halted-key-drugs-running-out-of-stock.html

People smile, but the look in their eyes is sad.  

Every industry is suffering, except perhaps those which sell electric appliances!
http://www.ktm2day.com/2015/11/06/electric-cookers-demand-rise-in-nepali-market/

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.

We passed lines like this almost all the way to Banepa from Kathmandu (17 mi.)
As soon as we'd get to a gas station/petrol pump there would be just a short hop, skip, and a jump before the next line would start and snake its way along to the next closed pumps.  Of course, sitting in the hospital's jeep, I couldn't get a better picture.

However, look at this:

This picture is from this Kathmandu Post article:
http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2015-11-07/spiraling-out-of-control.html
Man!
To see more photos, go to Google Images and type:  petrol lines in nepal

So, just keep the whole country in your prayers please!  THANKS!
Here are the precious darlings I get to spend time with who won't know you're praying for them,
but I will and that's enough!  I'm glad they don't understand what's happening
and are just enjoying their childhood.


OK, I'm going to go and see what I can make Ramon for dinner using the microwave and
toaster oven!

 Take care, God bless, and stay tuned for Part 2 of our April 26 story.

Our April 26 Earthquake Story

This post is "Remembering April 26, 2015--Part 1."

The best part of that day was actually waking up that morning!

Yeah!

If you missed what happened to us on April 25, you can read about that day in these three parts:  

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

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!  

For those who are interested, here is a page from a website that lists all the aftershocks above 4 on the Richer scale:  http://www.seismonepal.gov.np/index.php?action=earthquakes&show=recent&page=4

You can see what we were dealing with and the frequency.

If you were still, you could feel the ground shaking with the tremors under 4, 

and they were in between the ones listed.  With those above 4 you could hear it and then 

definitely feel it.  It's freaky!

This still is happening.  Today I was taking a nap and felt slow shaking.

As far as I have heard, there have been over 23,000 aftershocks under 4, 

and about 380 above 4. 

OK, back to our story.

Here is an excerpt from the end of Part 3 of my thoughts as I tried to sleep:

I wondered to myself, 

"I wonder how long I'll be able to go without washing my hair," and

 "Does Mitchum deodorant REALLY work for 48 hours as they claim?"  :)  

Here are the answers:

You can go longer than you think you can without washing your hair!

No one worried at all about how they looked and we all looked the same!

Yes, Mitchum deodorant really DOES work for 48 hours as they claim!

SMILE!

(We had brought some back from the States last year, and still had some!)

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!  

We thanked the Lord for waking up!

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! 

We went to our apartment, where, in the front yard, many church members had spent the night,

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!) 

and water in our backpacks.   

Ramon went to check on patients with his team and I decided to go around and see what was happening.  People were getting up and checking on their friends and family members.  Doctors and nurses were checking on the injured.  Someone had a newspaper so I joined the crowd to see

what had happened.

  

Someone translated some of the stories to me in English.

We were all in shock and it still didn't seem like it could be real.

I tried calling my mom and sister now and then.  Sometimes I could get through for a minute

and other times I couldn't.  Again, the phones were working off and on.  At least I could keep them updated on how we were and ask them to tell me what they were hearing on the news!  I asked Mom to call my cousin's husband who speaks Spanish and ask him to call my mother-in-law and tell her we were OK.  We didn't want her to worry and have a heart attack!

I headed out to see what had happened and was happening.

You get the idea.

Four months later work is still going on to fix everything.  Can't even guess when it will be finished!

Earlier this month we found out that all the stress underground was not released!

This means that there are real risks of more earthquakes.

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33807791

Yikes!

All we can do is pray!

Thanks to all of you who have prayed and continue to do so!

Well, the rest of the day was basically the same as the day before--staying outside most
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
and who knows how many under 4!

Once someone told me to go to the courtyard and take a picture of another outdoor c-section
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!"

I ran over and took this picture, which has traveled around!

Ramon is in the green hat.

I didn't stay long, of course, and got some pictures of some of our patients, who all
gave me permission to take their pictures.

Here's a darling brother and sister, bless their hearts.

More darlings:

Everyone was happy to be alive, and at least for us, prayer kept us going.

Thank you Lord!

Bye for now and have a nice and blessed day!

Our April 25 Earthquake Story--Part 3

Greetings!

We hope everyone is having a lovely day and a lovely summer.

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).

In case you're wondering, many people still are in great need here.

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. 

So, as I told about in Part 2, I had finally connected with my husband, which was joyful because I didn't know where he was in Part 1 , 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!

Here are some of the people I was sitting with.

There were groups of people all over the place.

I was wearing the red ski hat that Ramon asked me to wear so he could see me in the crowd!

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.

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.

So we continued--Ramon went to work and I went back to the people.

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."

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!

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! 

In case anyone is wondering, no, we hadn't eaten all day--not since breakfast.  How could we?  Even when I had run to the apartment to change, I didn't even think about eating.  At a time like that, food is the last thing on your mind and you have no hunger.  At one point, someone had invited me to go to her house because she had thrown together some food.  I thanked her, but just felt like there was no way I could eat yet

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.

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
and we just did it."

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.

OK, so as the ground kept shaking now and then, we ran to our apartment, and there were several very strong shakes while we were there.  We grabbed our coats, passports, two bottles of water, and toilet paper and put them into backpacks as well as granola bars and apples, although I told Ramon I didn't think I could eat.  "You must eat something," he said.

Then he spied these:

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.

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!

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!

 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."

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.
Here is where we went, which is very close to the O.R.

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. 

By the way, it sounds like a car backfiring, either close or far away.  It feels like you're in a car going over a railroad track--or many tracks if it's a long shake. 

 I wondered to myself, 

"I wonder how long I'll be able to go without washing my hair," and

 "Does Mitchum deodorant REALLY work for 48 hours as they claim?"  :)  

OK, how long did we sleep?  What happened the next day?

Stay tuned for the next post: Our April 26 Earthquake Story.

Have a nice day.  Thanks for keeping us in your prayers!

Here is an update from last week on one of the hardest hit areas, for those who are interested:

http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2015/08/04/same-old-story/

       

Our April 25 Earthquake Story--Part 2

OK, so here is Part 2 of "Our April 25 Earthquake Story!"  Yes, there will be a Part 3!

What's happening now, three months on?
This Himalayan Times news article explains many things:
http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/monsoon-troubles-nepal-quake-survivors-three-months-on/

Yes, it's still tough.

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 http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/2015/06/our-april-25-earthquake-story-part-1.html

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.  

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:

Nothing else in the kitchen was broken!  All our plates, bowls, and glasses--safely in place!
The doors of the cabinets had all opened, yet the contents remained inside!
There the cabinets were--doors knocked open, yet everything in place!  Man!

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!

A few books and CDs fell off of one bookshelf (of course I can't find the picture right now),
but that is all!  The other bookshelves--nothing!  It's a really amazing how little damage we had!

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--
after putting the rubber bands on the hutch and pushing the kitchen cabinet doors shut.

Soon after I came back down someone came up to me.
"Ramon is looking for you!"  YEAH!  "Where is he?"  "Over there!"
Do you see him?  He's in the blue hat on the left.

I was so happy that my knees started wobbling!
As I headed up there, the person called after me, "Ask him about the outdoor C-section!"
I stopped and looked back.  "WHAT?"  "He led the team outside for a C-section
and now he's doing an outdoor ICU.  He wants to see you.  Hurry up!"

I ran up and over to him.  Maybe you've seen this picture before.

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.

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.

The pregnant girls had all been taken to this area, which is normally a parking lot for staff,
so they could all be together for quick check-ups.

I told our church's youth that I was proud of them for helping where they could.
Those with gloves on were helping to push stretchers and help carry/move mattresses.

They also helped set up tarps.

Some of the nurses and student nurses had a moment to sit down and calm themselves.
It was very important to remain calm.

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!!!

I didn't get very many pics of vehicles, but here are two.

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:
http://scheermemorialhospital.blogspot.com/2015/06/earthquake-part-12-help-me.html

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!
Look how precious they are!  They are strong little survivors!

Here are just some of the motorcycles in front of the hospital that day.
All had carried injured patients and were driven by brave folks.
I know they would all just say, "We did what needed to be done.  That's all."

Did you see this hospital post about the men who carried their friend in their arms for 11 hours
down a mountainous path?  If not, here it is:  http://scheermemorialhospital.blogspot.com/2015/05/earthquake-part-4-hes-not-heavy.html

We will never know about all the heroes who stepped up to the plate during a difficult time.
To all of them I say, "THANK YOU!" as well!

We all felt like this man's face shows.

OK, to find out what happened as the the stressful day finally ended,
stay tuned for Part 3!  I'll just say that we were all thankful that this day was finally ending!

I hope everyone reading this is having a great day!

If you have supported Nepal in any way, even with prayers, I also say, "THANK YOU!" to you!

Bye for now!