Ok, so much has happened in just a few short days. My team left to go trekking, and I was still very unsure of what the Lord had for me.  I spent the first day praying about different options, and the Lord led me to P. T. 

It is a ministry that takes care of handicapped people, teaches them to become independent, and they pray 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year.  There are 4 of them scattered throughout Nepal.  I got to go stay at one of them for 2 days.  It was such a blessing.  Just hearing their stories and how much the Lord is using this ministry. 

As you can imagine, if you are handicapped, the only option is to become a beggar.  This ministry takes them off the streets, teaches them skills (one of the girls made me a kurtha – a Nepali shirt), and teaches them about the Lord.  They have study every night and it’s so great. 
 
Then today, I was supposed to go to an orphanage, but the Lord had different plans.  There is a 14 year old girl here who was recently raped by a Christian pastor.  It’s a horrible situation and the Lord allowed me to meet with her and minister to her.  I did a combination of art therapy and counseling, and I pray that it will be a part of God’s healing in her life. 
 
Tonight I am at the B. college.  I’m really excited to speak to the students and I will get to teach a class.  Of course I miss my team, but I am happy to be doing what the Lord has asked.  Please pray for me because I get really emotional and lonely when I am alone (not that I”m alone – privacy means nothing here), but you know what I mean. 

Love and blessings, Ann