Back from Trek II
What an experience! I don't even know where to begin. After we dropped off Gary, Tommy, and Shane, we drove another half hour to a town to meet 3 nationals. We waited at the cab/bus stop for awhile before we finally went and looked for them in the town. We finally met up and spend time with the greetings. We were told we would go on a 1/2 hike up the mountain to a school to speak. 1/2 hour is Napalee for 1 hour 50 minutes! We hiked and hiked and hiked wondering if we would ever get there. We finally arrived, met with the principal and got permission to speak. I spoke to 8th graders and Wally shared with 10th graders. We were asked to sing first, so we sang songs before sharing with the students. We shared the Gospel openly and asked if anyone had questions. Wally's group asked how one becomes a Christian. It was pretty cool to have such an open door to share. Following that experience, we climbed back down the mountain to the town and checked into a "hotel". This was one of those $3 a night joints that makes our local place look like a palace. This hotel came complete with squat toilets.
We rested well and met with the locals the next morning for prayer, singing and Bible stories before our "5 hr" trek. We were told it would take 5 hrs of hiking to reach the village. Because of the distance, the size of our packs and my gimp heel, we hired a jeep to take us for the ride of our lives! We rode for 2 1/2 hrs through rivers, accross wooden bridges, over rocks, and through mud. When we arrived at the village, we were told it would be another hour to the village that we were trekking to. 1 hr is Nepalee for 3 hrs. Everywhere we stopped we asked how much further and they said 1 hr. It was very discouraging trekking like this. We arrived safely and walked through the village handing out tracts and toys to the kids. Wally was attacked by all of the children wanting toys. We went back to the home where we were staying and had dinner and prepared for showing the "Jesus" film. We had a good crowd show up for the movie but we had many electrical difficulties. We finally got everything going and the Americans turned in for the night.
We woke up this morning at 5:30 and prepared to head back to Pokhara. It was another long journey. The jeep ride was just as much of an experience as the first ride and the taxi back to Pokhara was a 1970 something runnaway Toyota Corolla with balk tires. The driver was taking the corners in the mountains so fast he was litterally fishtailing the car around the corners. Wally and Nate about took out a concrete barrier. It was good to get back to the hotel, relax, shower and get ready for dinner with some locals.
We are about to pack for the journey home. We meet for breakfast in the morning, hop on a plane to Kathmandu and spend the night there. We will fly out Friday morning for Muscat Oman, and then on to London. We will try to stay in touch over the next couple of days.
God has worked on all of us in amazing ways on this trip. It has been so encouraging seeing the locals openly presenting the plan of salvation to all they come in contact with... we have a lot to learn! We are called to boldly share our faith with a lost and dying world!
Please continue to pray for us... we're not home yet!
Danny
We rested well and met with the locals the next morning for prayer, singing and Bible stories before our "5 hr" trek. We were told it would take 5 hrs of hiking to reach the village. Because of the distance, the size of our packs and my gimp heel, we hired a jeep to take us for the ride of our lives! We rode for 2 1/2 hrs through rivers, accross wooden bridges, over rocks, and through mud. When we arrived at the village, we were told it would be another hour to the village that we were trekking to. 1 hr is Nepalee for 3 hrs. Everywhere we stopped we asked how much further and they said 1 hr. It was very discouraging trekking like this. We arrived safely and walked through the village handing out tracts and toys to the kids. Wally was attacked by all of the children wanting toys. We went back to the home where we were staying and had dinner and prepared for showing the "Jesus" film. We had a good crowd show up for the movie but we had many electrical difficulties. We finally got everything going and the Americans turned in for the night.
We woke up this morning at 5:30 and prepared to head back to Pokhara. It was another long journey. The jeep ride was just as much of an experience as the first ride and the taxi back to Pokhara was a 1970 something runnaway Toyota Corolla with balk tires. The driver was taking the corners in the mountains so fast he was litterally fishtailing the car around the corners. Wally and Nate about took out a concrete barrier. It was good to get back to the hotel, relax, shower and get ready for dinner with some locals.
We are about to pack for the journey home. We meet for breakfast in the morning, hop on a plane to Kathmandu and spend the night there. We will fly out Friday morning for Muscat Oman, and then on to London. We will try to stay in touch over the next couple of days.
God has worked on all of us in amazing ways on this trip. It has been so encouraging seeing the locals openly presenting the plan of salvation to all they come in contact with... we have a lot to learn! We are called to boldly share our faith with a lost and dying world!
Please continue to pray for us... we're not home yet!
Danny
posted by dcrocker | 8:13 AM
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Yahoo!!!! I am soo glad to hear from Danny. He said they didn't have breakfast this morning and they had no water on their trek so it made it very hard for them. They will be going home soon. I can't wait until I can get all the details I crave. I think it will take us several days to assimilate it all.
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