heading north from the city...june 4th

today was my last day in kathmandu, which was bittersweet. i am ready to get out of the city (alot of traffic and exaust) but i am going to miss many of the people here. so today kamala showed me some more of the city that i hadnt got to see. we went to the tibetan section of town to see the tibetan rug factory. in my americanized mind i was thinking we were goin to enter a large building full of huge metal machines. when we walked in there were huge looms one after the other, but instead of machines weaving the rugs, there were tibetan women sitting on thin pillows on the floor weaving as fast as their hands could weave. they worked beautifully and as i stood there watching, I at first felt sorry for them. i thought of how bad their backs, shoulders, and legs must ache. but then i noticed how happy they looked. yes, their legs were probably asleep, but they were in fellowship with one another and they were weaving string into a beautiful rug. it was like God squeezed my heart...sometimes we (me especially) complain about certain situations or feel uncomfortable in certain situations, but as long as we are focused on that loom, He will work through us to make something beautiful...a saved soul. After we went to buy some nepali bible tracks we went back to abraham and kamalas house where me, abe, kamala, and their two nephews worshiped in both english and nepali...this completely rejuvenated my soul and reminded me of how BIG God's love is. before we ate supper we all went on a walk to the outskirts of kathmandu where we could look down on the entire city. this sight i will never forget--a city that is hurting and yearning for something more...Lord lay your hands on them...

*let all the earth tremble before Him. the world is firmly established and cannot be shaken. let all the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice! tell all the nations that the Lord is King.
~1 Chronicles 16:30-31