February 18th

Our night flight took us to Bahrain the next morning, where we waited for 4 hours, then to Kathmandu, Nepal on Monday night where we were met by some staff from the church. In London we went through very strict security; in Bahrain the same. But in Nepal, no-one even glanced at our luggage. No security, no putting all our belongings along a conveyor belt to be x-rayed, no walking through a sensor - nothing. We picked up our luggage, paid for our visas and walked straight outside into the night. They managed to fit all 18 pieces of our luggage into 2 vehicles, plus the 6 of us. What a drive through the city! By 7:00 it was already dark and there are no street lights. When we got to the church compound, several people were there to meet us but we couldn't really see their faces until the next day. It didn't take long, after unloading all our stuff, before we fell into wonderful horizontal beds for the first time in 2 days! We were surprised at finding a house-sized apartment waiting for us, instead of just one big room we had been expecting. And they even had a warm cooked meal ready for us. What wonderful people! The Lord is truly gracious!