So, I've finally made it back to a computer. sorry it took me so long to post anything new, but with power outages and political protests in the streets (burning cars, closed streets, the whole nine yards :) ), I haven't been able to come to an internet cafe. We are getting adjusted to Nepali daily life pretty well, and neither Laura or I have gotten sick...knock on wood. We went to Thamel, a section of the city where all the hippies and mountain trekkers go, with Peter (the man with the glasses). Laura tried juleibi, samosa, and gulab jaman. Unfortunately she dropped her camera, and broke it...however, praise God, a member of the church here is letting her use his for the next 6 weeks.

Yesterday, saturday, we had church. That's when they have off of work here to have church. It was a lot of fun, and the evening service was in the most beautiful village in the entire world, Khokona (I'm not kidding...the ENTIRE WORLD!). Some of these pictures are of that village. This village is where Peter and his family live. I told him I envy him, because he gets to live in sucha beautiful place, and lives a very simple life.

Today, sunday, we worked on a construction site for a new church, in Khokona. It was hard work, and we laid the foundation, but we had about 20 people helping us, so it wasn't so bad.

Things I've seen...

-Laura and I were playing catch with a baseball in the garden, when we suddenly heard a marching band...in Nepal! It turned out to be a wedding procession in which the groom goes to the bride's house to take her to the ceremony. Pretty cool.

-We saw a lot of marijuana...I know what you're thinking, it's not that bad. It grows wild here.

-Peter's house in Khokona is pretty cool...three stories with 1 room on each floor: 1st, bathroom; 2nd, his daughter's room; 3rd, he and his wife's room. But, it definitely was not made for 6ft. tall americans...as you can see my height compared to his in the picture.

-The new Nepali prime minister, Madhav Kumar, drive by us in his government caravan, while we were walking by the governmental grounds.

well, I think that's all for now.

matthew ;^)