week 2

These are the youth that we taught Bible Overview to at Manu's Church--they were awesome!!

I am going to share with you what my mornings are like here-i think its my favorite part of my day. I wake up around 630 and get ready for the day, grab my instant coffee--which i have learnt to appreciate and i head up to the rooftop with my Bible and journal. I love to climb to the top of the roof and just watch people, watch the locals go through there every day things. The neighbor is on his rooftop beating out a huge pile of cotton and a while later he is sewing material around it and making a mattress. There is a sweet little Nepali man who is always on his roof, in his bathrobe drinking his coffee and always waves hello to me. Down below there is the newspaper delivery boy who drives his bike on the dirt road and when he gets to a home he rolls up the newspaper and throws it up to the house-sometimes its even two or even three stories high. There are the little Nepali ladies that have laid out all their fruit, and vegetables that they are selling and they are enjoying talking with the other ladies that are selling their goods. Down below their are chickens walking everywhere and Roosters being loud. And then there are the street dogs who are always in packs and go from one place to another--sometimes causing trouble and barking a lot. Down below there are ladies washing clothes and laying them on their tin roofs to dry. And i cannot forget the little boys that always hang out outside our flat who love to play with caps--they don't have cap guns but they use rocks to make the loud noise--and that just reminds me of my brothers back at home who use to always have cap guns. I love just watching this all-and seeing how other people live, but also spending that time to pray. Most of these homes have little hindu temples to their many gods on their rooftops and they bring offerings to them. I love starting my morning my praying for these people, and just enjoying the beauty of Nepal. Nepal was really showing off yesterday as i was walking back from the seminar I could perfectly see the snow capped Himalayas- and it was breathtaking.

Well I have been here for just over two weeks and it has been amazing. Over and over again the Lord is just really giving me peace about it all--naturally i would be nervous before teaching, but God really has been giving me that peace and comfort in him, and He is so faithful and helps me each step of the way and it has been amazing. This past week has been really good-most mornings I have had off, so as a team we always have breakfast together and then we have the morning to prepare are teachings. There is a nice coffee shop that I have been taking advantage of :)

In the afternoon/evenings we have been running a Bible Study, we went through the book of Philemon and we starting Philippians on Friday--and that is one of my favorite books in the Bible. Today i am teaching the step of observation and going though Unity and Contrasts in the book.

This past weekend was a lot of fun. My dear friend Manu invited us to teach Bible Overview at her church to her youth. So we taught Saturday afternoon and then Sunday all day. (Saturday Mornings is church morning in Nepal). I taught the character of God, The fall and God's Promise of redemption on Saturday. The students were so nice, really smart and they were a blessing to teach. We spent the night at Manu's aunties house and it was beautiful!!!! I climbed to the top floor and it over looks all of Katmandu and it was the most breathtaking views I have ever seen--i forgot my camera, but i will never forget the pinkish sky's, the outline of the mountains, rice patty fields--its beautiful!! And that night God really gave me a vision of what he wants my life to look like, and just a bit more specific, and it brought my lots of excitement but with that comes lots of questions. I feel like God is just sharing with me his heart for me-and how i am called to missions, teachings, and hospitality and somehow I need to put those all together :)

This week we have seminar in the afternoons and then on wednesday we all pack up and head to a village for a few days which i am so excited about-to seem more of Rural nepal. While we are there we will be teaching the book of Philippians. I look forward to going more into the mountains and getting to know more of the Native Nepali's and getting away from the business of Katmandu.

If you could remember me and my team in prayer I would really appreciate that:

--In the village that we are going to, one of the young guys past away-he was a church planter and really respected in the church and we need to go there being sensitive to this.

--Health and safety as we travel to the village

--Continued revelation of God's plan--and sharing that with these people-openly and honestly with much conviction.

--THere is so much of the prosperity gospel being taught---and that we will NOT teach that-but teach sound doctrine

--Lastly that we would be so sensitive to the Spirit as we teach--that he would guide every word we say and that people would continue to respond and be Spirit lead.

Thank you so much for your prayers, love you all

--Breanne