Flying low on final approach I could see beautiful dots of
color scattered all over Kathmandu. Orange, blue, green all popped amidst an
otherwise drab and dusty background. But as we got closer to the ground I
realized these colored dots were the makeshift tents people now call home. Some
because their homes were destroyed, others, like the orphaned children in
ServLife’s care because staying overnight inside a building is too frightening,
and with aftershocks continuing, probably unsafe.
At dusk Udaya picked me up from the guest house and off we
went on his motorcycle, riding in the gathering darkness through this broken
city. Passing piles of rubble that just a month ago were homes and businesses.
Trailing us was a taxi loaded with the three large tents that were my checked luggage.
Tents purchased with the disaster relief funds so generously donated to
ServLife since the first earthquake hit.
We arrived just at nightfall to find the children all
staying together in the Block B home having their dinner outside on the steps. Udaya
grabbed the tents and together with the children we put up the first of the
three. This tent went up so easily and with ample room for all the small
children will be welcome shelter tonight. Tomorrow we will take down the
makeshift tarps and poles they have been sleeping under and put up the other
two tents. Everyone is so very excited. And it’s a blessing to be able to make
things just a little better only hours after landing here in Nepal.
There is much work to be done and many plans to be made over
the next week or so. How much we can do and how quickly we can do it depends on
the resources God provides for this work through your generous gifts. Each day
I will continue telling this story in words, pictures and video. Please keep
our dear friends here in Nepal in your prayers. The struggle is far from over.
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