Update from Sudip
from Sudip and Anne Lisa's website; they are the misionary couple we will be saying with in Nepal.
April 21, 2006
We would like to update you on the present work in Nepal. Many of you have probably been watching the news and know something of what is going here right now. It is the 16th day of the strike which is meant to get the attention of the King. The protest against the monarchy has been reaching a climax. Still the transportations, banks, markets and all the different offices are closed. Lawyers, doctors, university students and instructors, business men and others have closed down their businesses. Yesterday all of the domestic flights stopped. Since the strike started 10 people have lost their lives and hundreds have been seriously wounded. People are demanding total democracy and for King Gyanendra to resign, but so far Gyanendra has not given up his direct rule.
We are fine, but our work has been totally hampered. At the present our orphanage and church has been badly affected by the strike. There is shortage of the food in the city, so the prices of the food is four times higher than normal. The orphanage and the church needs gas or firewood to be able to cook the food and we are not sure how long we will be able to get what we need. We have lot of people eating together at both places.
Many of you have helped us and prayed for us in the past. We want to thank you very much. We want to continually ask you to pray for us and all the work.
from their website http://www.compassionforasia.org/news.html
Amanda and I are set to fly out of Mobile on May 9 at 12:30 in the afternoon. Our flight is to New Dehli, and we don't have tickets to Kathmandu yet. If political problems continue to worsen in the country, we'll stay in India until things settle down and the time is right.
Thursday I met with the USA Campus director of International Students. That's one thing that makes USA different from a lot of schools, they have an entire staff devoted to International students. Brenda Hinson (the director) is very supportive of the work that Jim (foi director) does. She gave me some promotional materials and she'll help me contact area schools so that I can promote the college to students.
Prayer Requests:
Quick Recovery of Peace in Nepal.
Quick processing of our India visas (we sent our application with passports!)
Strength to finish our projects --Amanda starts finals on Thursday, I have 2 major website projects I have a week to wrap up.
Thanks for your prayers. Feel free to forward this to people you think may be interested. I'm building a email list of those who are interested. If you want to be added or removed, send me an email.
April 21, 2006
We would like to update you on the present work in Nepal. Many of you have probably been watching the news and know something of what is going here right now. It is the 16th day of the strike which is meant to get the attention of the King. The protest against the monarchy has been reaching a climax. Still the transportations, banks, markets and all the different offices are closed. Lawyers, doctors, university students and instructors, business men and others have closed down their businesses. Yesterday all of the domestic flights stopped. Since the strike started 10 people have lost their lives and hundreds have been seriously wounded. People are demanding total democracy and for King Gyanendra to resign, but so far Gyanendra has not given up his direct rule.
We are fine, but our work has been totally hampered. At the present our orphanage and church has been badly affected by the strike. There is shortage of the food in the city, so the prices of the food is four times higher than normal. The orphanage and the church needs gas or firewood to be able to cook the food and we are not sure how long we will be able to get what we need. We have lot of people eating together at both places.
Many of you have helped us and prayed for us in the past. We want to thank you very much. We want to continually ask you to pray for us and all the work.
from their website http://www.compassionforasia.org/news.html
Amanda and I are set to fly out of Mobile on May 9 at 12:30 in the afternoon. Our flight is to New Dehli, and we don't have tickets to Kathmandu yet. If political problems continue to worsen in the country, we'll stay in India until things settle down and the time is right.
Thursday I met with the USA Campus director of International Students. That's one thing that makes USA different from a lot of schools, they have an entire staff devoted to International students. Brenda Hinson (the director) is very supportive of the work that Jim (foi director) does. She gave me some promotional materials and she'll help me contact area schools so that I can promote the college to students.
Prayer Requests:
Quick Recovery of Peace in Nepal.
Quick processing of our India visas (we sent our application with passports!)
Strength to finish our projects --Amanda starts finals on Thursday, I have 2 major website projects I have a week to wrap up.
Thanks for your prayers. Feel free to forward this to people you think may be interested. I'm building a email list of those who are interested. If you want to be added or removed, send me an email.
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