and now comes nepal...

so i have been in thailand for the last couple weeks, and although it has been an incredible experience, my heart is already in nepal, and i am DYING to get there!

this last little bit has been really amazing though, it has really been a time of preperation and even more growth before outreach begins. our contacts from nepal, bangladesh, and borneo were with us this week, and they just shared their vision and spent more time prepping with us. it was amazing, and it really got us all excited even MORE for our countries! us coming to thailand has been something out of the norm for dts' until this point, but our leaders really felt that God was leading us here. looking back on this week, we are SO thankful that they were obedient!

it has really been a tough time, and there were a LOT of struggles, but God has been using every moment to stretch and grow us, and i feel like we are even more unified and ready to go because of it. there has been so much revelation from God in our group...even about His future plans for people, and specific details to our lives. it's amazing!

God's really been teaching me a LOT about His love and faithfulness...it's so MIND BLOWING to think that our God, all powerful, Creator of the Universe doesn't need us (one bit) but WANTs us, and loves us and wants relationship with us. i have been so humbled by that. He is SO AWESOME! i keep thinking who am i? yet he knows every part of me. He knows the depths of my heart, and He loves me more than i could ever even begin to comprehend! and it's not just about me...He loves EVERYONE like that. He knows all of our hearts, our thoughts, our worries, our dreams, and He wants to share in our lives. He wants to give us the absolute BEST. He loves us that much. God has really been giving me His heart for people though...even more this week. i have sat and done some people watching, and i am actually brought to tears thinking about it. MAN. seeing all these people...it does crazy things to my heart. i'm SO excited to really get out there and share and love on people...

team bangladesh left this morning...it was a little sad, but good. it's weird to be splitting up after all the time we have spent together, but at the same time it is SO huge and exciting to think of what is ahead of us all...

yeah. so nepal is gonna be incredible. at first we will be staying in Kathmandu over christmas, working with Robbie Rai...and amazing man (he's been here teaching us this week) we'll be teaching and training pastors from the surrounding churches...and coming along side Robbie's work for the first three weeks(ish). then we set out to TREK. that's the part i'm really excited about. i know it's gonna be CRAZY but it'll be cool to get into the mountains and visit all those little villages up there...apparently it's like a time warp back to the early 1900's or something...we'll see! after the trek, we'll be staying in Dhuran, which is a little more north west nepal. i'm not sure what type of ministry we'll be doing there...i think it's a variety of stuff.
we have two guys from previous dts' in maui that met up with us, and are coming to nepal as support and guides...they are still affiliated with YWAM maui, but have been living permanently in Nepal for the last almost year. it's really cool to see that-radical obedience. God called and they went. they're awesome guys. it's like they have been a part of our team this whole dts!

so that's a little about what has and will be going on for me. i really wish i have been better at keeping contact with ya'll and blogging more regularly, but it's been a WHIRLWIND of a time! just know that when i get back, i'll have a TONN of pictures and stories, and video to show!

i must go, time is up at the cafe...i love ya'll and am praying for you!

thanks so much for you support and prayers..!

talk to you soon!

God bless you HUGE!

jes~