Kathmandu Kwickies

I am taller than 99% of all Nepalis and the buses are built for Nepalis. This creates problems for my neck. The best place in the bus is either in the door, or under the window in the roof. The window gives me about 2 more inches and the door is always open. Sometimes I get a seat as well, but that is a rarity!

This is a newly baptized member and the Aunt that raised her. She is holding her favorite picture, that she has to hide in her Aunt's room or else her cousins will trash it. She lives basically a house full of mildew and mold in this really old part of the city. She works for one of the missionary couples here in the city, which is how she found the Church. I asked her what was the best part of joining the church. She said that before she had no direction, no plan, and no reason to live. After well obviously things changed. The culture here is not really that support of women, and most have a really hard lot. But look at that smile now!!

Cows just about kick it wherever they want in the city!!

This family was just washing their clothes. Just right there on the hill like nobody's business.

Little joys of life. I have been trying to find and buy a bucket with a little spout at the bottom for about a week now. The Gothatar clinic has meager hand washing facilities. And today I finally found one!!! I also bought some liquid hand soap. Life is wonderful!

We also remodeled the clinic yesterday, and now we actually have room to see patients in with a door. I take great pleasure kicking out the entire village every time we start examining a patient. And crazy enough in the last two days we have seen quite a few ladies with chest issues. Isn't that strange?? This is a picture form last weeks vaccination day. I have never seen so many babies, well except for maybe at Kougar Stadium.

Me in the nice clinic!

There is a “strike” here in the city just about every other day. That means that some of the city just shuts down, because some party or group is unhappy. To me it means that my bus sometimes just goes random ways, and there is no way to know where it is going. So, I get to exit and walk back to where I need to go. Fun huh??

The power goes out in the neighbor at random times, because there is not enough electricity at night for the whole city. This makes things fun and almost like a game.

Have a great day!!!

Rick-ji (the ji means I am super cool)