...On A 'Typical' Day

Today's the last day of the holidays, and as I think about starting back at school tomorrow for Term 2, I think about what my days/weeks will look like over the next 8-9 weeks before the next lot of holidays roll around again. This is what a typical day for me looks like... Class at KISC Before school: 5:45am - alarm goes off 6:00am - exercise 6:30am - shower 7:00am - eat breakfast and spend time with God 7:45am - head to school School: (I teach ESL 3 days a week, and do teacher training for Nepali teachers the other 2 days) 8:00am - homeroom 8:20am - classes start 10:10am - morning break 10:35am - more classes 12:25pm - lunch (on Tuesdays, I help to lead Mustard Seeds - the school's lunchtime Christian group) 1:10pm - even more...

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...About Earthquakes

It was late on the evening of Friday August 30th, which happened to be a pretty muggy night. I had come home from helping my friend celebrate his Nepaliversary, and as I settled into bed, fan blowing, I thought I felt my bed shaking. Was it just a strange feeling because I wasn't used to sleeping with my fan on, or was I experiencing an earthquake? I quickly turned on my bedside lamp to see if I could see anything moving. I wished that I had taken the advice of our KISC CEO and put a glass of water on my bedside table as an earthquake indicator. Nothing was moving so I thought it must have been my imagination, rolled over and went to sleep. The next morning, Facebook told me that there had, indeed, been an earthquake, with its epicentre...

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...On Being Thankful

This morning, I read this in my Bible: Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. - Colossians 2:6-7 (ESV) - Funnily, at school assembly this morning, these verses were also mentioned, which made me think 'Hmmm...maybe God's trying to say something'. As mentioned in my previous post, transitioning back into life in Nepal isn't the easiest thing at the moment. Usually, when I'm faced with struggles, I find it easy to complain and whinge about what's happening...but the ending of those verses really caught my attention, and so, instead of whining, I'm going to 'abound in thanksgiving'. At a Nepali school...

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...About Transition

It's hard. The last 8 months have been an interesting time of transition for me...one which I still find myself in but hope, as I settle back into life in Nepal, will not continue for much longer because, as I just mentioned, it's hard. After 2.5 years in Nepal, in December 2012, I went back to Melbourne for Home Leave...my first time back since I left in 2010. With my parents, the day I arrived back in Melbourne I got home in time for Christmas, which I was happy to spend with my parents and younger sister, Bek. At that time, as I visited friends and noticed that many of them now had TVs you could plug a USB into (they didn't really exist before I left for Nepal), I felt a disconnect...how could these two worlds coexist- one where...

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