Prayer Needs:
Just a quick note today to ask for your prayers for us as we quickly approach the departure date! The first prayer request is for travel. The flights are LONG and we'll be crossing numerous time zones. Prayer for comfort and wisdom during the flights - keeping hydrated, walking, sleeping (instead of watching the trillion movies and shows available!!). Also, prayer for opportunities to share just why we're doing this trip. Would it be so cool to lead someone to the Lord over the Pacific Ocean? Or, to share our own stories of the Holy Spirit's activity in our lives or prayers answered! Pray that we would surrender our agenda to the Lord - this is His trip may His will be done!

Thank you!!

Nepal '09 Blog

Our team of 10 leaves March 8th for Nepal. After a 36 hour flight (with stops) we'll arrive in Kathmandu March 10th at noon. We travel from Los Angelos, CA to Tokyo (brief layover) to Singapore (7 hour layover) then to Kathmandu.

Our first seminar is the Life in the Spirit Seminar and begins March 12th in the afternoon, stopping at supper time because there most likely would not be electricity after supper. The seminar concludes on Saturday, March 14th in the afternoon.

The second event we'll conduct will be the Lord, Teach Us to Pray and that will be held in East Nepal (near Bhadrapur) Thursday, March 19th in the afternnon through Saturday, March 21st through the afternoon (again concluding at supper time due to load shedding schedules to conserve electricity). We will fly from Kathmandu to Bhadrapur and should get a good view of the moutains on that flight. We fly back to Kathmandu on March 22nd and depart for LA on March 24, arriving after noon on March 25th.

Please pray for our team:

• Frank & Peggi Billman (coordinators)
• Ted & Audrey Newton
• Rich & Sue Fetzer
• Jim Ball
• Kim Bright
• Pam Lipka
• Parker Wayland, Jr.

Check back to this blog during our trip as I will post news about our days and the events and hopefully pictures. In between the seminars we will be touring the temples, shopping and traveling to Nagarkot for an evening (about 19 mi. east of Kathmandu). Nagarkot is one of the most scenic spots in the Bhaktapur district and is renowned for its spectacular sunrise view of the Himalaya when the weather is clear. Visitors often travel to Nagarkot from Kathmandu to spend the night so that they can be there for the breathtaking sunrise. Nagarkot has become famous as one of the best spots to view Mount Everest as well as other snow-topped peaks of the Himalayan range of eastern Nepal. It also offers an excellent view of the Indrawati river valley to the east. With an elevation of 2,195 meters, Nagarkot also offers a panoramic view of the Valley and is described by visitors as a place whose beauty endures year round. PRAY FOR CLEAR WEATHER!

So from LA:

To Tokyo (only seeing it from the window of the plane!):

To Singapore (in the middle of the night):

To Kathmandu:

To Bhadrapur:

And back again!

Check back for additional postings as I'll try to post every other day when I have a connection!