IAC Journies

It isn't the differences in the culture, or the extremes between the lands.

It is not the vastness between one day to the next.

It is not in the way that poverty is defined only by the one doing the defining.

And it is not about the way "the times" remain unequal dispensations...

No, today it is none of those things. In this moment, right now, it is about all the little faces that has my heart smiling and humbled...

John and I are sitting here in Dubai (acting like more traditional honeymooners)--reflecting on the last couple of weeks, with still a few more days to go. Although we will "officially" blog about Monday/Tuesday later today, for now.....this is where our hearts are stirring.

"But Jesus said, 'Suffer the little children and forbid them not to come unto me: for such is the kingdom of heaven'...." Matthew 19:14

Oh Lord, my God...

When I, in awesome wonder...

Consider all the worlds Thine hands have made...

I see the stars...

I hear the rolling thunder...

Thy power throughout...

The universe displayed...

Then sings my soul...

My Savior God, to Thee..

How great Thou art...

How great Thou art....

Then sings my soul...

My Savior God, to Thee...

How GREAT Thou art...

How great....Thou art.

John and I had the sweet opportunity to worship with our friends again here in Kathmandu. We bumped in to our new Danish friends, and met some others from Bristol Bible College. John was asked to preach, and it was funny actually....just before he got up to preach, he was also asked to sing one song leading into his sermon. So, the English Pastor who was announcing him, said "Well, brothers and sisters, before John Ivins speaks, he is going to bless us with a song. I guess the way it goes is, once a singer--always a singer...because he can't preach until he performs at least one song!" The congregation laughed, and John was a natural. It was awesome to watch.

Afterwards, we hung out with out new friends, exchanging emails and encouraging one another.

And then, DeePok drove us to Pashupati, a very well known Hindu Temple. (Which has World Heritage Statua--because basically, it has a river that runs through it, considered to be sacred, where thousands of people come to die. Essentially, they perform 50-60 cremations daily, and then the ashes are sprinkled in the "sacred river.")