Day Three.

Today's bible reading:

12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armour of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled round your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.

19 Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.


This morning we woke early to have our last buffet breakfast and we then packed our bags and headed to Bangkok airport for our flight to kathmandu. After arriving at the airport Jayde felt unwell and looked very green. We were able to get her a wheelchair and she was wheeled around the airport in style. However we then managed to lose a group (you'll need to guess which one) and after much walking, praying and looking finally managed to regroup just before boarding.

Both our flights have been excellent. During the flight Dayna said. "Mrs Keith is that Mt Everest?". To which Mrs Keith replied "no Dayna that's just the clouds. ". Moment later we heard the captain say "if you look out your window you will see Mt Everest". Well done Dayna. Not so good Mrs Keith. The mountains are amazing,

After arriving at the airport we were greeted by Pastor Raju and a few members of his church. They greeted us with beautiful fresh flower leis and we felt like royalty. Even though we were warned it was still very. confronting having people ask for money or try to take our suitcase trolleys from us. We finally made it onto the yellow school bus and then they loaded all the suitcases onto the bus and off we went.

Unbelievable, kaos, sensory overload, where do I look, car, bikes, horns, crazy motor bikes, overwhelming , monkeys, skinny dogs, cows in the street, people staring at us in our yellow school bus, noise, horns, horns, rubbish, dirt......... These are some of the things that greeted us on our drive to the hostel. At one stage, while we still were driving someone hopped on our bus with 2 big bags and then jumped off again. This was the delivery of our team jackets. After driving through this very busy and noisy town we came to a "palace" our hostel. It is the most beautiful building and we are on the second floor.

After choosing rooms, it was on the road again to Tammel where we walked and walked and walked to go to the leather shop to order leather jackets. The owner didn't want to make us jackets instead he insisted that we buy off the shelf. 4 team members bought a jacket each at $70 - a bargain.

Walking through Tammel was unbelievable we had to walk the team with one of Raju's people in the front, one in the middle, and one in the back of our whole team. We were constantly accosted by hawkers trying to sell us violins, beads, gold decorations, fireworks. It was so much fun (for some of us) and it was terrifying for others. A HUGE culture shock.

We then went to the pizza shop which was like an oasis in the desert. The shop was so so different to what we had been in. Quiet, clean, European.....

After dinner we did our grocery shopping in a huge supermarket. It was lovely and clean. The only trouble was that we had to cross the road -twice. Scary is an understatement terrifying is closer to the real feelings we had. Weaving in between trucks bikes and push bikes is a real education.

We finally fell into bed after a debrief with a whole new world having just been opened to us. Tomorrow is a whole new day.