Sunday begins with Tim getting ready for the Funeral Seminar at 11 am. Nothing seems to start on time here in Nepal...so it actually gets started closer to 11:30. The church is full of Pastors, students and others who help when there is a death. Tim does a wonderful job speaking about the Christian view of burial. He also covers how to respectfully treat the body in the home and how the pastors can handle various situations taking safety precautions. He holds their attention for 2 hours! Sunil, the young man who has lead the Christians in their talks with the government to find a burial place, updates everyone on the progress. It is all in Nepali, so we ask him afterwards what he said. They still have no place to bury, but they seem to be making progress.
We have an hour to clean up and get a bite to eat before we are back in the church for the meeting of WOW: Women of Worth. Tim and I are the speakers with the topic of Successful Parenting. It is also translated into Nepali. The talk seems to go well with several women sharing their struggles with us afterwards. Ching said that this is unusual for them to open up like this. I think it is because we shared some of our hard times and how the Lord helped us through it. An outcome of this talk is a vision of a couple of the women to begin meeting to pray for their children and families regularly.
We have breakfast Monday morning with Steve and Anju. He is an American who is married to a Nepali. It is fun to get to know them better. Time is too short and we need to finish packing and get on to the airport. We wish we could stay longer, yet also want to come home. Those interested in the funeral side of things really want Tim to come back and do seminars across the country and help them set up a funeral facility. We will see what God has in store for us in the future!
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