Bring Me Water
Posted by Kevin Smith | Labels: Nepal, pictures, Scheer Memorial Hospital, sightseeing | Posted On Monday, August 24, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Our first morning at Scheer Memorial Hospital was strange indeed. The night before we arrived in darkness both physically and informationally as our drivers did not speak English. We were dropped off at our apartment and given the key without a word. So Sabbath morning we awoke very early (6:00 am in Nepal was 5:15 pm in CA) and wondered around the hospital grounds looking for water that was safe to drink (on our first use of our SteriPEN it dropped and the light bulb shattered). We found no one that spoke English but we did find the hospital canteen. Somehow our order of an omlett and bottled water came out as milk tea. We wondered back to our room just in time to see our neighbor carrying a Bible and we asked if he was going to the church. We stumbled through a sort of conversation that ended with us following him to a small building full of warm and curious faces. The pastor spoke English and informed us that the English service was in a couple hours.
From there our day was clear sailing, at the English church service, we met many quality people and instantly made friends with students visiting from around the world. The missionary doctor invited us and the rest of the young foreigners over to his home for Sabbath dinner. There we realized that we had a huge water filter in our apartment and we had been thirsty all day for nothing.
The afternoon activity was a ride up the mountain with our new friends where we captured a fantastic view and a glimpse into the native way of life. The following pictures are from our first day.
Here's a better look at the view we were all admiring:
From there our day was clear sailing, at the English church service, we met many quality people and instantly made friends with students visiting from around the world. The missionary doctor invited us and the rest of the young foreigners over to his home for Sabbath dinner. There we realized that we had a huge water filter in our apartment and we had been thirsty all day for nothing.
The afternoon activity was a ride up the mountain with our new friends where we captured a fantastic view and a glimpse into the native way of life. The following pictures are from our first day.
Here's a better look at the view we were all admiring:
It is so great of you to be making this wonderful and exciting trip to serve others! I love to read your blog and hope you will keep it active the entire trip so I can experience it all with you. :)