My Life As Nepali Wife

I left the house at 4 a.m. in the morning, when the jeep arrived to pick me up. Around 5:30 a.m. it started to become light outside. I remembered my plan to film some of my journey when we arrived in the next district, Jhapa. Sadly, I did not have enough phone memory to film during the last hours of our trip. So the next time when I travel back to Ilam more of the hill areas (Sindhuli and Ilam) with amazing views. (And yes, I am staying in Kathmandu till the baby arrives, but I am definitely not just sitting and waiting as I have quite some work to do here and people to meet. Will write more about it soon.) --- Ik verliet het huis om 4 uur 's ochtends, toen de jeep arriveerde om me op te pikken. Rond 5.30 uur begon het buiten licht te worden. Ik herinnerde me mijn plan om een deel van mijn reis te filmen toen we aankwamen in het volgende district, Jhapa. Helaas had ik niet genoeg telefoongeheugen om te filmen tijdens de laatste uren van onze reis. Dus de volgende keer dat ik...

<< Lees in het Nederlands >> "And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him." - 1 John 5:15 High time for an update here on this blog! I know everyone is very curious about baby things and that makes sense if you know someone who lives in Nepal and is 34 weeks pregnant. But first, let me start from the beginning and recall what has happened here in the meantime and how God has provided what we have prayed for beyond expectations. Both me and you as a reader of my blog have concluded that daily blogging is too much for me. It was great to do, in a writing urge at the time, but I am and will not be a full-time or even part-time blogger or vlogger. There is too much other work to do. It is now about half a year after starting this blog. I hope to post more frequently now that we have connected WiFi here. But I promise nothing because it is almost impossible to plan. Final months in Kathmandu It is more than three m...

<< Read in English >> "En omdat we weten dat hij naar ons luistert, wat we hem ook vragen, weten we ook dat we alles al hebben gekregen wat we hem gevraagd hebben." - 1 Johannes 5:15 Hoog tijd voor een update hier op deze blog! Ik weet dat iedereen heel benieuwd is naar babydingen en dat is ook logisch als je iemand kent die in Nepal woont en 34 weken zwanger is. Maar laat ik eerst bij het begin beginnen en terug halen wat er hier in de tussentijd allemaal is gebeurd en hoe God boven verwachting heeft voorzien in waar we voor gebeden hebben. Zowel ik als u als lezer van mijn blog heeft geconcludeerd dat dagelijks een blog bijhouden me teveel gevraagd is. Het was geweldig om te doen, in een schrijfvlaag destijds, maar ik ben en wordt geen fulltime of zelfs parttime blogger of vlogger. Er is teveel ander werk te doen. Het is nu zo'n half jaar na het starten van deze blog. Ik hoop weer wat frequenter te gaan posten nu we hier wifi hebben aangesloten. Maar i...

I've been so busy with anything and everything that I didn't have time to write. On the other hand, I was working so tedious that I had no inspiration to write. Sounds double. Thinking back, I don't know why I stopped writing and making videos. And yet I actually know it ... I started very enthusiastic writing on this blog. But when in the third semester I devoted myself to my studies and a few months was much sick, weak, tired and nauseous for a good thing (if you meet me in real life you can now guess that I currently carry a second person with me), the inspiration for writing and making videos disappeared. I have also not shared anything on Facebook for a long time. I still have a lot of material for YouTube videos. I also have topics for blogs. Yet that does not create anything. Just like a guitar needs to be tuned first (David likes to play right away, that sounds pretty ugly haha), that's how I have to be in the right mood to voice things. Anyway, here I am ...

The grand reveal of the overall picture. Who got all the pieces in the right places? David just arrived back in Kathmandu yesterday. Now it is time for us to start raising funds for buying the beautiful house that God has shown us and the school that David has found to start with our projects. Plans for the house: hotel / restaurant / tourist information office / craft shop / bakery Plans for the school: teacher training / new teaching materials / modern education / 21st century learning / parenting workshops / practical education We are very excited to start the work! Later on, we will support our non-profit organizations through our profitable projects. For now, a total of 500,000 euros is needed to buy the house and the school and start up our projects. Please support us with prayer and finances. We will very soon share opportunities to support our work. De grote onthulling van het algehele plaatje. Wie had alle stukjes op de juiste plek? David is net gis...

DAVID IS IN ILAM to inquire about the house and to look for land to build a school, or for a school that we can buy over. (We recently heard that some Christians who have a school in Ilam may want to sell.) Meanwhile, I try to keep up with my study assignments at home and also enjoy my freedom. I have just solved some problems on this blog. Recently I received feedback from a friend about links that did not work and comments that can not be posted. Good news: I have changed the setting, so EVERYONE CAN NOW POST COMMENTS. Which I really like to receive and answer. The links are working now, that was my fault because I had already published the blogs about Eternity Ministries in December and I later decided to post the blogs from the beginning of January. You learn from mistakes, the next time I create a custom link so that the date does not matter. Anyway, THE LINKS WORK NOW. There is so much work to do in the preparations for Ilam, fundraising to lay the foundation for our proj...

Ya... We need some vehicles as well to travel for the work. You now have all 8 pictures! Complete the whole picture and post it in a comment.  Read more about it here.  Next Monday I will announce the winner! --- Ja... We hebben ook enkele vervoersmiddelen nodig om te reizen voor ons werk. Je hebt nu alle 8 afbeeldingen! Maak het hele plaatje compleet and plaats het in een reactie.  Lees hier meer.  Volgende week maandag vermeld ik de winnaar!

-For the JOY of the Lord will be my strength- We already started our YouTube channels and pages. On My Life As Nepali Wife ( YouTube , Blogger and Facebook ) I share about our life and work in Nepal. I will keep updating you about the progress of our work and other interesting facts and adventures in our lives. On Voice for the Christ ( YouTube and Facebook ) David shares the good news of Jesus and videos about Biblical characters, mainly in Nepali language. You can find the link to English versions in the description under the videos. Please support our work online: SUBSCRIBE to My Life As Nepali Wife and Voice for the Christ on YouTube. SUBSCRIBE to My Life As Nepali Wife on Blogger to receive updates in your mailbox. LIKE our pages My Life As Nepali Wife and Voice for the Christ on Facebook. Any ideas for more ways to share the gospel and build God's Kingdom on earth? Remember to gather all 8 pictures to complete the whole picture.  Read more about i...

I made a new video! I am sure you all are curious about where our drinking water comes from and what our church looks like. I am happy to show you around!