Showing posts with label orphanage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label orphanage. Show all posts
22.6.10
15.5.10
Land Ho
Finally the day that we have been waiting for for over a year has come. Land has been officially purchased for the orphanage!!!!
Now we can start talking about building. Currently a proposal for a budget is being discussed. After that we will hear details about construction.
Carmen and I are still working out how we can establish a fundraising network here in Vancouver. We still don't know too many people here so it's not easy. I'm hoping to seek out some churches or individuals who are supporters of Mission of Mercy already...but I don't even know how to start this process.
E-mail me if you have any suggestions!
Now we can start talking about building. Currently a proposal for a budget is being discussed. After that we will hear details about construction.
Carmen and I are still working out how we can establish a fundraising network here in Vancouver. We still don't know too many people here so it's not easy. I'm hoping to seek out some churches or individuals who are supporters of Mission of Mercy already...but I don't even know how to start this process.
E-mail me if you have any suggestions!
2.3.10
moving forward bit by bit.
We just recieved the minutes from a meeting that was held in Bandipur between our friend Depak and the people that will be "on the ground" overseeing the development of the Orphanage project. Depak is still in the process of securing land for the Orphanage, but everything else is coming together in terms of administration.
1.2.10
the setting.
Imagine flying to Nepal. On a stuffy plane for 26 hours, you land in the city of Kathmandu. You leave the airport in a taxy and take in the sites of a busy Asian city. The buildings are aged, the streets are littered, there are potholes here and there. If you rolled down the window you would most likely take in the smell of burning plastic as people are trying to get rid of their garbage...
2.1.10
The Orphanage
Throughout the past 7 months in Vancouver we kept constant conversation with our friends in Nepal, as well as with the Director from Mission of Mercy Canada to try and see if there was a way that foreign (Canadian) funds could find their way to that little Village in Nepal that stole our hearts.
In theory it seems like an easy thing but unless we could establish a partnership with an NGO with "roots" in Nepal, it would be next to impossible to get an Orphanage running from over here. So our friend Dale from Mission of Mercy searched high and low for many months to find a suitable NGO.
In theory it seems like an easy thing but unless we could establish a partnership with an NGO with "roots" in Nepal, it would be next to impossible to get an Orphanage running from over here. So our friend Dale from Mission of Mercy searched high and low for many months to find a suitable NGO.
New Beginnings
Carmen and I returned to Canada with our hearts set on moving to the exciting city of Vancouver. Little did we know we had a bean on the way. When we found out I was pregnant we decided to take the risk and try to make a life in this new city. It was hard at times- We were both unemployed for five months. We were broken into once and robbed once, we went through some other unexpected events that challenged us in different ways. We found a little Church called Grandview Calvary Baptist in East Vancouver. We came with no expectations and always left filled with so much peace and hope for our uncertain future.