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Himalayan Happenings: Another Wedding!
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Letters Home from Nepal. Saturday, March 14, 2015. In Nepal, weddings are usually only during certain months and most are arranged by the parents. My previous post was about a Christian wedding I attended that was very similar to Christian weddings anywhere. Now, I'll post about a Hindu wedding l attended. Hindu weddings are not similar to what I'm used to! One thing they all seem to have in common is an outdoor processional and a decorated car! You can hear the processional before you see it! It's very ...
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Himalayan Happenings: A Trip to a Village
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Letters Home from Nepal. Monday, May 11, 2015. A Trip to a Village. Hope everyone is having a nice week and that you had a lovely Mother's Day with your family! I had a lovely talk with my mom, sister, and family,. And Ramon did too. Here, we are still experiencing aftershocks, some too strong for my liking! However, we are thankful that our house is OK and we can sleep inside. I'm sleeping in sweats in case we have to rush out! And have electricity, water, internet, and even cable TV! We are missionarie...
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Himalayan Happenings: Ihi and Bahra
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Letters Home from Nepal. Saturday, April 4, 2015. Do you know what those are? If this is too long, feel free to read it in two parts! Don't worry if you're not from here and you don't know. I didn't know what they were before I moved here. They are types of marriages. Yes! I have never been to an Ihi ceremony, but I have been to (parts of) two Bahra ceremonies. Here's how I learned about the Ihi ceremony. One of my little female students was absent for a few days. When she returned to school,. The first ...
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Himalayan Happenings: August 2014
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Letters Home from Nepal. Saturday, August 16, 2014. Everyone who travels has travel stories. Even if you just take a walk, you may encounter something interesting! For us, as we are now preparing for our upcoming vacation, we are remembering some of our travel stores and I will take the time to tell you some of them- if you're interested. If not, it's OK! Travel stories are like home movies. Some people like them and some people don't! Photo credit: our CBS DVD series! Yes, that's our TV,. OK, so we had ...
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Himalayan Happenings: May 12 Earthquake!
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Letters Home from Nepal. Thursday, May 14, 2015. May 12- another earthquake! My word- it was the very next day after I posted the last post! It was scary, I won't sugarcoat it. We didn't have time to pray! This is why I'm glad we prayed in the morning! I've been working at home, because my new office is on the third floor of the hospital. And I didn't really want to go up there! So, anyway, I was called up there for something. I've been afraid to come up here for longer than a minute! Say it isn't so!
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Himalayan Happenings: July 2015
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Letters Home from Nepal. Saturday, July 25, 2015. Our April 25 Earthquake Story- Part 2. OK, so here is Part 2 of "Our April 25 Earthquake Story! Yes, there will be a Part 3! What's happening now, three months on? This Himalayan Times news article explains many things:. Yes, it's still tough. If you've read or heard about it, there were aftershocks at approximately 15-20 minute intervals all day- and all night too. They are actually still continuing! I would say the shaking lasted about 20 seconds or mor...
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Political Tea Leaves: May 2015
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Politics from within a Conservative Bastion inside the People's Republic of Maryland. Saturday, May 30, 2015. Is Solar Energy a Darker Shade of Green? From The Globe and Mail. Not satisfied with risk-free deals that will make many solar players rich at consumers’ expense, Ontario’s solar industry is now lobbying for even more. And it’s leveraging solar’s apple-pie image to press politicians into giving it what it wants. On Tuesday, the Canadian Solar Industries Association (CanSIA) released a poll purpor...
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Himalayan Happenings: Our April 25 Earthquake Story--Part 1
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Letters Home from Nepal. Saturday, June 27, 2015. Our April 25 Earthquake Story- Part 1. OK, OK, I'm behind schedule and I know it! It's about time I tell our earthquake story- right? Photo credit: pinterest.com). We're so thankful that we can tell our story. So many people cannot. I've worked on this post off and on, but seemed unable to finish. Maybe I didn't want to remember), but now I'll do it. Memphis friends- keeping my fingers crossed for you! That's how it is, isn't it? It's good to remember tha...
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Himalayan Happenings: December 2014
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Letters Home from Nepal. Saturday, December 27, 2014. Our Christmas Day 2014. Here's hoping you had a very lovely Christmas with your loved ones this year! For once, Ramon didn't have to work! We took his operating room staff members out to eat in Dhulikhel, the next town over,. Where there are lovely views of the Himalayas on a nice day. Did we have a nice day? Look at that blue sky! These buildings are part of the Himalayan Horizon Hotel where we went. You see, which is a Christian church, singing,.
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Himalayan Happenings: An Earthquake Story
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Letters Home from Nepal. Sunday, May 3, 2015. First of all, thank you for all the love and support we are feeling over here in Nepal! There are still aftershocks (two or three about about hour ago). And life is extremely difficult for many people. This BBC article is pretty comprehensive. Http:/ www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32563039. We are OK, thankfully, and busy as you can imagine- especially Ramon! He has been on CNN Espanol along with the other doctors. He's also been in a newspaper in Paraguay!
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