i am exhausted, emotional-a mess over leaving and can’t wait to get home, I stink, have on seriously dirty clothes, but I had PAssng drop me in Thamel for just a few hours of alone time ( first in 2weeks)  and ice cream at fire and ice ( helps everything) before making my way back to pack and shower for the trip home… My work is done here. … For now! 

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is an amazing organization in Nepal that hires only women who have been referred from rescue shelters. They make beautiful handmade item and sell fair trade. The ladies at FUMC sent me to purchase items to bring home for fall market , which supports the women, and the proceeds will go to ENG scholarships. Beautiful circle of women helping women…, 

… With 9 hours to spare before I catch my flight for Doha… Lots to do! Pick up order from beauty for ashes, deliver medical supplies for leprosy mission hospital outpost clinics and say some final goodbyes… Maybe a few hours in Thamel if lucky! And definitely a hot shower!!!!

lots of goodbyes to friends this morning as they honored me with khatas and blessings. Needless to say… I sobbed my way through and we hurried for the plane before another front could move in…,magical place with such special people….

these two ladies were my angels in Lukla… Fed us, loaned clothes and blankets, kept us warm.,,, said goodbye this morning but can’t wait for our paths to meet again! 

local mushrooms for mushroom egg curry over rice 

thought we were getting out but another front moved in quickly! Babita and I were all dressed and packed in about 2 seconds time! No go.,,,

We have been working on ENG long term relief proposal while stuck. Thank goodness for the kindness of our friends and new friends here. We have borrowed coats and blankets, are asked into homes to share tea and food and feel very cared for. 

I must admit I am dying for a warm shower and clean clothes, but in comparison to the families in tents for housing and all belongings gone that are all around us…we are waiting a matter of days… No end in site for them… We are doing really really well… Still so blessed  

yesterday we hiked to see the needs of a local school  

Lukla these past three days in the monsoons is hard to describe it is living in the clouds literally. The clouds hang on the mountains at this high altitude and it is very dangerous for planes and helicopters to get in or out so they talk between mountains and wait for a break and everyone scurries to get the plane out and through before the front changes… We are waiting for that break … Day 4

what do you do when stuck in Lukla with Monsoons? Trek down the mountain to check on our girls of course!