7 years ago |
Wednesday 9 January 2008. We arrived in the dark, just as
the scheduled load shedding (power cut) was kicking in. Our friends who had picked us up at the airport helped us
carry our bags up to the 2nd floor flat. The floors were cold and it
lacked hot water. There was no internet and no way to let our family know we
had arrived safe and sound. The next morning we awoke and looked out of our
window, surprised by the number of white faces we saw passing our little
temporary flat and not knowing that the tall wall opposite was the wall of the
tiger enclosure at the zoo.
Seven years later and these first few memories are still
strong, but so much water and so many people have passed by. We stayed in that
first flat for just a few weeks and our second flat for just over a year. We
have spent 21 months of the 7 years back in the UK, what with studying and
children – oh yes we’ve had two children too! We have started our own family
and created our first family home.
We’ve made great friendships and said goodbye to many of
those friends as they’ve returned to countries around the world, but we now have
friends all over the globe. We’ve even been able to welcome some of those
friends back to Nepal after years away. We’ve learnt to adapt to all the
oddities of life that occur when living in a country and culture that are not
your own, so much so that we don’t notice that they are oddities anymore and
much of UK culture appears strange.
We’ve faced fantastic challenges and much change in our
work, as well as increased responsibility in parenting and, for Dan, at KISC.
Students who were in Primary school when we arrived are preparing to complete
high school and go to University this summer. We have outlived nearly every
single foreigner on staff at KISC.
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1 comment:
Hi Becky, it was great to read this. I can't believe you've been in Nepal for 7 years! What an amazing commitment. Time really flies. I admire you guys and your faith a lot. The time you were back in the UK just flew by, I kept meaning to contact you about meeting up- but before I knew it you were on your way back to Nepal. It'd be lovely to see you next time if possible. Lots of love Jo xxx
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