The Mendok Project: April 2011

Donnerstag, 28. April 2011

Back in Germany

... and a little late with the update of this blog.
The first (main) surgery was last Monday; on Sunday there was a follow up surgery done. Today I got news from a Nepali friend that everything seemed to have gone well. He will contact me again if he knows if Mendok will need another follow up surgery tomorrow or not.
It is for sure that she will need a second surgery. And it is for sure as well, that we didn't go for her to Nepal the last time. The Mendok Project will be continued! If you received our newsletter, you got a climpse of our adventerous trip. Adventerous for the main reason that God opened a door for us widely. We got an invitation from Mendok's school to come back in fall and do some lessons there. We are so thankful for everything that God had done! The story is to be continued...

Mittwoch, 6. April 2011

Two more days...

...and we are all excited! I just packed 40 bars of chocolate flight- and melting prooved together with all the other small presents for the Wiedenest missionaries. And while working on this, I just finished everything and packed my stuff also.
This picture is from last year; Roland on the left helped a lot initiating the Mendok Project. Sam and me (Dameria) have the great privilege to help to get it into practice.
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Montag, 4. April 2011

Only 4 more days!

This weekend I passed the Frankfurt airport twice and there was this prickeling feeling in my stomach... Now it is not long anymore till the trip starts! These last days it got more and more important for us to really prepare this trip in prayer. Tonight we met with friends and prayed, it was both good and encouraging. Now we are really excited and full of expectations what God will do... What He already did: do you remember the story with the chocolate for this children's home? We not only got 40, but one hundred bars of chocolate! I love these simple littel side stories where God schows His greatness through small little things. And this great God is on our side!

why we are doing what we are doing

Through experiencing love in action we wish that the people in Mustang will get to know the one who motivates us in everything we are doing: Jesus.
We want to do this by deepening existing friendships and establishing new ones. This wouldn't be possible without visits on a regular base. These visits include time in Lupra school and to accompany children, who need medical treatment.
More infos you find in Romans 10:14 and Romans 15:21b.

What we are trying to do may be just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. Mother Teresa

how it all started

While visiting schools and providing dental care in August 2010 we got to know Mendok. She is a student at Lupra school, a small mountain village laying about 10.000 ft altitude. The eleven year old suffered of a cleft palate, taken care of just rudimental when she was a baby. With the "Menok Project" we could accompany her to the Sushma Koirala Hospital in Sankhu near Kathmandu, where she had two necessary surgeries til now.
In fall 2011 we not only accompanied her, but went to Lupra school with a team to help with the teaching. This trip also brought us in contact with a small church in Sangala, a village close by to Kathmandu.
In April 2012 we were able to get Mendok to Kathmandu again where she had a final orthodontic treatment. A new task occured with Kunsang, a ten-year-old girl that also lives at Lupra School. As an infant she had heart surgery and actually needs check-up half a year. For this she has to go to Pokhara which is, depending on the means of transport, a one- or two-day-travel. We could help her with one first check-up this April and hope to find a lasting solution with the "Mendok Project" for Kunsang.
We also plan other travels for the coming year.
The travel expenses and helps are covered partly by ourselves, partly by donations.

for whom - people in Mustang

In Mustang, known for a long time as the "forbidden kingdom", most of the people living there are from the Thakali or the Gurung tribe. Mustang borders Tibet in the north. The old salt trade route winds its way down next to the Kali Gandiki, a river that craved over the centuries the world's longest and widest gorge into a fascinating mountain range. The Thakali and Gurung are both counted among the ethnical Tibetan people group; religion and believe systems have their origin in the TibetanBbuddhism and aligned close to it. At the same time the Thakali and the Gurung are counted among the so called unreached people groups, who do not or hardly know about the Gospel. Mustang is parted into Upper and Lower Mustang; Lower Mustang is well known for the Anapurna circuit and hosts many tourists. Going to Upper Mustang you will need an expensive permit. Also most of the Thakali and the Gurung just speek their own tribal language.