We have had hours of talking about our next step, and time to pray with many of our dear prayer warriors. We have considered the opportunity to make all of the choices as our house is re-built. We have considered the implications of leaving for Nepal and just letting somebody else build us a house. We have considered what impact there might be on our kids if we did not return to Nepal this year, and yet still took a sabbatical next year. We have considered our current state of exhaustion and the February 2nd date that seems to be coming at breakneck speed (this is the date on our current tickets to Nepal). We have considered the implications for our next teacher who is serving with us as part of her degree program at Moody Bible Institute. We have been doing a lot of considering...
At the moment, we are considering carrying on with our mission...to Nepal...just with a little delay. We are mulling over the possibility of leaving in March, instead of February, with the plan to return to the U.S. at the end of June, as originally scheduled. The advantages of this are many: good completion of our Chepang project, a little more time to logistically prepare (we don't even have suitcases yet!), good closure on this phase of our Nepal service (including closure for Nick, who might not return again to Nepal, with us, as he is setting his own course for life), the opportunity to see Europe (which we had already scheduled into our trip on the way home), etc. You know, as we considered how we might invest our next six months, we realized that a house is certainly not a secure/"for-sure" thing...we might pick all the amenities we like (right down to the final light switch), and in a moment, it could all be gone again. Or the end might come, in the twinkling of an eye, sometime in our lifetimes. When it does come, I hope we are found investing in the things that last: people. There are some people in Nepal, to whom we are committed, and it seems we need to see this next step through. What will come in 2014? We have no idea. For now, it seems that we are being drawn back to Nepal, for yet another stint of service. Is it easy? No. Is it fun? Sometimes, but usually not. Is it fulfilling? Yes. Perhaps there will be at least one Nepali who will be summoned at the final trumpet call, whose life we had an opportunity to touch in 2013...perhaps...and maybe not, but I am pretty sure that when that final trumpet sounds, I will have no thought for my house. Christ will come again...to bring His people home. He is preparing a marvelous house for us...I am sure that my choices on my small abode here does not even compare. We seek the peace that surpasses understanding as we stand on the doorstep of our next journey.
Thank you for praying with us!
Kimberly, for all the Beines
At the moment, we are considering carrying on with our mission...to Nepal...just with a little delay. We are mulling over the possibility of leaving in March, instead of February, with the plan to return to the U.S. at the end of June, as originally scheduled. The advantages of this are many: good completion of our Chepang project, a little more time to logistically prepare (we don't even have suitcases yet!), good closure on this phase of our Nepal service (including closure for Nick, who might not return again to Nepal, with us, as he is setting his own course for life), the opportunity to see Europe (which we had already scheduled into our trip on the way home), etc. You know, as we considered how we might invest our next six months, we realized that a house is certainly not a secure/"for-sure" thing...we might pick all the amenities we like (right down to the final light switch), and in a moment, it could all be gone again. Or the end might come, in the twinkling of an eye, sometime in our lifetimes. When it does come, I hope we are found investing in the things that last: people. There are some people in Nepal, to whom we are committed, and it seems we need to see this next step through. What will come in 2014? We have no idea. For now, it seems that we are being drawn back to Nepal, for yet another stint of service. Is it easy? No. Is it fun? Sometimes, but usually not. Is it fulfilling? Yes. Perhaps there will be at least one Nepali who will be summoned at the final trumpet call, whose life we had an opportunity to touch in 2013...perhaps...and maybe not, but I am pretty sure that when that final trumpet sounds, I will have no thought for my house. Christ will come again...to bring His people home. He is preparing a marvelous house for us...I am sure that my choices on my small abode here does not even compare. We seek the peace that surpasses understanding as we stand on the doorstep of our next journey.
Thank you for praying with us!
Kimberly, for all the Beines
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