6/2010 - Kathmandu, Nepal - Micah's birthday, he got a hat from Nana and Jim to match Elijah's, the third one is Sparx's.
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Dear Family and Friends,
Chandra has only 2 weeks to go until our second baby girl is due! Please pray for a safe and healthy baby and delivery. Even though Micah was successfully delivered here, it is hospital politics that are challenging. Recently, a western friend went to the hospital, and although she waited awhile to be triaged, she ended up having the baby in the waiting room on the floor. The system moves slowly, and as Chandra likes to labor at home as long as possible since the hospital is not the best facility, it would be nice to be admitted quickly. Please pray that all the politics go smoothly, as well of course for the labor and delivery and a healthy baby. Pray for no complications that their medical facilities can't handle, and for Chandra to be focused to enable the labor to go well, as there is no pain medication available, and Ryan will probably not be able to be in the labor room because it is shared by many women. Ryan's mother has just arrived to stay with the kids, and we are very grateful! However, Chandra's western midwife is out of town for 1 week, and Chandra would prefer she be here.
It is a hot time of the year now, being in the 90's daily. The monsoon season should have started, but really has not, so we really need the rain. It has become rather humid with the rain that has come, but we need much more. Our load shedding is really improved, but we do still have some scheduled outages.
3/2010 - Kathmandu, Nepal - The local zoo for the kid's birthdays.
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KISC has finished the school year this week, so Alicia is out of school and finished with Grade 1! Elijah still has one week left of pre-school. Since our last update, Alicia has turned 6, Elijah has turned 4, and Micah has turned 2! They have all grown so much and are such a blessing everyday!
Chandra has officially finished her role as Assistant to the CEO, but has signed a contract to help import data into the KISC database over the next year. This position will be part-time from home, and at Chandra's pace, so it is ideal to still be a part of the work KISC is doing and take it easy at home with the baby and kids.
06/2010 - Kathmandu, Nepal - Sparx youth group, 2010.
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Ryan is still working constantly, between KISC, and the still to be announced other project, he is VERY busy.
5/2010 - Kathmandu, Nepal - The kids and Chandra.
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You may remember many posts about our friend Punam, who has had many medical troubles. She is only in her early thirties, and has struggled much with high blood pressure for years, and has now had kidney problems for a couple of years. A few months ago, she started on dialysis, which is Very expensive for a Nepali family. Unfortunately, the dialysis is not working, and Punam will probably need a kidney transplant. She has no matches for a donor within her family. This leaves her with having to find someone who will "sell" a donation to her, as this is the only other way here, as they do not do organ transplants from deceased patients due to religious beliefs. This will prove incredibly expensive for her family, and she does not seem healthy enough to travel to India where a transplant can be done. Please pray with us for Punam. She is an incredibly sweet, joyful, and lovely girl. She does believe in Christ, but her family does not. Pray that she would receive healing or be able to attain the finances needed to complete a transplant, as well as a donor and be healthy enough to travel and recover. Also pray that her family will see the power of Christ in her faith.
3/2010 - Kathmandu, Nepal - Car crowded with kids..
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4/2010 - Kathmandu, Nepal - Easter eggs! Yum.
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Nepal was meant to have drafted a new constitution a few weeks ago, but the government has changed the deadline for a year from now. In the beginning of May, the biggest Maoist demonstration in Nepal to date occurred. Maoists bussed over ... supporters to Kathmandu to participate in the strike. It was mostly a peaceful demonstration, but small pockets of violence did occur. For one week, all businesses and traffic were shut down, with penalties for opening. It was a challenge to all to stock up ahead of time on necessities, and to function over the week. It was a challenge, but the most difficult part was that the strike was indefinite, so we did not know ahead of time how long it would last. It was at the end of the week that it didn't look like we would have enough food variety to last much longer, and was a blessing that the strike ended. It did not end in resolving the political issues, but in the Maoists deciding the strike was too difficult on the "general public", and that they would only carry on in the political arena.
We will have a shorter update soon to announce the birth of our baby and will include pictures! Thank you for your prayers!
The grace of our Lord be with you,
<>< The Jamesons (Chandra for us all)
4/2010 - Kathmandu, Nepal - Breaking daddy's broken chair.
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3/2010 - Kathmandu, Nepal - Lij and mommy.
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3/2010 - Kathmandu, Nepal - Elijah's birthday crown.
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5/2010 - Kathmandu, Nepal - Give Lijah a kiss Micah.
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IMPORTANT BUSINESS:
We have a big change in how our finances are handled from now on. We are partnering with ICTA (about the Jamesons @ www.icta.net), which is the organization Ryan first moved to Colorado to work for.
The giving information on this site has been changed accordingly. So please follow the instructions below to send your gifts through the new method: Click here to donate. Thanks!
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