My first assignment will be in Nepal.
I will be working with Mission Nannys.
Mission Nannys was formed years ago to help overseas missionary families
through stressful situations by sending a volunteer Mission Nanny to serve
them. My new family has three adorable
children. I will be homeschooling the
oldest two children, keeping a watchful eye on the youngest child, and helping
with the cooking and cleaning. Do you
remember Alice from the Brady Bunch? Yep,
that’s going to be me!
Nepal only issues visas allowing visitors to stay a maximum of 150
calendar days per year. By scheduling my
visits back to back, I can stay 150 days during the end of 2014 and 150 days from
the beginning of 2015. This gives me ten
months straight that I will be able to help this wonderful missionary
family. Surprisingly, learning the Nepali language has been unusually easy for me. I am looking forward to being immersed in their culture and learning to speak the language fluently.
I am beyond thrilled to have this opportunity to serve. God uses each of us according to our strengths. God created me to be unique and He uses that uniqueness for His glory. My quirky sense of humor, my klutziness, my personality....God uses my uniqueness to connect with those around me. That is what gives me the confidence to leave a great job, a caring family, and everything that I am familiar with to travel halfway around the Earth to be a Nanny. God is in control....let the adventure begin! In 50 days, I will begin this wonderful adventure!
This is Lenny. He is my traveling gnome. In my family, gnomes are reasons to smile. They live in our garden, hidden in ceramic mushroom houses. They reside on our Christmas tree and sometimes peek out from behind our televisions. I purchased Lenny specifically to remind me of my wonderful sister, who would give anything to join me on this trip. During my adventure I will be posting lots of pictures of Lenny. I hope you enjoy the world from his viewpoint!
Called or not, God is there.
Called or not, God is there.
