Sorry its been so long since an update… our internet access in South India was very limited… After a week just a few kilometers from the Bay of Bengal, we flew north about 1700 miles to get to Delhi, the capital of India.

It was a fascinating place. We met with a guy named Ramesh Landge that started a a ministry there called Cooperative of India and it’s an outreach to inner city and rural folk alike. God is really using him. In northern india alone he said there is something like 600 million… and less than 1% of them are Christian.

We went to Agra for a quick day trip to see the Taj Mahal and the Red Fort, both of which were quite extraordinary… Then we came back to Delhi and flew to Nepal the next morning.

We were able to meet with a guy named Nate Sprinkle who used to be in a missionary in Nepal for about 5 years at a hotel the night before we left Delhi. Really a wonderful deal that we got to meet with him and benefit from his insight and experience. He hooked us up with a bunch a great people here in Nepal. We got here yesterday and had a guy, Pastor Surya, waiting for us at the airport. He became an orphan at age 3 years old when his dad was killed hunting in the jungle and his mom ran away. Then he began living at an orphanage where he was taught about Jesus Christ.

He is now a pastor here, running a ministry that is opening and running a number of hostels here in Kathmandu. It’s a really cool deal. Him and his wife got their education by going a Bible college in India, but neither of them spoke English and everyone made fun of them. Somehow, with the help of the Lord, he picked up English and  was nominated as the best student in the college and was asked to preach to the entire school. People weren’t making fun of him anymore…

Anyway, we are here in Nepal and just met up with a bunch of guys from Wichita which is pretty wild. Paul Lavender and his father, as well as a couple of other friends. They’ve just returned from a trekking around base camp at Everest and it amazingly worked out with both our schedules to grab lunch. Sounds like they’ve had an amazing adventure.

Anyway, I’ve got so many images I want to share and a much more thorough write-up to go along with them but no time to put everything together right now. We are headed to Pokhara now, about 5 hours drive from Kathmandu, where we plan to photograph some national parks in the Himalayas and some monasteries and such.

But I did want to share some of the images and a quick update to let everyone know we are still alive! I just don’t know if we will have internet in Pokhara… so here’s a handful of stuff from the last week… I’m really pleased with the work we came out of India with!

Thanks for all your comments, I will reply when I get the time! Dad and I love to hear from you.

A friendly face at the foot of the Taj Mahal.

We photographed the Taj Mahal from the back, a different angle the most... in fact, we were the only people on the beach shooting from there, and it was a beautiful angle with a wonderful reflection. We got out on the boat to take some shots too, but before we did so I shot a bit of our boat guide.

Loved the way the light fell on her beautiful face and eyes...

At the mosque next to the Taj...

One of the construction workers working on a church in the jungle. We watched a dog steal his shirt and run away as fast as he could. Luckily, he got it back but didn’t put it on or else the image wouldn’t be quite the same