Gerald writing. I have been attending "Learning Week" at United Mission to Nepal. This is an annual event, where representatives from UMN's two rural hospitals (in Okaldhunga and Tansen) and from their 'clusters' (rural areas where UMN supports local...

Lora Nafziger writing. Dear friends, I have been thinking a lot about praying in Nepal. It is something that I do a lot here, more often, or at least in more varied and notable ways than I did in...

Mitch Rhodes writing. I am starting this blog with a report on my trip to Doti, a district in the far west of Nepal. I was invited to tag along with a colleague of ours from UMN headquarters in...

Mitch Rhodes writing. UMN General Assembly Last week, Wednesday and Thursday, United Mission to Nepal hosted their biennial* General Assembly (*it happens every two years.) Besides UMN staff, it involves the UMN board, which has people from 5 countries. Also in...

Lora Nafzier I am not sure about the idiot in this title, but I liked it a lot! I found it when I was looking for a Nepali saying about the seasons. There are many Nepali sayings and idioms that...

Mitch Rhodes Just to confirm the above, I have never been a smoker, even casually, but the internet tells me that I've been doing the same thing just by breathing air in the Kathmandu Valley the past few weeks. A...

Lora Nafziger We are in our second year here in Nepal and now doing things for a second time. That means we are also thinking of what new things we would like to do for the first time. Auggie...

In March 2020, I was recalled from Hungary due to the pandemic. Leaving behind the friends I had made among the refugee community at Kalunba was difficult. The Covid-19 situation is not improving, and I will need to be...

I’ve found myself explaining what I do an awful lot these days. People are discovering that I live in the Ottawa area so assume that I must be done with my work in Malawi. If people think of missionalary...