Narayan is the youngest of four siblings who live in the New Beginnings of Nepal Children’s Home. Their mother and grandparents passed away and their father is unable to care for them alone. Narayan is the youngest member of the New Beginnings of Nepal Children’s Home. You can make a difference in his young life by sponsoring him. For $28/month, you can help provide education, food, housing, care, and love. Click below to sponsor Narayan.
Below you will find a short video overview of our trip to Nepal. We put together photos, stats, and even a video clip to help you be a part of our journey. Enjoy!
For additional information on the New Beginnings of Nepal Children”s Home, visit www.NewBeginningsAdoptions.org or call 662.842.6752.
There aren”t really words to describe the emotions that hit me the moment we stepped back on Nepali soil. It has been a year and a half and somethings have changed…but most things appear to be exactly the same.
Three words that come to mind when describing Nepal:
– proverty
– chaos
– beauty
There is so much poverty that it”s hard for my spoiled American brain to even grasp. There is chaos everywhere…people walking, vehicles driving wherever they please, dogs, cows, and goats roaming the streets…the list goes on and on. In the middle of the poverty and chaos, there is indescribable beauty. Not only are the Himalayan mountains breaktakingly beautiful, the people are gorgeous. They have such sweet, strong spirits in the middle of the “mess.”
It feels good to be back.
We”ve spent our first two days having church services at the Children”s Home. Such a strengthening start to our trip! The worship of these saints is overwhelming and the presence of God is impossible to miss.
The children are positively thriving! I can see much improvement in their confidence levels. It”s amazing what food, care, and the love of Jesus can do!
Looking at these 10 precious children reminds me of a quote from Mother Teresa, “We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something.”
With around 900,000 orphans in this country, changing the lives of 10 doesn”t seem like a very big drop. However, when one steps back and looks at the big picture, it changes. These are 10 lives being snatched from a world of godlessness into the arms of a loving savior. These are 10 little lives that have the potential to radically change their country with the news of the gospel.
I can”t wait to see what God has planned for their futures and I”m so very honored to be a small part.
9:00 a.m. Hong Kong time: our group of seven volunteers is spending 10 hours in the Hong Kong airport en route to Kathmandu.
The days ahead will be spent training the children in the New Beginnings of Nepal Orphan Home. Many individuals donors and churches in the U.S. helped make this trip and our work possible.
By the time we leave, the children will have several new beds, new office furniture and books, bedding, games, and a lot of individual attention.
Without the support of New Beginnings donors, there would be no New Beginnings of Nepal Orphan Home. Just think! Your gift of only $28 per month provides food, clothing, shelter and care for one child for one week. And…we have many more project needs.
Please visit www.NewBeginningsAdoptions.org or call Marcus or Brenda at 662-842-6752 to help today. And…you are really the blessed one because this opportunity to fulfill James 1:27 is before you.
Tom Velie
President
When your world is shaken, hold on to this: “Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.” Isaiah 54:10
You have been on a long, uphill journey, and your energy is almost spent. Though you have faltered at times, you have not let go of My hand. I am pleased with your desire to stay close to Me. There is one thing, however, that displeases Me: your tendency to complain. You may talk to Me as much as you like about the difficulty of the path we are following. I understand better than anyone else the stresses and strains that have afflicted you. You can ventilate safely to Me, because talking with Me tempers your thoughts and helps you see things from My perspective.
Complaining to others is another matter altogether. It opens the door to deadly sins such as self-pity and rage. Whenever you are tempted to grumble, come to Me and talk it out. As you open up to Me, I will put My thoughts in your mind and My song in your heart.
Jeremiah 31:25; Philippians 2:14-15
You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
– Max Ehrmann – Desiderata
Recent statistics say there are more than 143 million orphans worldwide, including 115,000 waiting children right here in the U.S; I’m not okay with that, are you?
I invite you to spend a little time reading some inspiring adoption stories, please share them with your friends and loved ones!
~ Blogger Martha
Author Linda Howard Urbach recounts the life of the young girl orphaned by Madame Bovary in a recently released book that will be introduced at several local book readings featuring actress E. Katherine Kerr.
Ever since Linda Howard Urbach, a Fairfield County author and copywriter, adopted her beloved daughter, Charlotte, 28 years ago, she has been concerned by the plight of orphans.
“Having Charlotte made me think about the whole experience of adoption,” Urbach said. A longtime resident of Westport, Urbach currently lives in the Black Rock section of Bridgeport, on the Fairfield border. “I often think about the children who get saved and the kids who don’t. It amazes me because people from the most horrible beginnings have the uncanny ability to survive.”
This coming-of-age story of a young girl left alone in the world is the driving force behind her recently released book, “Madame Bovary’s Daughter,” a fictional account of the orphaned daughter, Berthe, who is first introduced in Gustave Flaubert’s classic tale, “Madame Bovary.”
“The character just popped out at me,” Urbach admitted. “She had this terrible mother and a father who was never there. I wondered what it would be like to be the only daughter of the most world’s most scandalous mother.”
On Thursday, Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m., award-winning actress E. Katherine Kerr will join Howard for a reading and book signing at the Westport Public Library. The duo will also appear at the Westport Barnes and Noble on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m., the Wilton Library on Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 7 p.m and at the Fairfield Library on Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m.
Although Urbach has written other books, including “Expecting Miracles”, and is the founder of MOMoirs.com and a popular writing workshop and play of the same title, “Madame Bovary’s Daughter” marks her first foray into the historical fiction genre. Before sitting at the keyboard to actually write, though, Urban found that extensive research about the Victorian era was needed. “I don’t know how people wrote books before the internet,” Urbach laughs.
However, she enjoyed researching high fashion found in France during this time period as well as learning about the responsibilities and duties assigned to a ‘lady’ and her maid. She humorously recounts some of the maid’s tasks that are listed in a 1,200-page, hardbound book called “Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management”, of which Urbach was able to get ahold.
Earlier in the summer, Urbach unofficially celebrated the book’s release at a book store signing on Cape Cod, where some of her family resides. Charlotte flew up from her home in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, to be part of the festivities. However, she didn’t read “Madame Bovary’s Daughter” until she flew home. Urbach said that she was simply thrilled that Charlotte was reading a book because although she was a Dean’s List and Honors’ student, Urbach noted that her daughter didn’t share her passion for the written word.
Urbach commented, “Charlotte said that not only was she reading it but that she actually really liked it. I was as thrilled by this as I was about having the book published.”
The book is dedicated to Charlotte and, in her honor, Urbach plans to donate a portion of the book’s profits to a local foster care and adoption agency. In conjunction with her book signing in Houston in October, Urbach is making a contribution to DePelchin Children’s Services. “Yes, I want people to buy lots and lots of copies of this book but I also want to send some of my proceeds to a charity that involves children,” Urbach stated.
For all of the local book readings, Urbach is thrilled to enlist the assistance of Kerr. The two initially met at Norwalk’s Theatre Artists Workshop. “She’s such a fabulous actress,” Urbach said, enthused.
Urbach is currently working on a book called “Sarah’s Hair,” which focuses on the hairdresser of the infamous actress, Sarah Bernhardt. Another orphan, the young woman is not only responsible for styling the 19th century celebrity’s coif, but she also fantasizes that Bernhardt might be her real mother. Urbach says that there is also a lot of information about Victorian hair fashions and French theater.
“Madame Bovary’s Daughter” can be purchased at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, IndieBound. For more information, go to madamebovarysdaughter.com.
Original Article may be found at: http://westport.patch.com/articles/whatever-happened-to-madame-bovarys-daughter-2
If the Lord walked through the streets of Kathmandu Nepal, surely His heart would be touched by the mass of humanity lost in an endless shuffle toward nowhere. Millions of people squeezed into a small area with too few resources to provide adequately for them. And yet, the Nepali people are kind and generous in nature.
In the midst of the merry-go-round of life, the New Beginnings of Nepal Children’s Home offers a place of refuge and place to the children who live there. The children are cared for, fed, clothed and…most importantly…love and treated with dignity and respect. They are special children.
The Children’s Home is supported entirely by contributions from the Mercy Nepal Partners. Each of these partner individuals or churches provide $28 per month. Have you considered taking a step of faith in the midst of the American recession? God’s economy is not impacted by the world’s economy. His Word still says, “Give and it shall be given unto you.”
If you believe that, simply call Amber at 662-842-6752 and ask her about Mercy Nepal and the New Beginnings Children’s Home of Nepal.