Im John Raux. not a white American missionary.

Published: October 15th , 2009

a few things…http://​www​.vimeo​.com/​7​0​9​3​396.

Momos. water buf­falo dumplings with a chili sauce that my won­der­ful hosts sell on a cart down on the main road.

.Bunu. my 5 year old lan­guage tutor. mostly we sing and tickle but some­times it turns into hurt feelings.

. Patan. south of Kath­mandu where im stay­ing with Pas­tor Saroj and the Chetri fam­ily. Its basicly the place where the city falls off into rice fields.

. Nose ring. I always know when the locals are talk­ing about me because of the sig­na­ture way that they wig­gle there noses. (Tamang women often have the same piercing)

.toi­let. well theres a hole in the floor. buck­ets of water all around. you fig­ure it out.

.water­color. every­one wants to see what jn roe the tall white man with the “shake your nose” is doing. this is often the start of my “discussions”(basicly learn­ing names..beyond that my Nepali breaks down)

.spirit. every­day is a new day. never know what is instore, who i will meet, what i will be doing. many where masks due to the polu­tion. the open end­ed­ness of the cul­ture is like breath­ing fresh air.

. eucharist. cheeya and bis­cuits with every­one i meet. we are all human and meet across the table for food and the warm life that sips sweet gin­ger and new relationship.

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3 Comments

  1. Merriam
    Posted November 1, 2009 at 5:28 pm | Permalink

    Hi, John Raux! Like the title of this post and your video. Thanks for the updates, show us some more of Kathmandu!

  2. Skip Lewis
    Posted December 25, 2009 at 6:06 pm | Permalink

    John:

    I enjoyed see­ing your video and read­ing of your expe­ri­ences in Nepal. I’m Chris Lewis’ father and we’re vis­it­ing here over Christ­mas. Christ and Deb (and lit­tle Chloe) wish you a won­der­ful Christ­mas. I mar­veled at your paint­ing on Chris’ apart­ment wall, which got us talk­ing about where the painter is now. I will check your posts from time to time, and may the Lord’s grace and lead­ing be yours.

    Bless­ings,

    Skip

  3. Dee Rau
    Posted April 5, 2010 at 3:02 pm | Permalink

    Each time I get on, I find a new mes­sage and another saga of your adven­tures. All your cousins missed you at Easter. If we know when you are com­ing “home”, maybe we can arrange a BBQ at Kristine’s & James new house. Mom will be com­ing to visit in KC while she has eye sur­gury. Mar­i­lyn is going to have knee sur­gury at the same time. After that I will be teach­ing an adult to read. Have had two days of prepa­ra­tion and will have one more. Will tell you about it later. A big hug, Mom.

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