Back in Nepal, people are gearing up for elections on April 10th, the first ones to be held since 1999. Hopefully they will go off peacefully, but as elections in South Asia go, there is intimidation, exploitation, buying of votes, riots and the inevitable casualties.

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It is the start of Parents week at school. Like ourselves hundreds of parents come from all over Asia to see their children in the half term break, the school puts on a great programme and it is great craic. The School community is diverse and it is encouraging to see so many involved in mission in different parts of Asia and to hear their stories.

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Ali and I have just returned from our Hospital in the Far West of Nepal, sure it is only 800km by road – happily we flew most of it on a Budha AIr 19 seater plane. The trip crosses two-thirds of Nepal and we see lots of territory. The high Himal peeking through the clouds, the dry earth – even more dry the further we get into the dry season: next rain? it could be June…let’s just forget the umbrellas. Going through the forests, amazing huge pine trees opening on to rhododendron forests just at the end of the blossom season, deep red blooms of glory. Some of the locals in Dadeldhura, where our hospital is, have been entrepreneurial and used the blooms as the basis for a drink – ‘Lali Gurans Teas’.

What a journey, long and tiresome, yet inspiring and beautiful. What a God to create such wonder.