Perhaps some sort of space time continuum happened. Maybe November never happened. I really did have a great Thanksgiving this year. My Family has a great Thanksgiving every year.
First and foremost, we missed my brother Christopher and niece Katana. They were eating pineapples in Hawaii for Thanksgiving. :)
This year it was at the home of my new wife, Sue. We had around 16 people and divided the meal 4 ways which made it very easy. There were two turkeys and a ham. Mashed potatoes of course. Yams, cooked 3 different ways. Brussels spouts, which Sue hates, turnips, creamed onions, Carol's green bean surprise, cranberry sauce, gravy, two different stuffings, and several different pies. What can I say, it was Thanksgiving.
Most importantly it was the atmosphere of the people. Mark, my oldest brother, is a percussionist. He makes his living doing drum circles and carpentry. Mostly people love his charisma and energy. Mark, this year brought a friend of his, Simon. Simon is also a Drum Circle facilitator. I think he also played drums in several bands in England and was involved in the production end of the BBC for several years.
I do not know how...but Simon ended up in Nepal in the scenic Himalayas. He is doing what he is calling right now his life work. I would call it my “calling”, my “ministry”, nevertheless Simon is part of a team filling a void and doing a job that needs to be done. Not so long ago Simon came upon the street children in Nepal. Which city I am not sure. Very sad story. The children...ages 7 and up Huff aerosols. They lay in the middle of the streets and both tourists and citizens just walk right by these children. They lay there....shaking...high. But sometimes they convulse badly and have poor reactions. These children Huff....because....they have nothing else. It is all they know. They are considered far below even the scum of society. They are the rejected above rejects. They have no records that they are alive and obviously no love.
Simon has started an orphanage. He started with 4 children. Today, quickly, he now has forty and quickly growing. He is genuine and hard working. Of course.....it takes money. If you want to reach children for Christ...this will not be the way. My prayer is that our money will be our love that will open the door..or maybe we can pray for a missionary to join their cause. I do not think they will be turned away. I could be wrong. People's personal causes are funny. But there is need here. There are people hurting here.
To get to his cause.....
simon@worldofrhythm.com
