The Science Behind the Law of Attraction Magazine August, 2015 | Page 42

TOUCHI NG
THE W
ORLD
Dear Jewels,
My humanitarian journey has now taken me to Nepal post their two big
earthquakes. It's a mess and the jolts continue causing everyone to remain in
a state of fear.
But the resilience and compassion of the Nepali people is not shaken in the
least, the warm welcome, the broad smiles, the sharing of the little food they
have remains the same. This is the most humbling and heartwarming of
experiences.
So here is their story from the front line.
Sending love across the miles...Linda

Forgotten Families
10 minutes from death,
the story of baby Arrush,
a day of extremes and
another lesson in
gratitude in Nepal.
Salty sweat is pouring from my forehead
making my eyes sting. My vision blurred, I
stumble as I climb over a mound of slippery
mud covered broken bricks, all that remains
of Sitashmas family home that was flattened
by the quake.
This young tiny Mum tells me how she had walked out of her parents house
carrying her 8 month old baby just 10 minutes before it collapsed. As she pulls her
small baby Arrush closer to her chest, she shares her daily prayer of thanks for
them both being saved from certain death.
The arrival of our jeep to this remote mountain village of Devpur, standing at an
altitude of 1,800 metres has created quite a stir. Since one group came and
delivered rice to the village seven days after the first earthquake no one has been
near them.
It was a tough route to get there, especially the last 8kms, a steep dirt track made
slippery and unstable by the heavy rains and deep mud tracks littered by large
stones hurled down the mountainside by the landslides. Nepali friends had
approached many jeep companies to take us there but on hearing the required destination all refused saying that it was
too difficult. Determined to reach our destination, we did not give up until we found one fearless and thankfully
experienced driver who would take us there. Crammed into the jeep we bounced, slipped and maneuvered our way
slowly up the track only needing to get out and push once. I must admit I kept my eyes firmly closed at times when the
cliff edge seemed a little too close. The driver was fearless.
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