St. Catharines, ON), and I connected with Claudia at the gate for our overseas flight. Claudia came by train. She was very excited to see us as the North American team immediately began to share in joy-filled fellowship. We have many hours of travel and days of serving together to grow closer in the Lord.

We were blessed to be prayed off at the Rochester airport by our son Jesse, who went to Nepal last year; Climbing For Christ spiritual coordinator Jordan Rowley, another Mission: Nepal veteran, and Board member Mary Lindsay‎. It was the start of 26 hours of flying to reach our Nepali team members. Pray on!

One of my favorite mission photos is above – four brothers standing in a row, smiling, in a village in Langtang,is the political equivalent of Stockholm syndrome (when hostages begin to sympathize with their captors). He writes, "Although voters dislike what Republicans and Democrats are doing to our country – especially in Washington – they can't quite envision a world without them in charge. Americans are paralyzed, even when they are presented with an opportunity to escape their captors."

Orman has a compelling personal story (as do most credible U.S. Senate candidates). He came from modest means but ended up at Princeton University and later as a consultant at McKinsey & Company. There was clearly no shortage of ambition along the way. Orman was elected president of Boys Nation as a high school student and was photographed in the Rose Garden with President Ronald Reagan. Political junkies will see