Dr Hayes said because health was directly linked to the need for infrastructure, UMN was also involved in development projects, such as water, power and sewerage plant construction. Over the past six years, Libby has been involved in teaching her children, helping expats with housing needs, teaching English and music, running women s Bible and prayer groups, and more recently setting up a children s club and organising a reading room at the hospital. Now I m somebody . She said teaching literacy also created an opportunity to share the Gospel with people. The Hayes children have adapted well to their Nepalese home.
People live close together and everyone takes care of each other.
It s a beautiful place to live. The Nepalese Christians were also encouraged, knowing Australians were praying for them, he said. The Hayes family will return to Nepal in June 2000, taking up a post in Kathmandu. Dr Hayes said he would teach medicine at a large hospital, with the aim of encouraging young doctors to take up jobs in rural and remote areas of the country. Issues facing Queensland echo in the mountains of Nepal.