Having just completed our week’s laundry in a bucket and hanging it on the rooftop in the home where we’re staying, Sandy and I pause on the roof for a few moments looking over the city of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, the poorest country on earth. We’re told that the average per capita income in Nepal is between $300 and $400 a year. While reflecting, we overlook this city set in the gorgeous Himalayas—the infamous peaks clouded by haze on this breathtaking morning. All around, however, is the poorest of the poor living in squalor and stench.
