Woodland Park Woman Eager To Get Home To Nepal To Assist Family

BY JAKOB RODGERS jakob.rodgers@gazette.com -Midway through a pastor's sermon Saturday, the Nepalese town of Lamosangu shook with deadly violence, relatives told Ruth Parajuli, of Woodland Park. Within minutes, the church Parajuli helped create lay in ruins - entombing churchgoers and temporarily trapping Parajuli's sister. "I am just so exhausted, and so pained, and so hurt," Parajuli said on Tuesday. As relief efforts continued after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, some Pikes Peak region nonprofits - including Parajuli's organization, Nepal Missions - sought to regroup. Parajuli, who moved from Nepal to the United States in 2001, had planned for months to visit Nepal in May on behalf of her nonprofit.