SAN ANTONIO – Hundreds of people gathered at Alamo Plaza Saturday for a night of prayer and remembrance for those lost and injured in the Nepal earthquake.
Many were carrying messages of love and hope for family and friends in Nepal.
"We are like (a) small group of people over here, we are all like fragmented in different parts of San Antonio. When we planned this, we started getting responses from people here in San Antonio and we are really overwhelmed," Nishant Hada said.
Getting in touch with friends and family back home has been almost impossible.
"There's no network, no phone line, no electricity. So it's really hard to get in touch, no Internet," Hada said.
The full extent of the damage from the magnitude 7.8 quake is still unknown.
The death toll is over 7,000 and help is hard to come by, especially in isolated mountain villages that were difficult to access even before the earthquake struck a week ago.
Ishan Adhikari is finishing his residency in neurology at University Hospital but plans to volunteer his time. He flies back home Monday.
"We don't have that sufficient number of physicians in our country to start with and those that have been lucky to come here and get trained, we have been able to excel our skills," said Adhikari.
Adhikari knows this is his chance to give back, one he'll never forget.
"I think if I go and try to help the victims, I think I can really make a difference not only in their life, but in my only life too," Adhikari said.