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Speeding Up

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“We are running out of time. We do not have time to sit, talk, and rest. Not even a second! We are getting late. We have a big job, many places to go, a hundred lives to impact, and powerful Heavenly news to pass on. We need more missionaries and energy to evangelize people.” says Ps. B.

He adds, “Many wandering people struggle amid persecution, poverty, life’s dizziness, frustrations, and daily problems. Our job is to share life-saving testimonies and bring Heaven to Earth. Let us gear up and get ready for His second coming. Our short rest or lateness can take away somebody’s life.”

His ordinary yet meaningful words filled me with more power and energy. To evangelize most hidden tribes in the Himalayas, he walked miles tearing his shoes, sweating his clothes, and emptying his stomach. Thank you, partners, for hearing my request and providing our three faithful men of God with motorcycles to speed up God’s mission. Your gracious and generous hearts have not just eased God’s work but geared up our mission and vision. Let us continue encouraging such active and energetic missionaries to reach our goal soon.

Thank you very much for your partnership. We are grateful to you for everything.

 

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Hundreds of Targets with One Arrow

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It is delightful praise of the Lord that we received another honour of providing two projectors to our missionary leaders. Many influencings and blessed Christian Nepali movies have and intend to impact Nepalese societies and Nepali language understanding majorities significantly. We have years of many life-changing testimonies where few people have restored their cataract eyesight while watching Jesus’ movie. Still, in many parts of our mission fields, the regular Christian movie show brings many lives to Christ and builds unbelievable testimonies. The film conveys a unique enthusiasm, better understanding, and quickly comprehensible knowledge. It is what I call hundreds of targets with one arrow.

Dear partners, thank you very much for your partnership. Thank you for providing such compatible, handy, and portable projectors. Your generosity in building God’s nation is commendable. May God bless you more.

 

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Fighting Monthly Pain

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Menstrual pads have provided much love, concern, and awareness among our beloved sisters in the Himalayas. Since we have been distributing quality pads to them, their seriousness towards a healthy and hygienic lifestyle has transformed dramatically.

It is God’s great plan that we could intercede in providing those essential pads to three hundred sisters in distinct parts of the Himalayas in a single month. God is using our sisters in His mission and building His kingdom. Those initiative-taking sisters invite many other sisters to the Church, guiding them in the walk with Christ, reading Bible, participating in sewing training, serving Church through choir service, cleaning church buildings, cooking food, and many more. Despite many ministerial teachings and lessons, we overlook personal, marital, and physical issues. We believe an unhealthy body cannot focus on serving God. Since women face a lot of changes in and out of their bodies, we encourage our sisters to serve Lord with proper health and confidence.

Our sincere thanks and appreciation go to all the beloved hearts for caring about my underprivileged sisters and equipping them with more confidence. May God bless you abundantly.

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Glucose – Building Blocks

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Praise the Lord, for we did something different this time regarding health concerns. As we heard about the problems caused due to extreme exhaustion and several deficiencies in the body, we produced an idea to educate people about the importance of Glucose – an instant energy drink.

It is a magnificent pleasure to share Jesus’ love and distribute 200 glucoses to our beloved people in central Nepal. These beneficiaries included most older adults with a vitamin D deficiency and other health issues caused by its deficit.

Glucose D is an instant energy drink that provides all the nutrients and minerals required by the body during days of extreme exhaustion and fatigue. It helps to overcome Vitamin D deficiency, dehydration, etc. Glucose has countless benefits, such as cooling body temperature, recovering muscle after a day of agricultural work, serving as a fuel for the brain, and maintaining cardiovascular and digestive health by relieving heartburn, indigestion, and upset stomach. They became so happy to know its benefit and to receive it.

Purna Praja, 67, said, “The hardship of village lifestyle doesn’t let you pause from your daily works. Struggle and works are our daily bread. We face many health problems such as deficiency of vitamins and minerals. In addition, our place lacks medical centres and helpful medicines or supplements such as this Glucose D. How great and considerable minds are those who understand a villager’s small yet essential need? This instant energy drink will help us maintain dehydration and the system of our body. Thank you, Lord, and all the precious children of God who cared for us and expressed their love. May God bless them.”

 

Dear partners, the unique approach to caring for them and showing God’s love has strongly impacted them this time. Thank you for your partnership.

 

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David vs. Goliath

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Who can stand us when Jesus is in our favour? Who dares to stop us when Jesus holds our hands?

Harsh weather is not His obstruction. No storm nor thunder could ever stop His mighty plans. Nature is His creation, and they obey His commands. The recent mission trip to another deep location in central Nepal testified this witness. When recent floods and heavy rainfall obstructed Nepal, we stepped out to make a difference in the bereaved families and distributed food relief to 200 beneficiaries. It was the best opportunity for us to share Jesus’ love and spread the gospel through the human act. The kindness bestowed in times of hardship and loneliness significantly impacts anyone’s life.

The rainy season, distant locations, inaccessibility of transportation, and scary rivers were only a few death risks. People needed to walk miles to collect the food. As some mothers could not leave their children home, they had to bring them. Above that, they crossed a bridgeless river separating two different villages. Therefore, villagers were shaking as the water rose in the river. The tractor filled with food relief broke down while passing through the river. It scared us because we were more concerned about the food in it. The rising river could not only sweep tractors but all the food relief. The situation went worse when we had to bring a bulldozer finally to pull it off the river.

Ps. P says, “This has never happened before, pastor. The weather changed so drastically that it made our life more challenging. Especially mothers carrying their children on their backs and lifting heavy food relief at the same time while crossing the river took away my breath. It is not a witness of their strength, experience, or capability but a clear image of their pressure, hardship, poverty, and fear of famine. Most of their fields, livestock, and houses were swept away by heavy landslides, and they went homeless. If they get morning food, they fear collecting evening meals. Children stayed starving for many days last week. Recently one family lost their lives because of a landslide. Shifting places is not an option because this is our forefather’s land.

But all thanks to the generous hearts of beloved God’s people who cared about us and sent their love. Our gratitude to our caretakers for immediately enlightening us about God’s timely presence. May God bless each one of them.”

Dear partners, as the picture speaks the truth, the situation was intense in this area. People are struggling for their lives and thank you very much for putting your feet in my people’s shoes. Thank you for your kindness and unconditional generosity. Thank you for your partnership.

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A start of something new

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In Nepal, women face disproportionate risks as vulnerable people. Many sisters face unendurable torments and torture. Despite their best efforts to become a good daughter to someone’s wife, women go through divergent phases of their lives in fulfilling their callings.

Sumaya Praja says, “I don’t belong to a modern generation. Unlike other women, I had no access to the contemporary world where ladies enjoy all the luxuries of life. And I know I am not the only story here. The struggles of a village have always shaped my life. I also wanted to study, understand the world, become independent, and lead my people. But the daily village lifestyle always kept me away from receiving such opportunities. Sometimes, I feel like we should not even dare to dream higher because we do not deserve big dreams. Higher dreams belong only to the luckiest people on Earth. But how would we know that there is somebody in Heaven who loves us unconditionally and cares for us ever since we were born?

Life’s despair has always abandoned me to do something new. After getting married at 12 years of age, I could not feel that experience of freedom and independence. My drunkard husband’s brutal domestic violence led to divorce that has a whole different story. Nevertheless, my hope and confidence do not end here. I bear the self-confidence of unlocking myself and doing something new every day. And God was, is, and will always be there for me.

 

It fascinated me when our beloved men and women of God thought about caring for us and helping us become independent through sewing training. These sewing machines are valuable gifts and rays of hope in our lives. Thank you, pastors, for caring for us. As a result of these sewing machines, our lives will take on a new direction. First, we will set a time for fellowship before sewing. Then we will invite more sisters to join us. We also look forward to sustaining our lives through new business openings and making ourselves independent. Thanks to all the helping hands for loving our tribes.”

Dear partners, as usual, sewing machines have a significant impact on our sisters in the Himalayas. This small yet impactful generosity has guided many sisters to lead their lives into a new shape, giving them the courage to start something new with the love of God.

 

Your help, generosity, and prayer have always become a source of transforming the community and impacting lives. Thank you for your partnership.

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Digging the humility

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West Nepal has a lot to share this month. What a prolific grace of God we have over west Nepal that offers the most fertile soil, agricultural benefits, and diversified population. People here are sweet and welcoming. However, the lack of life-changing gospels has concealed them from eternal happiness and spiritual joy. We are thankful to the Lord for assigning us to minister to His people over an extended period.

Nevertheless, despite the blessings over the nature of this land, it lacks many developmental infrastructure and facilities. Due to the long distance, many villagers living in remote areas struggle in their daily lives related to water facilities, such as fetching drinking water, washing dishes, clothes, and bathing. It sounds strange and surprising that such a problem still exists today. But it is impossible to ignore the truth.

Nonetheless, I thank our gracious father in Heaven, who provided us to be a mediator to understand their struggle and share His unconditional love. As a result of our efforts this month, we installed a well that became a source of help for many villagers and alleviated their daily struggles.

 

How great the Love of God is. Many non-believers were thrilled and surprised to find out that there was always someone looking for them, concerned about them, and caring for them. As a result, many of them expressed interest in visiting the church and hearing the Gospel.

Thank you, partners, for loving my people and sharing your generosities. I am thankful from the bottom of my heart. May God bless you.

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Cover to the Shame

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The Bankariya is one of the endangered tribes of Nepal, isolating themselves behind the deepest woods of Central Nepal. Due to the lack of developmental infrastructure, proper education, and other services, the pleas for help from this tribe are ignored and disregarded by many responsible outsiders. They are the most vulnerable and dominant people living in this area.

However, the glories go to the Lord, who assigned us to remain first among them, evangelize them, build God’s foundation, and share our concerns through numerous humanitarian tasks. We are blessed to establish many positive humanitarian activities among them and invite them to the home of God. We are delighted to collaborate with our mission field leaders and share God’s love with them.

This month was another blessing for us. We successfully distributed sanitary pads to 80 families. Due to the inappropriate and unhealthy treatment, many vulnerable women and children have lost their lives. In addition, these helpless individuals use unprescribed or dirty home treatments since they lack access to medical facilities. It is especially challenging for women during their monthly menstruation periods to maintain a healthy lifestyle. It is why sanitary pads are one of their essential basic needs.

Beloved partners, I thank you from the inner core of my heart for your generosity and for helping my sisters become responsible health wise. As a result of your help, they have become more aware of this most sensitive yet ignored issue. May God bless you abundantly.

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A Gift Box

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Gradually many endangered tribes in Nepal’s various locations have acknowledged the importance of education. Lately, many such tribes who used to dwell in the jungle are learning the importance of more modern ways. As a result, they have started sending their children to school. However, another problem lies here. The lack of government’s concern has affected many villages by preventing them from having highly qualified teachers and extracurricular facilities.

In the highlight of this issue, we received an opportunity to share the Love of Jesus through the education sector in one of the deepest and farthest schools in central Nepal. The school has grades from nursery to eighth, with around 200 students coming from distant places. The school administration says students must travel miles to the city to upgrade into ninth grade. Also, many students do not intend to attend school due to the lack of extracurricular facilities. They find school boring and tiring. Also, some students do not attend school because they do not have proper school bags to carry their textbooks and lunch boxes.

Keeping that in mind, we distributed school bags, stationaries, and sports items such as footballs, volleyballs, and badminton. Highlighting the sensitivity of covid and other health-related threats, we distributed sanitizers and face masks to the school. We also successfully distributed sanitary pads to the lady students and made them aware of the health-related issues. According to the school administration, many girls remain absent at least 2-3 days a month due to improper treatment and discomfort in class.

 

However, the school administration thanked us and admitted the love of Jesus through such valuable humanitarian tasks. They said, ” What a blessing this school has now. We feel like this school has been anointed with the footprints of caring people and men with kind hearts. Thank you for caring for our students and preserving the need for education. Your support means a lot to us. It helped maintain the mission of our school. I am sure the students will be attentive and come to school regularly. It feels like the school has been renovated with the love of your generosity. Thank you!”

Dear partners, this is just one of the many sad stories of Nepal’s school. Most schools in the remotest area of Nepal lack proper education and facilities. Most students do not attend school because they lacks dresses, socks, and shoes. Also, if we could do at least a one-day health-related humanitarian activities, such as washing and oiling student’s hair, trimming their nails, sanitizing them, putting creams on their cracked cheeks and heels, or something more, it would completely transform their looks and their heart toward the interest of coming to school. I humbly request your continued prayer.

Dear partners, without your help and support, this would not have been possible. Please be assured that your generosity has always made a profound difference in the lives of people and communities. Thank you for your gracious hearts. Thank you for your partnership.

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Faith Comes by Hearing

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Radio speakers embedded with 214+ biblical messages and soothing hymns have impacted many communities in the Himalayas. Our attempts have resulted in bringing the highest glory to the Lord. Many new believers have been touched and moved by the powerful scriptures. Our native missionaries have utilized those teachings and deep Biblical understandings in their sermons.

Those portable radio speakers are carried in their work, played while crossing dense forests at night, and sharing the Gospel among new communities. Many listeners have advanced their faith through the teachings and provoked others to listen at least once.

Ps. M says, “About 300 new believers joined our church due to the teachings in this radio speaker. It sounds unbelievable, but that is the truth. When we gather some information on how they heard about Jesus and happen to visit the church, their most common answer is the radio speaker. They want to understand Jesus more in person and get an answer to most of their questions, so they come to church. This radio speaker has become our friend. Thanks to all the generous people of the Lord for their precious gifts.”

Dear partners, I thank you for your continued generosity with all my sincere appreciation from my heart. May God bless you.