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This journey starting back in September of 2014 I cannot even begin to describe to you how far I have come or how much God has allowed me to change into the women he has made me to be more and more every single day!
He has given me little blessings so many times along the way but it wasn’t until Nepal that I actually got to experience God in such and amazing way, in my life!
This month of ministry has been my absolute favorite! It has been challenging but in life sometimes it takes being challenged by something to actually have an appreciation or understanding of it later. So… Ministry in Nepal was called friendship ministry, Gods perfect timing in it all has been absolutely unbelievable!
We started in Kathmandu, Nepal doing ministries that included working in the slums, leprosy colony and we had a very educational day at the monk nunnery.
I really enjoyed getting to have new experiences here in Nepal but something I didn’t expect was to cross paths with Q squad and be invited to the worship/ vulnerability night. Once again Gods perfect timing showed up at my month 6 or the half way point of my race. With Gods timing of inviting me back to a end of month one session with Q squad; I was reminded of how far I have come and how much God has allowed me to pull roots up in my life to continue to grow in him! It was a reminder of exactly what I was saying on my own vulnerability night just less than 5 months ago.
This experience lit me on fire for this month! It allowed me to see how far I have come but to be reminded that God has not finished with me yet!
Leaving Kathmandu we went south to a city outside of Chitwan near the national park. While their ministry included doing door to door ministry, passing out tracks talking about Jesus and nightly worship! After being so encouraged by Q squad I dove head first into ministry! And it blessed me in so many ways; I gave a testimony/ sermon to a home service full of Nepali Christians! It ended up being a discussion and you could really see the Holy Spirit moving in that two room home ( the kitchen and bedroom). God had taken something I was fearful of sharing and blessed it in so many ways!
So much happened while in Chitwan but… I have to tell you another favorite part of the month! We went to a city outside of Pokhara and did a three day trek and while I was there I literally saw God move to show me his beautiful masterpiece, the Annapurna Himalayan mountain range.
I woke up at 5:15 in the morning to set up my go pro to start getting a time lapse of the sky as the sun came up to reveal the Himalayan mountains! As I am sitting there two of the translators got up and start running around the yard! I am going to be honest, I thought they were just older and that was the morning warm up for the hike we got to do that day. It didn’t take me long to realize they were doing something completely more incredible.
They had their hands in the air running in a circle praying to God! YES, my heavenly father! They were asking for the sky to clear so that we could see his beauty! They danced, sang, laughed and skipped around with joy as they prayed for the sky to clear! I had never seen anything like it, all I could do is watch! As I was sitting there the black clouds that once covered the mountain tops, all went away! We could see the Himalayan mountain range in perfect view!
Once again God had perfect timing to show me His absolutely amazing beauty that he created for us.
Overall, Nepal showed me that I came on the race with a comfort zone of the idea of living as a Christian, an expectation of what it looked and felt like. I had a way of praying as a Christian and being completely honest that was never out loud. All I can say is, with Gods perfect timing, I am ready to let my heavenly father make those decisions for me. I want to be comfortably uncomfortable more often, in a sense I want to be comfortably numb with the hard stuff. I am learning to do this in a variety of situations such as: telling my testimony, praying out loud, or challenging myself to read the entire bible before coming home (this is something I have never done).
My favorite verse Luke 1:37- Nothing is Impossible with God
I want to challenge myself to let go of as many expectations and comforts as possible. I am tired of putting God in a box. I am tired of putting any expectation on what can and cannot be done. I am ready for God to have perfect timing in every situation and radically change the way I am living!!
Until Next time,
Courtney, Maya, Country Love, Conay (connie), etc
