Hello friends and family,
I apologize for being so MIA this past month. After India I was really reflecting on my time and how I spent it and I was feeling like I needed a break off social media and the internet. My team and I are currently done with ministry in Nepal and we leave for Africa on the 7th. I can’t believe it has already been 2 months since I left home. God has been so good to me by providing for my physical needs and also keeping me in good health and also meeting my spiritual needs and challenging me and growing me as well.
I have a whole month to catch everyone up on so I will try to be as effective as possible. We started our ministry in Kathmandu, Nepal. We had 10 days in Kathmandu where we did all different types of ministries like teaching in the schools, doing house visits, leading church services and going on very long hikes. One thing God was showing me in that time was “am I really trusting in Him or doing this all on my own”? God showed me how to surrender to Him and allow him to work through me and it was so sweet. One of my favorite days was when we went to a school and it was a purely Hindu school. One of the teachers I was working with was a Muslim. Throughout the day we got to know each other well and after school was over myself and another girl on our team got to share the gospel with her and how we have a personal relationship with our Savior. She listened very carefully and she was very interested and God was showing me that although I was not able to lead her to Christ I was able to plant a seed that would never have gotten there if I wouldn’t have shared with her. I pray that I can continue to keep in contact with her and continue to be a light and testimony to her.
The next 10 days were spent in a village called Gorkah. Wow, God was really preparing me for this village when I was in Kathmandu and I didn’t even know it. Gorkah is a beautiful village in the mountains. It is primarily Hindu but there is a rather large church there with many believers. As we arrived there I could feel the presence of the Lord. The beauty was all around me, yet there was also tragedy around me. Every morning I would wake up and see the huge Himalayans with the hills covered in green tress and flowers. The beauty is almost unexplainable. Sadly, every morning and night we would here the songs and dances and drums the people would play as they worshiped their many Gods. Not only do they worships idols they live a lifestyle that is very unpleasing to the Lord, they persecute Christians for their beliefs, they say that Jesus is a foreign God and that he is for westerners only. The believers in the church have such a struggle to defend their faith. Their hearts are so willing to serve the Lord yet they face many challenges. Through these things God continued to ask me, “do you trust me”? One of the days I had to get up and preach at church. I was very nervous because perching is not one of my gifts and how am I suppose to encourage these believers in the Lord? Their faith is greater than mine! God spoke to me in that moment so I turned my Bible to Hebrews 12:1-2. I began to speak to the many people about finishing the race well and running with endurance. I shared with them how I ran my marathon and the difficulties I faced yet I endured to the end. I was so blessed to see how the people were very encouraged by these words the Lord has given me. God can do all things, especially take care of our needs but my job is to surrender to Him and trust that he will complete the work he has begun.
I miss everyone back home very much. I ask that you continue to keep my team and I in your prayers as we leave for Zimbabwe shortly. God has been so gracious to me and I have not been very sick at all, please continue to pray good health over our team so we are able to do the Lords best during ministry.
