My favorite moments during my time in Nepal was when we had the opportunity to share the gospel with people. Since the Nepalese people had been so close to death, it was such a beautiful gateway to share the gospel through simple mind boggling questions.
What do you think would happen if you died?
What will you be doing now?
Can I pray for those in your family that are hurting?
Do you need anything?
When I went through the earthquake, I found my hope & security in Jesus.
There were endless gateways to share the gospel, and I LOVED it. Before our experience with the earthquake we had the opportunity to go to temples and nearby neighborhoods to pray and talk to people. The first week we went to a “monkey temple” which was filled with huge Buddha statues. As we handed out water and biscuits to those that were without homes, we stumbled upon a muslim community living under a tent nearby. There I was able to share the name of Jesus to a teenage boy for the first time. With tattered clothes, and a tent as his home, I handed him a bottle of water and cookies. He was overjoyed. We started off with simple conversation about what had happened to him after the earthquake. With his broken english he shared with me about how he doesn’t have a home. That him & his brother lost his parents a while back because they were killed by someone. They were currently living with their god mother and father & they attend a boarding school. Although I was being closely watched by those around me, I sat him down and shared bible stories, read out of psalms (so many passages on how the earth shakes & how God redeems), and the gospel.
The next week we went to the mountain village where we experienced the earthquake. The day after the earthquake we were able to walk around the surrounding areas and help people build tents. We met a family there and encouraged them and prayed for them as a little child (probably 8) translated for us. After we hung out with that family, there was a moment where I was lagging behind a couple of people and a Nepalese boy approached me. He just asked me simple questions about what I was doing there and that was the beginning to a long and awesome discussion. I ended up inviting him to talk to my other friend, and we sat there talking about his religion (Hindu) and who Christ was to us. He was young, but so wise. He told us about how he was in the mountains so that he could help his grandparents that were refusing to move into town even though their house was nonexistent now. He was vulnerable and open willing to hear the gospel. Question after question, he finally told us that Christianity was so different than what other people made it to be. He told us he liked it, and I simple told him that we weren’t there to convert him but to share with him. That it was his choice to whether he wanted to accept it. I gave him my bible so that he could discover God on his own, and that was the end of it.
The last week we had an ATL day which means “Ask The Lord” day. We would pray and ask where God wanted us to go, and my team decided that we would do cafe ministry that day. So we packed up a guitar and headed out to Thamel. We went into a coffee shop called “On top of the world.” With people from all over the world drinking coffee and conversing, we thought it would be the perfect place to meet people. & we did! Some of us believed that ministry was to encourage one another, but the other people on my team went out and talked to random strangers sharing what we were doing in Nepal. Some were people that left their faith, others were people were just locals enjoying their (good)coffee. I was able to talk to a women who had a heart to help the girls that were being trafficked after the quake & was able to pray with her. It was such a beautiful day where God placed us in the right place at the right time to encourage others and challenge others to seek the truth once again. There were stories from my squad that came in every day. Praise the Lord for all that he did & continues to do! With people sharing, listening, and accepting the gospel, God used us in Nepal in a radical way. Please pray that God continues that good work in Nepal and that the people of Nepal will find freedom, security, and hope in the gospel during this time.
