Well, once again it was an amazing trip and an amazing time of seeing God show up in some pretty unexpected and spectacular ways. We just got down from the mountain yesterday evening, and after trying to sleep in…5:30 am as usual, we have a much deserved day off. We had a few long days of trekking, 10 hours on our push to base camp, but the team was great and despite a few sicknesses the team did well. There is so much i could write about, and i will try to shoot out a few shorter stories, but i wanted to give you all a few of the highlights of some really great God moments. The first came on the second day of the trek.
We had one participant who was really struggling and was having a hard time eating. So the team made the decision to spend an extra day in the village of Chhumrung to give her some rest in hopes that she could get her strength back. This was an unexpected stop and left us with an entire day in this village. The result was, after a prayer hike through the village, that we were able to get into the school, meet several of the teachers as well as a few of us were able to speak in some of the classes. We invited Hardi, one of the teachers, to join us that night for supper that night and not only did i have the chance to share Christ with him but we also found out about a small group[ of Christians that lived in the area. There were 6 kids at the school from 3 different families and they had a small house church that met each Sat. Well, as a result of our unexpected stop, this meant that on our way back through the village of Chhumrung, we would be there on a saturday!! It was a huge opportunity for us to meet some of the believers in the area and not only encourgae them but get others we spoke with coinnected with this new body of believers. One our way back, we met several of the students and even got to see the house where they meet. Our Nepali friend, Kumar, will be going back there soon to spend more time building up this new church.
Also on the way down the mountain, we spent a few days doing ministry in the village of Ghandruk. Two students on teh team took the lead on this and we decided to do some prayer hiking followed by two days of ministry at the school there. The village of Ghandruk is the largest Gurung village in Nepal. They have about 470 students from K through class 10.
We were able to put together two short skits, one for the younger kids and one for the older ones. We also organized some team games and taught the students some english worship songs. The result was again greater than expected. The area around the school was filled with students hearing the gospel and interacting with the team. We also found out about a brand new fellowship that has been started in this village as well. There are 15 new believers in this village and they meet in a small church each Saturday. One year ago there were only 3 know christians between both the village of Chhumrung and Ghandruk. Now there are 2 churches and over 20 new believers. God is doing some very big things here and it is very exciting to be a part of it. Kumar and i met with one of the village leaders and the principal of the school and are planning a big ministry event this spring in conjunction with the schools 50th anniversary celebration. The gospel will be shared with many who attend this event. It will be lead by Nepali Christians from a local sports ministry that Kumar is a part of. So we have some really good connections and some new and exciting opportunities for Christ to be shared in both these villages. Keep these places in your prayers.
God is really moving here and hearts are opening up and the people seem eager to hear more about Christ. Hardi, the math/science teacher from Chhumrun said he had just read three books about Jesus and really enjoyed them. His questions were solid, and he is very interested in learning more about the Lord. We will be e-mailing each other as i continue to share with him. Keep him in your prayers as well.
The team has done a fantastic job of respreenting the love of Christ to everyone that we have met. They have been sharing, and really investing in the people here. We still have several days of ministry left so keep us in your prayers as well. Much more to come, but that will hopefully hold you over till next time. i appologize for the poor spelling. Some of these keys dont work so well :-) and the spell check in not working.
Hope you can read it despite this. God bless you all and thank you so very much for all your notes both here and on my facebook site. Your encouragement means the world to me!!
God Bless ya’ll
scotty brown
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