A group of vibrant members from Hope PJ has launched their first Nepal trip on 13th June 2008 (Kian Wee, Erin, Soe Kian, Chloe, Rekha, Jin Chuan, Elaine, Bryan Su). Upon landing, Prakash, Lalitha and the team welcomed us and brought us to the church. We met with Sis Nirmala, Indra, Kashi, Sagar, Alisha, Uncle Dhan B. and family.
We managed to board a bus to Thamel for sight-seeing, exchanging currency and a Chinese meal at Hwa Tai Restaurant. Along the road to Thamel, there were a lot of street-kids mingling around and begging for love and money. The dusty and congested road caused us to wear a mask whenever we travelled at the town. The familiar honking sound from the street life accompanied us throughout the 45-minute journey back to the church.
10.30am marks the start of our very first local Nepales’ Saturday service at Kathmandu. By that time, people started to crowd the small tiny room in the two-storey building where we stayed. The room was packed with nearly 30 plus people which consisted of families, working adults and some children. Bryan shared an inspiring story about how his transformed after knowing God and KW preached on a topic based on a chapter in Matthew. (how the Gospel will prosper the nation when it spreads to Nepal) We believe that as God’s children, when we pray, He will move the government and change the nation. There was an on-going strike which has lasted for a number of weeks due to the petrol price increase and demonstration by the local bus company. Most of the transportation systems were ceased, roads were blocked and people have to walk for 2-3 hours to travel from one place to another. After the service, we shared to the members about the importance & urgency of evangelism. We did pray for them for the empowerment of Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8) and many were ministered. The locals really have a great eagerness to learn and to be touched by God deeply.
God is good indeed! He allowed us to savour the local delicious (Sua-dilo) food prepared by Indra. On Sunday morning, Sagar’s classmate came to join us and he accepted the Lord after a sharing session. Praise God! To be continued…