5/2007 - Nepal

Update - This picture really epitomizes what we experience in this Country. Yesu (Jesus) loves these maanche (people) & we do too. They are dheri raamro (very beautiful). The keTaakeTi (children) are so dheri raamro (very beautiful), having adapted to their life and just being children. Some things to notice... the instrument is called a saranghi and sounds kinda like a fiddle. Diko (di=older brother ko is like "'s") head is shaved which is normally a sign of mourning. Who for? We do not know. We could only communicate that we liked their music and liked them dheri much. We gave them a gift of some rupia (rupiees) and suntalaharu (oranges). Di said that his throat is dheri sore and he is going to go to visit the clinic. Whether or not it's true is not our business. Bhaini (little sister) was clearly well taken care of and dheri kushi (happy). You can listen to their music by clicking play when the video loads below. Please pray for this pariwaar dheri raamro chhan ("very beautiful family" using high form plural).

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What is "high form"? This culture's language is steeped in the caste system, so much so that there are rules for who refers to whom with what words. This is a sensitive point for us as the government of Nepal illegalized the caste system in 1963, and we feel it an important point to recognize equality between Jew, Greek, slave, free, or even sudra (untouchable caste). We have an obligation to learn and understand the culture, to pick battles as lead by the Holy Spirit and not just our sense of justice, but we do find it difficult to accept that we are technically supposed to refer to the sudraharu the same as one would an animal in certain areas of Nepal. Thankfully, we have only seen a small bit of it. Kathmandu is not as rigid as the villages we have yet to visit.

So please, please, please! Pray for all of the pariwaarharu, the keTaakeTi, and the amabaharu (parents). Thanks.

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8/2006 - Colorado Springs

God is willing, and in the spring of 2007, our family relocated indefinitely to Kathmandu, Nepal. There we serve at a school and have begun to learn the language and culture of a country in transition.

Nepal's transition is not just political, it is spiritual as well. The vast majority of the country, 95%+ depending on who you ask, is a combination of Hindu and Buddhist. The last 50 years have seen tremendous progress in this Country and we want to continue that work.

The school we spoke of earlier needs our help. Ryan serves teaching IT. Chandra is helping as the primary secretary, but with the kids so young it will not be full time for her.

So here is where you come in. The spiritual climate in the whole region wears heavily on Christians here. One couple we met, whose kids graduated from the school, have been there for over 15 years. They have encountered a lot of challenges, but are still going strong. We believe with them that it takes a foundation of spiritual support to free us to succeed. It is a principle God put in place, that we are truly a body. It is our hope that every one of you will pray for us as often as possible in the years and hopefully decades to come.

Matthew 6:21 - "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

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The school cannot pay us to work. Most of the students come from missionary families that survive themselves on the shoulders of their supporters. So we are asking for you to consider allocating some of your treasure to support us. We realize many of you are not in such a position, for you we ask that you pray for us as though you had given us your treasures. If you do support us financially, please pray for us like you have given all you have. Sincere spiritual support is the key to long term missionaries and their success. It is only in believing the Matthew 6:21 (above) and 1 Corinthians 12:12 (the body of Christ) principles that I can rebuke my own pride and ask you to be our partners. Please allow us to climb on your shoulders and go to Nepal to contribute our talents to the move of God there.

The students are nearly all children of nearby ministers involved in medicine, church planting, education, and more. We consider it an honor to help empower these families to stay longer and do more. It will take us years to learn the culture well enough to even begin to communicate well with the locals. So we consider it a double blessing to be in a position to be fruitful as soon as our feet hit the ground. We love the people of Nepal, and we have every intention of being part of local ministry to nationals. It's just great that we can step into this support role immediately. Praise the Lord.

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Psalm 50:10 - "...for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills."

We believe the principle of Psalm 50:10. God owns everything. He can and will provide for us. We just hope to some degree that you, our brothers and sisters, will be the vessels He uses. In that way we will be part of the vine, exactly where God wants us. Leaning on God and you to achieve things we could never do alone.

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