A new Tibetan prayer house (left) is being completed in the mountains. Tibet borders Nepal to the north. Building materials had to be carried in.
Chuck Jenson, director of the Nepal Field, and I enjoyed a wonderful two-week visit to Eastern Nepal in late October. We were so encouraged to find the members working together to fulfill Christ’s mission.
First we went to Illam, on the far eastern edge of Nepal. We made some new contacts there through the Bible School. My wife, Rajani, who leads the Bible School, has been in contact with four students there over the past 18 months. After they completed the course, we sent a Bible and some literature to each of them. A special thanks to the kindergarten children of Captain Gilmer Christian School in Fletcher, North Carolina, for providing the Bibles.
Two GO workers needed in Illam. While at Illam, we had two days of meetings, and 72 people requested baptism. Two new congregations have been planted there. The urgent need for this place is two Gospel Outreach workers to nurture these new believers.
GO worker and church building needed in Kushwa Biratnagar. At Kushwa Biratnagar we conducted meetings for one day. Our local pastor and the Gospel Outreach workers had prepared the people, and 76 accepted Jesus Christ. This is one of the poorest places that I have ever seen. I hope we can add two literacy centers there. We now have two congregations in Kushwa Biratnagar. Two of the believers have been invited to attend the worker-training program at Panchkhal.
The urgent need for this place is one new Gospel Outreach worker and a church building. There are good prospects that all the people of this village may become Seventh-day Adventist Christians.
Church building almost complete in Letang. The Gould Memorial Church building is almost finished. Inside wall painting, electric work, the pastor’s apartment and the children’s Sabbath School rooms have been completed.
We were expecting more baptisms this time, but the home of one of the new members burned down, so we were able to baptize only three. The church there has made a positive impact on the people.
Three new congregations in Udaypur. The Adventist message is wellreceived in Udaypur. We were so impressed to see how the Adventist families have developed spiritually, economically and socially. There was no electricity, but every home has solar panels that have been purchased from the income of working in the community forest.
The people are educated, and the number of Adventists in this district has grown to 2,800. While there, we had 36 baptisms, celebrated communion and dedicated a new church building.
At Udaypur three new congregations have been established. Now three more church buildings are needed. Members have donated land in all three places, and the land has been dedicated to be used for church buildings.
From the bottom of our hearts, we thank all who have prayed and sent support to help make this progress in eastern Nepal so successful.