Waiting/Finding

this kid asked me to cut his hair. i explained to him that i
have never done this in my life but he wanted me to cut his
hair and he kept asking me to, so i went for it. shaved it fully.
He wasn't very happy  when he saw himself in the mirror.

 I and my friend had a great time ministering with the kids in the children’s home. We were able to help both the staffs and the kids and most of all we were able to connect with the kids and share the love of Christ. We even went to visit and pray for the kid’s relative and birth parents that were in poverty and health issues. It was very sad to leave the kids and the home and we miss them a lot. We continued to visit other children home in another district. The other home was run by a group of brothers and their family and the other one was run by a pastor. From the time we came to the pastor’s children home I and my friend were not treated properly.  We tried working with the staff but they came in expecting cloths and gifts instead of just learning how to take care of kids.

    The pastor himself was rude to the kids and to see all of this happening in children’s, brought sadness for the kids. I and my friend continued to pour out to the kids and share the gospel with them. On our last day we spoke with the pastor and told him our perspective and what we thought about the home.  When the pastor heard us he wasn’t happy with us but we had to tell him to stop being rude with everyone and start being like Jesus.  The ministry that supports the home wasn’t happy how the children were taken care. Please pray that God would somehow change the heart of the pastor and the children home would get better parents to take care.

    So for the last two and a half week I have been with my family and I am so glad for my family. Now I am just praying and trying to figure out what to do next. I would want to grow in my art at the same time get a job here in Bangalore. 

                                                  TANAKU(south India)

            

It’s been a really good month for me and I would like to thank you guys for your prayers. I really am having a great time ministering at where I am and I hope this month blog will be an encouragement to you and I. In my last blog I had shared about my team and the ministry that we were doing, such as reaching out to boys prison and ministering in a children’s home. Well after ministering with the boys prison I and the team head out to another town (tanaku) and we ministered to a children’s home. We had a grand welcoming and I have never seen or been to such an amazing welcoming by the local community. They made us ride on cycle rickshaws and in five minutes there were people playing loud drums and firing fire crackers and welcoming us. We danced with the local people and headed towards the children’s home.

having game time with the kids since the staff were very strict.

   We ministered to the children for eight days and every day we had programs with the kids and the staffs. The children home is being sponsored by a foreign organization and some of the members were part of the organization. I volunteered myself to help the team since they asked me when I was doing ministering in Nepal. Every program we did with the kids, we taught them about Jesus and also encouraged them and did a lot of prayer. The children home has been running for one year and they have been having a lot of problem from the land lord and neighbors. The children couldn’t play outside because the neighbors complained to the police. Since the town is still under the cast system and the man in charge of the children’s home belongs to the lower cast, they don’t have much freedom when there is a conflict with the higher cast. There was a lot of need in the children’s home so I and my friend decided to come back and help.

took the kids to the beach and had some teachings and had lots of fun.

   

           After ministering in the children’s home we flew to Nepal and attended our friends wedding and stayed in Nepal for a week. I and my friend (Ricardo) had to come up with some ideas to help the children’s home that we were ministering to. So we decided to fly to Bangalore and talk with my mom (Tammyma) and get some advice and help. I and my friend got lot of good ideas and proper structure to run a children’s home successfully.

the boys children home with whom we are presently working with.

   I and my friend went back to tanaku to be with the children’s home. So for the last two and a half week we have been helping the children and the staff. We have talked about child safety policy and what is the requirement of the parents and also trained the staff to be a better staff. In few days we will be going to another town to minister with other children’s home and also boys’ prison. We are excited and ready for the next trip to other place and please do keep us in your prayers. Thank you.

                                           CHILDREN'S MINISTRY

children from the prison.

I and the team with the local pastor in the village.

 I have been doing ministry in south India for the last one week and I am with a team. Before I go further into my blog I would like to thank you for your prayers and it’s because of your prayers I am able to do great things for God. Though it’s been one week of ministry I can say me and the team have done a lot here in south India with lots of children. Every day I and the team do ministry with children that are in orphanage home and we share the Gospel and also love on them. We did worship and craft with the children and at the same time we tried to fix common stuff around the children’s home. We were able to go shopping with the kids and buy them dress and plates for eating. We had so much fun in different children’s home and we had a powerful time with them, while we taught them songs and worshiped with them.

me sharing my testimony with the prison boys.

 

We also did ministry with the Boys prison for three days and this was me favorite part of the ministry. There were about 150 kids in the prison and all of them had different story but they were treated with no respect and the people that took care of them always spank them. I and the team had the opportunity to minister to them through skit, songs and word of God. I was able to share my own testimony and I could relate with them and I could see their hunger for God because they came up to us for prayers. We had a blessed time with the prison kids and in just three days they were very close to I and the team.

 I and the team were able to do street ministry too and we had a tough time because one of the lady in the street started cussing at us for preaching the gospel. We had seen a lot of victory and we are hoping to see more in the next village that we will be going there tomorrow. Please keep us in your prayers. Thanks. 

                                                   LAST WEEK

PAINTED THIS FOR A MISSIONARY 

PAINTED THIS FOR A TEAM  LEADER .

  I have finished my one year commitment in Nepal and I truly thank God for helping me and also thank you for your support. I have learned a lot in just one year and I know in my heart I have dived deeper in the lord. The last two weeks for me in Nepal was a blessing because I was blessed by the church and by the community that I was living with. Before I started my journey to Nepal I prayed to God “God break my pride and more of you and less of me”. That prayer I am still praying and trying my best to live in that life style that Jesus lived on this earth. This prayer was the main key for the miracles that I saw and the blessing I have received and I am trying to master my prayer. When I look back the days I have spent in Nepal I can say that I was not alone and God was there by my side. Before I left Nepal the last two weeks there I was able to minister to children and families in both word and art.

    I joined with a team from Australia for the last two weeks ministry in Kathmandu. The team did a good job in sharing the gospel and I was also blessed to see young missionary just living a missionary life. I was able to do a painting for the team and it blessed them and the church that they were from.

   I am so happy and grateful to be back in home for my brother’s wedding and it went really well. It’s good to see my brothers and my family in Bangalore after a long time. Though I am not going and doing ministry in the street I am glad that I am getting refreshed in the spirit and I am able to minister to my young brother.

   I feel lead by the Holy Spirit to go to another state in India and minister to the children in the children’s home. The place I will be going is called Hyderabad and I will be working with three other missionary. I don’t know what I will be doing in the long run but I know I would like to minister to people through my arts and sport and dance. Keep me in your prayers and God bless you.

                                           Bless others through my paintings.

the logo for the children's home and soon going to be printed on shirts.

     I am in currently in Kathmandu and I had a very safe journey from my village. Thanks for your prayers and support. I was hoping to finish the house that I was building along with the village workmen but unfortunately it’s a monsoon season and the house had to be stopped.  It was very hard to leave my village but I know God has more things for me here in Kathmandu. It’s been two weeks since I left my village and already a lot has happened and I know there are more yet to come. I have been doing a lot of paintings for various church members and also for the children’s home and I feel blessed to be a blessing to others. Me giving freely or selling for a very cheap price has shocked many people here and my answer to them is that painting is a gift from God and so I would like to give as it was given for me.

    I also have a testimony and that is God paid for my air ticket through some one. I had already booked a train ride from north India to Bangalore but two days back I just was amazed to find a missionary who was willing to pay for my ticket. Honestly I had no money in my bank, because I had spent a lot in my village on the house and my family and for the ministry. I was so happy to know that God just did a huge help and a huge favor.

     Next week I will be joining a team from Australia and we will be going to another place in Nepal called Pokhara and we will be ministering to the street kids there. And the rest of my time I will be painting and spending time with the church in Kathmandu. So my time here is not very busy but it’s according to my passion and I feel very much closer to God while I do art. I am also supper excited to go back to India and meet my family and attend my brother’s wedding.  I know this will be my last time writing a news letter from Nepal but I will say that Nepal is in my heart and I will come back some day.

Got this picture after 11 years. My birth parents  

     

                                                                 

                                                                        MY TESTIMONY

                     If you would ask me “what has God done in your life” my answer to that would be “He has brought relationship in my life”. I know there is tons of answer to that question but y answer has been my testimony from the very beginning. Many of you know my testimony but I would like to share it again. I have talked to my birth mom and sister and got their side of the story to add to my testimony and to my family testimony.

My birth mom cooking rice for me and my sis.

                 I was born in cultured hindu family from Nepal and I belonged to the high cast. My dad married three women including my mom. Since I was very naughty kid my dad took me to south India, thinking that I will learn and be educated. When I came to south India I didn’t like my step mom and I ran away. I stayed in the streets for couple of months and learned to survive at the age of seven. When my mom heard that I was lost she left my younger sister and went to India to search for her lost son. My sister was only 4 years old and my mom left her for five months with only 100 rupees. When my mom reached south India she went out looking for me and she got lost for two whole weeks.  My mom’s brother found her and took her to Nepal and there she lived in shame for 6 years. The village members made fun of her and my sister and took their land by force. I somehow by God’s grace was able to find myself a wonderful family in south India. That wonderful family is Kirubai children’s home.

          It was only through prayers that I was able to meet my birth mom and sister after six years. So God has brought these relationships in my life and I am truly great full to God for this. It’s not a coincidence that makes my testimony but it’s through prayers and Gods will.

            I have been living with my birth mom and sister for seven months. I have enjoyed living with them under a small roof and eating very simple food. I have served in my village and have shared the gospel. Village life is a tough one but I take it a joy and live with it. It’s only a matter of time I will be leaving my village and heading back to India. God has taught me a lot and I am still learning. I currently am helping my family in building a new house for them. The house is very simple but better than the house that they have been living in. they will be getting electricity for the first time. Please pray for my village and my family.

the house that we  are living in.

the new house being build. 

              

                                                         I am Blessed. 

My pastor's brother wedding.

     It’s been a wonderful month for me, here in far west of Nepal. I am still living in my village with my birth mom and sister. By the way it’s really hot, lots of mosquitoes at night and lot of music throughout the night. In this side of the culture people love dancing during the weddings. I am not kidding there has been marriage every day in my village and the funny thing is, my village is small. So it’s been a long time since I slept well. The couple that are getting married are always very young and when I questioned the people’s answer was that it’s part of the culture to get married at a very early age. Most of the marriages that I had attended in my village, the couples are in their teens.

His name is Bhirandhra who gave his life to Jesus .

     I was invited by my pastor to help him and be part of his two brother’s marriage.  It was long three days of marriage and fact is I had no choice since he was my pastor. The reason I am sharing about marriage is because I had the opportunity to meet new people and share the gospel during marriage. I had ministered to 24 young men and I really feel like God gave me this opportunity. While ministering to these young men I shared my testimony and they amazed and 10 of them really accepted Jesus. The cool thing that I learned from this is that we should bring Jesus in every topic and we shouldn’t be shy to share the gospel.

   Thank you for your prayers and support and please do continue praying for me and the people in my village.

                                                           God is faith full.

      It’s been two whole weeks that I am in Kathmandu and by Gods grace I am going great. Before I came to Kathmandu I was helping the church in my village and to be honest I am sad that we don’t do much outside of the church. We have prayer groups that meets up thrice a week and apart from that I do a lot of prayer walks and share the gospel to the village members.

              I had been preparing for the trip to Darjeeling with financially, mentally and physically. The trip would have been very long if I were to travel from my village to Darjeeling. So I took a bus to Kathmandu and my plan was to stay there for three days then again take two buses to reach Darjeeling. But then I got sick for a week and I was too weak to go to Darjeeling. Realizing that I would not make it to Darjeeling I felt ashamed of myself and over all just was frustrated at the situation. I was so sure that God did call me to Darjeeling and when it didn’t work out I was just totally disappointed.

        I think this month I had my ups and downs but over all God has still been faith full in every way. I am alright now and I know may be next time I will make it to Darjeeling. After my sickness I was able to rest two days and also was able to help the church in Kathmandu. The church in Kathmandu have different kinds of ministry and I worked with the maintain ministry which is construction of the church. I love the fact that we men can work with others and have a great fellowship.

       As I was working with two men from the church a children’s home kids helped us with the labor work. And one of the kid said to me I have no strength but Jesus gives me strength to do more work. Through a small kid I was blessed to know that through Jesus we have strength to do greater work.

      Tomorrow I will be leaving to my village and will be helping with the church and also will be helping my sister to build a house. To build a house it will take us two months and I am counting on Jesus for strength and good health. Sorry that I have no picture to upload as my phone crashed and I have no pictures. Thanks for your prayers and support .

                 

                                                     Praying for more youth  

my Nepalese id.

      I am in my village, staying with my mom and sister. A lot has happened in just one month. A very good thing has taken place and that is I am now officially a Nepalese. In order to get the citizenship I had to spend the whole two days in the local office but it was worth it. So now I have both Indian and Nepalese ID. I am grateful for your prayers and support and because of that I and my family have been able to sell our property. Now we have enough money to build a decent house.  Since my sister couldn’t finish her studies due to my mom health condition and since she is too old to continue, we have been praying for some opportunity. Finally after many months my sister was able to do a beauty parlor course, provided by the government.

       I am able to talk to people about Jesus freely after a long period of friendship with the local people. It seems to me many know Jesus as a good man but not as the truth. They like how the Christian religion is but they are not willing to follow Jesus since it’s new to their culture. I and the youths of my church in my village have been frequently meeting and praying a lot. Though there are only 6 of us praying we sense God is working something in our village. Thought I cannot see a person coming to Jesus, I constantly keep hearing people giving their life to Jesus.

  The last time I was at my village I used to talk to the youths in my village and to be honest I used to spend a lot of time with them. I was getting a lot closer to them and I used to pray with them in football ground. It’s been 20 days since I came to my village and the sad thing is I am not able to find the youths that I used to spend time with. I am a little bit disappointed because it took me time to gain their friendship and trust but now it’s all gone. I am not giving up but it really hurts to see things not going as you have liked to.

     In a few days I will be travelling to Kathmandu and Darjeeling (north east India) for ministry purpose.  I will be joining with a team from south India and I hope God helps me out. Thank you .

                                   BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING 

        

  Well I am still in Kathmandu and it’s been a wonderful month and it’s all because of God and me living under his blessing. I know I said I was going to my village in my last news letter but things turned around and I got the opportunity to paint. I have been praying for a long time and I know that God wants me to be a blessing to others through my painting. Last month my painting was a blessing to a children’s home.  This month the paintings are a blessing to many family and friends. It’s just not that the painting is nice to look at but it’s all because I prayed and waited and painted. The glory goes to God since he spoke to me and I just had to listen and be open to him.

     The paintings that I do are to support my birth mom and sister as they don’t get any source of income from anywhere.  Each painting has a story behind it and I would like to share one of the stories to you guys. Two weeks ago a pastor asked me to paint three painting for a family. The family wanted a painting of a lion, nature and the last one for the family. The last one was to be a prophetic one for the family.  I prayed a lot and since I really didn’t know the family I had to just wait upon God. As I was praying I saw a light house an ocean and a ship. Had no idea what that meant but I just went ahead and painted it. It was strange for me to paint a light house for a Nepal family cause there is no lighthouse or a sea in Nepal. When the family saw the painting they were shocked and the amazing part was that the father of the family was working in Australia in a ship. They understood the painting more than I did.

     I have done about 12 paintings and I know they are going to be a blessing to many people. I am glad that I am gifted with the talent of painting and I am going to bless as many as people. Thank you for your prayers and support.

                                                           LION OF JUDAH
                                                                        

the logo for the home

Well I am in Kathmandu and I have been here for three weeks. My time here has been a blessing and a time of refreshment. I wish I could stay longer in Kathmandu cause in the last three weeks I have done more than I did in my village. And also it is easier for me to find something to do here in Kathmandu than in my village. I had a great time with my brother celebrating Christmas and was also able to meet new people and have connection.

    

team that helped the street kids

Last week I joined a church to help with the street kid’s home. The church has been working with the street kids for a very long time and a few months ago I too was able to minister to the street kids. The kids now are in their teens and most of them have been addicted to drugs and weeds. Now most of the kids are free from addiction and are regularly coming to the church. After many years the church was able to find a home for the kids. I and few other people spent three days just cleaning the home and fixing beds and repairing lights. Being there to just help the church has been a joy and I was blessed to see the street kids being blessed.

     I did a painting of a lion few months ago and the supporter for the street kids liked the lion that I painted. They asked me if they could use my painting as the logo and the theme for the street kid’s home. I didn’t hesitate and said yes to it and that was a big blessing for me too. I am glad that my painting could be a blessing to another children’s home. The name of the children's home is Lion Of Judah.

   

the beds for the street kids

Other than that I have been doing lot of paintings lately and I am glad to paint after a month. My time here has been a blessing to me and many other and I thank God for this joy. I will be going again to my village in a week from now and I will be there for a few months. Thanks for your prayers and support.

    

 Greatings from me and my family in Nepal. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas in advance. I have been in my village for the last three moths with my birth mom and sister. It's a bit cold in here but all is well and I am doing great. Lots of ups and downs have been for me during this season of my life. The only thing that has kept me going is my time with God has been great. The job that I was offered to me last month got expired because I still can't speak enough Nepalese.

     At first I was disappointed and sad cause I thought this teaching job at a primary school was and answer for God. I was so prepared to take the job but the truth behind this is, for me to full fill something else and which was not totally form God. So again God was working in me and teaching again the basic things all over again. I too was disappointed on my self for not doing anything big out side of my family. I even was kind of Jealous at my other brothers who were doing for more grate than me.

  

I painted this during the marriage.
 

last month I attended my friends wedding and did a painting for the couple. As I was painting many people were moved by the painting and they commissioned me to do a painting for them. I thank God for this opportunity and I know It's God who brought the idea and is slowly fulfilling.

prayer points

please pray for my health as i have been falling sick regularly.

pray that I start sleeping good as i am not able to sleep for the last eight days.

pray that as i do the painting i would hear from god and get more idea.

                                                    Just like a Family

my home for the next few months.

 

 I am finally living with my birth mom and my sister. Thank you for your prayers and it is because of your prayer that I am still in my village. For a long time I have been asking God “Did I really hear from you, that I should go to Nepal”? To be frank my life is too silent and please don’t get me wrong but I feel “Silent “is the right word which describes, the way life is for me. I am an extreme introvert and every day silent in my life but it is too silent. It’s not that I am not hearing from God or me doing nothing. It is more like life in the village is different when you’re living in it. It’s like God telling me to go to Nepal and when I go and reach there, I notice a lot of things missing in my life. I am missing my comforts, friends and families. So for the last one month I haven’t had a proper face to face conversation with anybody. I am living with my sister and birth mother and most of the time we don’t know what anyone is saying, to each other. There is no electricity in my house or running water. I could go on and on about so many things that are happening in my life but it’s all silent. I don’t feel empty or jobless but I feel silent. This is how I am feeling at present and I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing but one thing I just know is it’s just a feeling. I wish I was could be an author or a poet to describe with the right words about what I feel.

    

Me and my birth mom.

Yes I am living in my small house and have learned a lot of things. I have learned to cook and cultivate the field and provide food for my family. I have learned to love my sister and mother and speak their language as best as I can. I have learned to meet others comfort before mine. I have learned to wait upon God even when nothing is happening. My idea of ministry was totally wrong and I have come to understand that my life is its self a ministry. Thanks Tammyma for teaching me that. I was so encouraged when I heard preaching is not the only ministry and that is why also I am still in Nepal.

     I have been seeking the lord for the next step in my life in the village and God has answered me. I will be teaching in a Christian school very soon. I am excited and nervous at the same time and thank you for your prayers. Thank you.

                                                       Dhangadhi (village)

     It’s been two weeks in my village and I am with my family. At presently I and the family are staying with the pastor of the village. My sister has been helping the church ever since she accepted the lord. My birth mom is doing well and is very happy to come back to the village after three months. She took me to many people’s house and introduced me as her lost and found son. There are some times she talks for hours to me in her language and I am not able to understand but I love listening to her and making her happy. I am in a very rural part of Nepal and to be honest it is not

My sister my guide for the next 10 months .. love her

easy.

    I am still learning the language and I am able to understand a conversation and reply in words. I am glad that I am able to pick up quick than I expected, since I struggle in language. I have not done much door to door evangelism but I know God is preparing me for the longer run. By next week I and my family are planning to shift to our hut. Our hut is small and rusty since no one lived in there for 5 months. So every day me and my sister go and clean our house and try to hold everything. We are also planning to sell part of our land and build a new home since the hut is too small for us. Not much has happened but I know that this is the hardest and I know that the victory that I am so searching is right around the Conner. Thank you for your supports and your prayers and they are a big aid in my life. 

Prayer points

Pray I would get Nepal citizenship as I will be applying for it.

Pray also that people would be softening to hear the gospel.

Pray for peace between my family and the relatives as they are trying to get our land.

                                                        Gift of tongues

Ever since I came to Nepal I had a feeling of what am I hear for and what am I going to do. I had no answers to my questions and for some reason I didn’t tell anyone about it. And ever since my pastor walked through the front door and we started praying, things are slowly starting to make sense. For a long time I wanted to speak in tongues and when the pastor and I prayed I was just speaking in tongues. Life becomes so much a difference when you start speaking in tongues. Now I pray in tongues every day. It might be just five words but they are powerful words that change me every day. It brings me back to realize how much we need and how vast is the power of pray. Now I know that God was ready to give me this gift of tongues a long time ago because when I pray I feel I was always praying in tongues.

  

   

painting during the wedding. 

I have been in Kathmandu for a month and I have been helping the church with the construction. Most of my time I am just with people and I am trying to learn Nepali. I can understand most part of the conversation but I am not able to do so much when it comes to me speaking the language. I was invited for a wedding and it was my first Nepal wedding. As I was sitting with the pastor before the marriage I was admiring his I pad. On his I pad there was a picture of Moses standing before the separated sea. As I was just looking at the picture lots of image just popped out in my mind. As I was in my thought the pastor shared me the idea of me doing a painting during the marriage. So I finally did a painting during the marriage. It was my first time and I am so glad that I got the privilege of doing a painting. Now the other day the same pastor came up to me and asked if I could do painting for the church.

  In a few days I will be going to my village which is in the west side of Nepal. I will be staying in my small hut and the last time I was there the hut was very small and lots of snail were living in it. It’s not safe for me to go to my village now cause of the strike and two weeks ago there was deaths. Seven people were killed by the local people. Two main officers of Nepal were burnt alive and a child of two years was killed. So I will need your prayers and I will be staying with my mom and my sister. For now the church in my village are staying low because of the strike and also because the nation wants Nepal to be a Hindu nation. I am great full for your prayers and support. Thank you.

                                                        

India to Nepal

   It’s been three days in Kathmandu and so far I am enjoying the fellowship and relationship with the people. I took three days on train from India south to the boarder of Nepal. The journey was long and hot and when I reached the boarder of Nepal, I took a pickup truck and traveled eight hours. The journey from the boarder to Kathmandu was great and lots of beautiful place.

the place i stay near by

    The people here are very friendly and very welcoming. I am staying with my uncle and his family and my mom and my sister. I am very blessed with the family that I am staying with and they have supported my mom during her operation. Every one speaks Nepalese and that helps me to learn my language more quickly. I love the family that I am staying with and it already feels like I am at home. I have been waiting for this moment for a very long time.

    So for the first month I am going to have to learn the basic of the language. Not so much am I focused on the ministry for the first month. I am involved with the street kid ministry and I just joined them the first day I arrived here in Kathmandu. I love the street kids here and it breaks my heart seeing they addicted to drugs at a very small age. We talk to them and play games and take them for a lunch. In ten days the church is providing them a home to stay and it’s their wish to stay or move out and in as they like.  The street kids in Nepal are very wild and stay in groups and each area they are there. Almost every day we go and find them and spend time with them.

street kids in Nepal

    I will be here in Kathmandu for one whole month and then will be going to my village. I will need your prayers and I am so excited to be in my country and I am so willing to stay focused at all time.

   Please pray that I would not grow weary but stay strong at all time. Pray also that I learn the language more quickly and I would be open to God to move in any way as he pleases.  

                                                             Waiting 

my fine arts students

 

the last day of the school

  I had a great time with the YWAM family for two whole years. The last day was a blast and we had a great time. It was great to see my friends and students getting graduated. We shared great and low times and to be honest the nine months seems like 5 years. We know each other very will either ones weakness or ones strength. We slept in one same roof and worshiped the living God together for nine months. Now it has all come to an end where we say our bye and go where we feel God is calling us to.

     My students at fine arts were amazing people and good friends. I really appreciate their efforts and a spirit of learning. My time in YWAM was great and I praise God for ever thing that.

Graduation day

   

  Right now I am in K-home and so far it’s been great. It’s good to be back at home and seeing your family doing great in every area. I came home for three things and that is seeking God, being close to my family and the next step of my life. Being here at home has really open doors for me to go back to my home land Nepal. I felt God is calling me to be in Nepal for the next season of my life. Even Tammyma felt the same calling for me to be in Nepal. 

 ^rd. I am hoping and expecting God for many things and I am fully depended on him. I will be in Kathmandu for one whole month and for the next eleven months I will be in my village. I am also hoping that I will learn my mother’s tongue during my stay in Nepal. The details I do not know but I am open to God for his ways. Thank you for reading and supporting me through your prayers. God bless.

my village in Nepal...

                                                                                                                                 Arjun BahadurSingh

                              KEEP THE FIRE BURNING

My fine arts students preparing for Grand finale project.

  It’s been three weeks since my outreach and things haven’t changed a bit. The passion that I see in my students really challenges me, in my walk with Christ. Just five more days till the school to get over. I really thank God who has made ever thing possible for me and the school. We as a school met with Akhan’s brother and sister (the person we passed away during our outreach). We are now working hard for the graduation day and for Grand finale. Grand finale is a program in which the students present to the crowed what they learned.

   

The students are divided into four tracks (dance, photography, Music and fine arts).  Since I am leading the fine arts for this season, I have done few paintings and other art objects along with my students and on Grand finale we will be presenting to the base. We really are working really hard since it’s our last program and it’s the biggest program that we conduct. I am really going to miss the school and the people here. It’s been a blast and I thank my mom, K-Home and Sons & Daughters for supporting me in their prayers.

one of the students working on his painting.

working on my painting.

   I have learned so much and have grown in maturity and in my skills in fine arts. I really don’t know what God has for me in the future but i am willing to wait on him. I am also glad that I finally get to have some rest and visit my home in Bangalore. God has been faithful from the very beginning to the end. One thing for sure I would like to do is, improve in my talent and that is in Fine arts. My mom is helping me out and I am so great full for what she is doing. 

   Soon my commitment to the base ends this July so please pray that I will finish it strong. My mom in Nepal is not doing well and hence I am not able to focus. My mom is very old and my relatives are causing some problems for her and she needs me to be with her. I personally do not know what to do and so I am going back to Bangalore to talk to Tammyma. 

      

                                                             Ranchi (North India)

children ministry 

                                      I and the team are in Ranchi, which is in North India. It’s been a great one month for my team, here in Ranchi. It was good to have Kiran and Kumar (my brothers) with us, my team really connected with my brothers. We have been working with the local pastors here in Ranchi. Every day we travel to different villages and connect with the local believers. We do a lot of cottage meetings and also mini concerts in various villages. The people here in North India are very open and many are mixed religion. Many villagers are Hindus who come and praise God during the cottage meetings. Women here are very passionate in Jesus and there are more women than men during any meeting.

cottage ministry

youth ministry / work shop

                                      God has been really faithful and a blessing to us during our ministry here. We really had very less money as a team but we never lacked any thing. God blessed us with generous host and pastors. It’s good to have musicians in a team and we used it to our advantage. 

My team mates were challenged to sing in Hindi and they did a great job. We connected the local people with music, dance and skit. I really enjoyed seeing people from other religions coming and worshiping God. We traveled a lot during this month, though it was far but it was worth it. Lots of people were blessed by my testimony and for some reason I am really thank full to God for who he is, in my life. We also did couple of children ministry and it was fun getting to know them and spending time with them.

   

                                          I was really depressed when the earthquake took place in Nepal. Personally I wanted to go to Nepal and be with my people. In midst of all my thinking God was reminding me of my life. He saved my life and my team’s life. We so often see the big picture and tend to forget the small things God is doing in our life. I should have been dead but I am alive and still have long adventure to go.

open air ministry.

I am really thankful to God and for all the prayers that people have prayed over me. As a team we are very tired but spiritually we are strong.

    

  Prayer points

Pray that we will have safe during the travel.

Pray that we will be able to finish strong.