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.