Dark places

Went to a Hindu temple today. Very dark place. Hopelessness abounds. Matt got to share with a little boy today. When Matt asked where he would go if he died, the boy said it depends. Matt was able to tell him what it really depended upon. We cannot wait to share all that God is doing in Nepal. Even with all the darkness the light is shinning brighter and brighter. See y'all soon. Nepal Team 2

Done but never finished...

Team Nepal is off the mountail and in the city!  They were unable to get a Jeep because of the transportation strike so they had to hike down.  They are tired but fine.  Everyone is feeling better!  All but 1 ended up with the virus. Matt is feeling better too.  He was able to get up and move around a little today.  They will spend the day tomorrow sharing and fellowshiping with some local believers.  How encouraging to end the trip with people who culturally are extremely different but serve the one true God!  Please continue to pray for their safety - they have a couple of more days before heading home.  Please pray all their flights will be on time.  But most of all pray that the Light they shared will continue penetrating the darkness!

The Light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.  John 1:5  Pray the people of Nepal will begin to understand the Light.

This is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you:  God is light, in Him there is no darkness  at all.  1John 1:5   The message has been declared!!

God is working!

Just spoke with Team Nepal.  They feel like their trip has been a HUGE success but not without opposition.  Robert is much better but the virus went through almost the whole team.  And Matt had to come off the mountain after the first day because he is battling pneumonia.  Please pray for him to heal & feel better soon.  He is on medication and resting at the missionary's  house.  The team said that our prayers are being answered because the hearts of the Nepalese are open to hearing the gospel!   They shared with a Buddhist priest yesterday. He asked many questions & wanted to know how to get to heaven.  He was very emotional.  Since the team was there last year 3 new churches have been planted and 30 people baptized!  God is working!  Please continue praying for the team - they have 1 more day on the mountain.

Update on Team Nepal

I spoke with the Nepal team for a few minutes tonight.  All is going well!  They were able to go to some villages today & had MANY opportunities to share His Name!  Praise the Lord!  Matt even got to see his "old man" friend from the last trip.  They are hiking through some really steep areas so continue to pray for their safety.  Continue to pray the peoples hearts will be ready to hear the Truth.  Pray the team will be bold and see God do crazy amazing things!  Please pray for Robert - he is pretty sick.  He thinks he has the stomach virus & running a fever.  Pray no one else on the team gets it.  God is good and there is power in His name.  Lets call on that name with these requests!

First morning

Well we arrived safe and sound. We found out I you just walk real fast and avoid stuff the customs guys just let you go by. Had a great meal with our local contact and some others. Slept about 6 hours. Not to bad. Took a walk to the large Buddhist temple this morning. Thousands of people putting their heads into in scents and walking around the temple with prayer beads. One of the locals said they are attempting to earn points to hopefully get to heaven. Strange and sad at the same time. We will begin tomorrow sharing the truth with these people. Please pray that they are open.

Ready to Go!!

In Doha

Wow, what a ride. Randy slept 11 hours out of 14. Great flight for him. Not so good for the rest of us. Shane however loved the Pampering. The hot towels to clean off with. He was heard to say, " I love Qatar airlines, every time they brought him ice cream or snacks. Then we arrived in Doha and Matt gave us the, we're in their country speech, be ready for different behavior. Well I was bumped, pushed, and. It in front of about 50 times. Brad had several comments about that. Oh well. On a serious note, I was struck by the massive number of people from all different countries and religions. That was our first real encounter with why we are doing this. It would be so easy to write them off and criticize their strange ways. It takes love and obedience to commit yourself to reaching people who are hard to reach. Please Lord help us to look at them the way you do. We as men want to live on mission every day of our lives. Please move in our hearts. Check back when we can. Nepal Team.

Well so far so good.

Well it has been eventful so far. Let's see, only two hours in and Brad has already lost his passport, ID, plane tickets and Randy's pillow. God is good however, recovered all but the pillow. That's ok though cuz they are so cheap in the airport. Please pray for us, particularly Brad. We are considering confiscating all valuable and important items from him. Oh well, I really hope to be able to post somehow once we arrive. Please, keep us in your prayers!! Sincerely, Nepal Team

The Journey Begins!!!

Well we are on our way. Six guys headed to Nepal to share Jesus. There is a strange sense of excitement. We have high hopes that people will respond. Please pray for us to be bold and for God to prepare their hearts.

Nepal here we come!

Well this is the third mission trip for our church this year and there are two more. Wow! This trip is to Nepal in the Himalayan mountains.  There are six of us going.  We leave tomorrow.  We met two nights ago and prayed and prepared to share our testimonies with the Truth mixed in.  It was awesome to hear six different guys share about what God has done in their life.  Also to hear about how they believe that the story of Jesus can change the life of people on the other side of the planet and in fact anywhere.

We have worked out, prayed, planned and prepared but our faith is firmly in the Spirit of God to give us boldness to share and love to care.  We are asking that you will commit to pray every day for us while we are gone.  Please pray that we will be filled with God's Spirit and love and that He will prepare hearts to listen and respond. 

We will try to post as often as possible but there will be a dead spot once we enter the mountains.  Attempt great things, expect great things!  May His name be praised!!!