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| Pastor Evans (left) preaching at an outreach event |
Outreach in
Thankyou to everyone who prayed about the
February outreach in the Kailali region, near the town of Dhangadhi
in West Nepal .
No bundes occurred to disrupt the events and the weather was great. Although it is the dry season here, it can
still rain – and it did – but on the day after the last meeting! The main outreach speaker was Pastor Philip
Evans (Oasis Church ,
Anglesey) whilst the morning teaching sessions were given by Pastor Margaret
Evans (Oasis Church
Starting this week, officially named
Calvary Bible Institute, this looks like working out much better than
expected. There is a module called Bible
Survey, which includes an overview of each book of the bible. Fortunately, some of the material I brought
out with me gives an excellent basis and so it has been agreed that this is
what I should be teaching. I’m thankful
for the way this has turned out for me –
it could easily have been a disaster.
I have planned out the module at 60 hours teaching time and have been
allocated 4 hours timetabled teaching per week, with additional classes on
Sunday afternoons as required. In
addition, the students have morning devotionals, 6.30am each morning and I will
be doing a brief bible message each day, probably based on a daily reading
book. I need an interpreter for these as
the bible school operates entirely in Nepali, since many of the students come
from other parts of Nepal ,
which are far less westernised than the Kathmandu
area.
Bible
Messages
This continues to be an important focus for
me and is working out well. So far there
have been 3 messages in 2 churches. For
one of these, the route involved crossing a stream via rounded stepping stones and, in the
process, manoevering around someone who had decided to do her washing whilst
standing on the stepping stones.
Thankfully, I avoided turning up drenched – especially as I wasn’t
preaching from the book of Jonah. I also
do a couple of house group messages / bible studies each week. This is really interesting since apart from
all I learn in preparing the message, I have an opportunity to see different
aspects of Nepalese life – particularly the traditional houses, which are very
different from the more modern buildings in some parts of Kathmandu .
Orphanage
Work
Passing the orphanage can take a little
time now – since I am regularly greeted with questions as to how “Kevin Uncle”
is !!!! I am gradually getting to know
the children better. There is a
particular need to pray for the future funding of this work. The present funding, sponsorship by a
business in Kathmandu , will cease shortly so
an alternative source(s) is urgently needed.
This could be via an organization or individual child sponsorships. Pastor Min Raj has particularly asked us to
pray that God would raise up the right UK
Technology
Wi-fi access is available in a number of
locations so communication should, in theory, be straightforward – I have been
able to send and receive some e-mails, especially now that I have obtained a new
internal battery for the laptop.
However, my e-mail seems to be very intermittent and unreliable – so
apologies for any delays with replies. I
sense the need to avoid getting frustrated or distracted by this – it is all
too easy to spend a lot of time and energy trying to sort it out.
I am still due to visit India
With best wishes and many thanks to
everyone for their prayers,
Kev
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