Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Nepal

Wow, what a shock to see the church in Nepal alive and well. We went to check out an old contact of some good friends of ours who traveled with us to India.

We had scheduled to hold a three-day series of meetings. Not knowing what to expect we went in ready for anything.

The first meeting started on a Wednesday morning. We got there only to find the four-story church packed with 1000 people on three different floors. That’s right over 300 per floor with video feed on each floor. We preached from the third floor and they watched from the other floors. The children’s church was located on the 4th floor.

What a refreshment to see the people of Nepal so hungry for the Gospel. Most of them took off their jobs or closed their business to attend the meetings.

With that kind of hunger you can imagine what kind of meetings we had. The word says “Everyone who hungers and thirst for God will be filled.”

God sure did not let us down. The meetings began with great contemporary praise then lead into intense worship. The presence of God began to settle. The music turned in to prophetic worship. If you have never experienced prophetic worship it is nothing less than awesome. God inhabits the praise of his people in a way that the Holy Spirit touches everyone there without the need for preaching. Issues of life begin to seem meaningless. Stress leaves. People get healed. People begin to repent. The Holy Spirit takes over and starts his work like only He can do. People fall out under his power and cannot stand any longer while the work within ones soul begins.

We saw the Holy Spirit single out people in the crowd who were unsaved and they gladly accepted Jesus. Many filled with the Holy Spirit. Lives were turned around and set on the path of righteousness. Marriages saved. Pastors encouraged and strengthened.

Women ministered to not only as a group but also one-on-one as Mariaelena and our friend Dianna Lindsey held a 6-hour women’s meeting.

The Holy Spirit is at work all over the world. We are on the edge of our seat as we participate in this last great revival.

Thank you Holy Spirit for allowing us to see first hand the hunger in your people in Nepal.

Our contact in Nepal is Pastor Ranjit. He has been a missionary there from India since 1994. He is now a citizen. He is contending for a move of the Holy Spirit. Pray for him and his wife and family.

Friday, November 7, 2008

Container sent to North India

We recently sent a container to Northern India. The container is full of supplies for the work we support there. Dinesh and Rachael Chand founded NICO, North Indian Community Outreach.We have had a personal relationship with Dinesh for 20 years and have found they operate in the highest integrity. We are proud of them and their work in India.

The work focuses on church planting and community building. NICO strategically places vocational training centers in villages that have no gospel witness. These centers train people from that village in areas like sewing, cosmetology, and electronics.

The center is Christian and advertised as such so there is no doubt as to the content of the message. Each center will have about 10 to 15 students and the course is 10 months.

The following is an excerpt from their website:

Leadership Training
Training the indigenous is a big

To date, NICO has trained more than 60 pastors and leaders to pioneer work in villages and towns that have never heard the name of Jesus Christ. Currently, they have 35 indigenous leaders that have planted 26 active fellowships in North India . Through the zeal and ambitions of these indigenous workers, NICO has witnessed over 2,000 salvations since 2001.

As this growth is taking place more fellowships have become established and people are receiving healing with powerful testimonies to the Lord. The Lord continues to confirm that training the local people is the right approach to reach the unreached in remote areas of North India .

We encourage you to go back to our website and plant a seed in what God is doing in Northern India. Simply click on donate and designate your gift to Northern India. If no designation is made your gift will help us in our general missions outreach.

Northern India


We arrived in Northern India on November 4th to begin a conference on Biblical Finances. We are working with NICO. North India Community Outreach. The conference is three days. Pastors from all over north India are in attendance.

The concept of sowing and reaping, living a life of integrity, humility, and putting others first are our topics. We are encouraged by the response of the pastors.

Today, (the last day of the conference) the praise and worship was one of the most anointed I have ever seen in India. The presence of God fell so strong, the Holy Spirit prophesied to couples, women, youth for over an hour. WOW God is doing an incredible work in North India. The people are hungry. Pray for the pastors of this area. They suffer much persecution for their faith. It is illegal to convert someone from the Hindu faith. They are laying everything on the line.