Reaching Nepal

Many things have been happening around here. First of all I’ve been extremely busy working on my seminary degree. Two weeks ago I had a class due and I still had not written the 4 papers it required. Yes, I admit I am a procrastinator. So for four days strait I did nothing but read books and write papers. With five hours to spare I emailed all my work to my professor. Now I find myself busy with another class: hermeneutics. I have three weeks to complete this class so I am reading books, listening to lectures, and doing assignments most days.

Another bit of exciting news is that my dog Asha had puppies. They are mutts, one boy and one girl, and they are adorable.

Lastly I was able to take a ministry trip last week to Surket, Nepal; about 16 hours from Kathmandu. Our team has been helping a local man plant two churches in this region. We took this trip to be able to encourage the young believers, do some teaching in the church and with the leaders, and to look at future work. While we were there, we were able to assist in the church’s first baptismal service. On Sunday we took a trip down to the river and baptized 5 new Christians. It was such a joyous time and the highlight of my trip.

Yesterday God have me the oppurtunity to preach in the Saturday morning service. This being Easter weekend, we have services Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Our Sunday service is always focused on the resurrection of Christ so on Saturday I preached a message answering the question why? Why did Jesus have to die? The purpose of the sermon was to show that Jesus is the fulfillment of the promises and pictures God gave us in the Old Testament. That Jesus is the promied man that would give redemption to mankind. The blessing came when after the service two people asked Jesus to be their savior. Praise God! In case you’re intrested I have given my sermon below:

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Tonight, Good Friday, We invited our community and friends to come and watch the Jesus Film at our church. We used a projector to show the movie and over 400 people came and heard a complete presentation of the gospel. The room was packed full of people and there were even people standing in the door way and watching through the windows. My heart is so full to know that there are people today who know of God’s love for them who did not know of it yesterday. Thank you God.

Please make these people a matter of prayer. Pray that God uses this movie to open their hearts to salvation. Pray for a miracle.

Well I’m back from my second trip to Everest and I must say I’m excited about being back. I love it up there but its really hard work. I went with four other people this time and by far this trip was better. The main reason was the simple fact that we all worked together well. There were a few problems along the way:? I twisted my ankle a few days before I left, got altitude sickness at 13,500 ft, and a threw up 7x on the way down. I know all that sounds bad but really it was a great trip.

The highlights of the trip were all ministry related. We were able to hand out 24 Nepali NT and I was able to have discipleship lessons with our porter Pasang who has only been a believer for a few years.? Thank you all for your prayers. God did amazing things and I trust He will continue too.

Everest is the black mountain in the midle

Ama Dablem, my favorite mountain

Our team at the memorial to fallen climbers

These yaks seemed a little irritated when I took their picture

Our porter Pasang and I

My buddies Jason and Jordan after 13 days without a shower…nasty!

Sarah and I at Base Camp…Victory!