On Saturday (their Sabbath) we attended the Gorkha district Vineyard church, led by Paul, a local believer who has a passionate heart for his people. The church building itself was a small nine-foot by nine-foot converted animal barn. Thirty three people crammed into this room (I was glad to hear of the plans for a new church). With a tin roof and a sunny 40-degree temperature outside, I was relieved to hear of baptisms down at the river immediately after the service. Of the nine believers to be baptised this day, two of them were Raju's parents. Raju told Alexander Venter and me that we had to baptise his father as a Nepali son could not (according to custom) baptise his father. I had no complaints as the river was a cool welcome after a mile hike down the mountain in humid temperatures.
Later that evening we had a meeting scheduled in Paul's village. As we gathered, the meeting began with the villagers thanking us for coming. They danced and sang songs of welcome. We reciprocated our thanks and told them of the honour it was for us to be in their village. I spoke that evening giving my testimony and geared it to Jesus being the hope and salvation of all mankind. The villagers listened intently to the message and later 15 of them responded to come forward for prayer for specific prophetic words that Alexander felt the Lord had given for them. Most were touched by the Holy Spirit. I was surprised later to find that, out of the 50 or so villagers that came, at least two-thirds were Hindu. As this was our last meeting in Gorkha, I didn't find out from Brother Paul whether any had responded to the message. God knows their hearts and whether or not they truly heard the word. But now the door to the Kingdom is near. All they have to do is open it. (Posted by Ken.)
P.S. Nathan – your questions are answered in the blogs below. Yours too, Keith.
Later that evening we had a meeting scheduled in Paul's village. As we gathered, the meeting began with the villagers thanking us for coming. They danced and sang songs of welcome. We reciprocated our thanks and told them of the honour it was for us to be in their village. I spoke that evening giving my testimony and geared it to Jesus being the hope and salvation of all mankind. The villagers listened intently to the message and later 15 of them responded to come forward for prayer for specific prophetic words that Alexander felt the Lord had given for them. Most were touched by the Holy Spirit. I was surprised later to find that, out of the 50 or so villagers that came, at least two-thirds were Hindu. As this was our last meeting in Gorkha, I didn't find out from Brother Paul whether any had responded to the message. God knows their hearts and whether or not they truly heard the word. But now the door to the Kingdom is near. All they have to do is open it. (Posted by Ken.)
P.S. Nathan – your questions are answered in the blogs below. Yours too, Keith.
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