A group of us visited the Koth Gaun Vineyard the other day. It was mainly for the women's fellowship that we went. The Lord, it seems, had a bigger plan than the women's meeting. As they had their fellowship, the seven men who went - Pastors Raju and Shyem, Alexander Venter (one of John Wimber's former associates who is visiting from South Africa), his son Zander, friend Brian Gardner, Suresh and myself sat in front of the house chatting. The women's meeting ended and we were invited in for a spicy hot meal of beaten rice, curried potato and chicken. After the meal, we were seated with the son whose father had just passed away two weeks previous. As we talked, the man said that he had a problem with alcohol and he wanted prayer to stop drinking. Raju said that we should all lay hands on him. A thought came to my mind and I turned and asked Raju if he was even a Christian. Raju said no and that he had shared the gospel with him before but with no commitment. I told Raju to give him the invitation again. After a short conversation, Raju turned to me and said that he now wanted to accept the Lord. Shouts of hallelujah filled the house! Now we were ready to pray! We spoke words of encouragement and blessings over him first, and then came against the power of the addiction. For the first time since meeting him, a smile came over his face. From darkness to light, the Kingdom of God came to Koth Gaun that day.
This wasn't the end of our ministry. As we walked back to the land rover, we greeted some other believers who were sitting outside their house. The grandfather who, a short time ago, accepted Jesus was asking for prayer for asthma. Again we laid hands on him and prayed. Nothing appeared to happen but he, too, seemed blessed that we would take the time to pray for him. We parted company with them only to be asked by another believer two homes over to come in for tea. It turned out that this was the home of one of the girls who accompanied the Kathmandu Vineyard youth to Gatlang. As we were seated and drinking our tea, I felt an urging from the Holy Spirit to speak to her regarding her life's direction. I felt awkward sharing with our Nepali believers prophetic words, not knowing whether or not they've received proper teaching. I tried to caution myself but felt the urge to share the words far greater. Hmmm…..how do you spell faith…R.I.S.K! We gathered around her and all prayed with the result that the Holy Spirit touched her through her tears. Bless the Lord, for he is good! (Posted by Ken.)
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was that young lady Shanti? She became a christian when i was in nepal two years ago, and she wrote me a letter. Please give my greetings to the whole family if you see them. i only know her name.
You nailed it Nate. It was Shanti. This girl has such a tender heart for more of God. I felt God's word that I gave her was that God was about to give her the desire of her heart in a big way that would vault her out in empassioned evangelism.
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