Over the past week I have been reading a book called "Little Princes- One Mans Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal" As the title suggests it is about a man who visits Nepal with the intention of only staying 2 months to work at an orphanage for the glory it will bring him back home. However, his heart gets stolen by the children in Godawari (30 min south of Kathmandu)
As the story progresses he goes back to Nepal, and well, the rest is in the book. "Little Princes" by Conor Grennan. Read it. Through this real life story, I have already fallen in love with the people of Nepal and the country itself. I am already burdened with the well being and the salvation of this people group. I have also learned a lot about Nepali culture and history throughout the story.
Nepal was divided by a ten year civil war (1996-2006). During this war, rebels overtook most of the north west regions and would force children to fight for them. In order to protect their children parents would spend their entire life's savings and go in to debt to send their children to Kathmandu. Little did they know, that the men offering to feed them, send them to school and take care of them, were nothing but vultures and child traffickers. They took any donation they could from good-doers and pocket it, instead of spending it on the children. Most of them ended up homeless, starving and alone.
Even after the peace treaty was signed, the children where stuck in Kathmandu with no idea how to reach their families or if they were even alive. This story reconnects some of these children with their long lost families hundreds of miles away.
I could not be more excited the God has chosen to send us to Nepal. Even now, God is preparing my heart for the ministry there with our students. Please pray that our students experience similar heart preparation for this mission.
UPDATE: We are at about $4,000 of the $12,000 that we are attempting to raise. If you would like to help support us click Here and choose one of our names from the drop down list.
-Kelsie
(Jack is way better at this blog thing. This is my first. lol)
Monday, March 26, 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Pre-Summer 1.
Question: What causes us more excitement than knowing that in 4 months we will be doing ministry in Nepal?
Answer: Skyping with Job and Bethany and discussing this ministry for Nepal. Every week it gets more real, and being able to talk about the summer with the Hammonds tonight simply added to the anticipation.
Praise: Our team is growing rapidly! March has just begun and we already have 40 applicants! This is really cool.
Prayer: Of those signed up currently, we only have 4 men on the team (senior staff excluded). There is a need on our team for more men, and I implore you to join our senior staff (Me, Kels, Job, Bethany and Ian) in asking God to push more young men toward this trip.
Praise: We received our first financial update today and we are just a hair shy of 10% of our goal met. This goal of $12,000 will cover most of our expenses this summer including airfare, food, all facets of our insurance, and keeping up our home while away. THANK YOU to those of you who have been generous with you money. We are deeply thankful. If you would like to support us with a gift simply take a trip HERE. It's as easy as typing a number in one box and designating it for either one of us (Hint: Just click the down arrow, you don't have to scroll down to find us)
Prayer: Kels is working two jobs and I am working while going to school. This + church ministry + fundraising + a lengthy to-do list = Stress! The easiest thing for us to do in a time as busy as this is jump out of bed running. However, at least when I jump out running, I tend to neglect God. And Kels. Please pray that we would be diligent in putting our relationship with God first and foremost, our relationship with each other second, and all the rest third. As important as everything else is, God has us here to build relationships. It would be foolish to neglect them because we are "busy".
Praise: We will be heading down to Indiana to speak at Cornerstone on Sunday, March 18 at 10.15 am. If you are in the area please come visit! We will be discussing why we are going to Nepal and what we will be doing there. We are also in the process of lining up 2-3 more churches to speak to about this trip (this time all in the central Minnesota area). Praise God he is providing opportunities for us to share about this incredible ministry we get to be a part of.
Answer: Skyping with Job and Bethany and discussing this ministry for Nepal. Every week it gets more real, and being able to talk about the summer with the Hammonds tonight simply added to the anticipation.
Praise: Our team is growing rapidly! March has just begun and we already have 40 applicants! This is really cool.
Prayer: Of those signed up currently, we only have 4 men on the team (senior staff excluded). There is a need on our team for more men, and I implore you to join our senior staff (Me, Kels, Job, Bethany and Ian) in asking God to push more young men toward this trip.
Praise: We received our first financial update today and we are just a hair shy of 10% of our goal met. This goal of $12,000 will cover most of our expenses this summer including airfare, food, all facets of our insurance, and keeping up our home while away. THANK YOU to those of you who have been generous with you money. We are deeply thankful. If you would like to support us with a gift simply take a trip HERE. It's as easy as typing a number in one box and designating it for either one of us (Hint: Just click the down arrow, you don't have to scroll down to find us)
Prayer: Kels is working two jobs and I am working while going to school. This + church ministry + fundraising + a lengthy to-do list = Stress! The easiest thing for us to do in a time as busy as this is jump out of bed running. However, at least when I jump out running, I tend to neglect God. And Kels. Please pray that we would be diligent in putting our relationship with God first and foremost, our relationship with each other second, and all the rest third. As important as everything else is, God has us here to build relationships. It would be foolish to neglect them because we are "busy".
Praise: We will be heading down to Indiana to speak at Cornerstone on Sunday, March 18 at 10.15 am. If you are in the area please come visit! We will be discussing why we are going to Nepal and what we will be doing there. We are also in the process of lining up 2-3 more churches to speak to about this trip (this time all in the central Minnesota area). Praise God he is providing opportunities for us to share about this incredible ministry we get to be a part of.
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