नमस्ते from Nepal!
Dear All,
Wednesday’s Bottom Line:
More and more disciple-makers are being made in Nepal, and Scott will meet with Pastor V soon! Unfortunately, Scott’s back is causing him significant pain. On Friday he’ll travel to India for the final few days of this mission trip.
Wednesday’s Prayer Requests:
1. The Holy Spirit to lead Scott’s meeting with Pastor V at 8:15 AM Thursday (MO time); favor for a good relationship to begin between them for future kingdom work.
2. Healing for Mohan (“MOE-hahn”), our main leader in Nepal. He has been on the go at an intense pace for quite some time and is now sick.
3. Pain relief for Scott during his travels and teaching sessions over the next several days. Pray for God to enable him to stay focused and finish this mission trip well.
Wednesday’s Details:
As mentioned above, Mohan is our primary contact person, and he’s been in Scott’s online DM group. He is now leading his own group, and now someone in his group is leading a group! When a disciple-maker has disciple-making “grandchildren” (that is, there are two generations of disciple-makers beyond him or her), that person is publicly acknowledged as a “Disciple-Maker Indeed” and given a certificate. That’s always a joyful time, and one of those events happened earlier this week.
For the safety of all involved, it has been (by design) a little confusing to keep up with what’s been happening where, but I believe Mohan was acknowledged in #3. Mohan lives in #2, and Samuel, another of our key leaders in Nepal, lives several hours away in #4 where he leads a DM group. Samuel’s brother, Kamal (“KAH-mull”), also leads a DM group in that area. The four of them (Mohan, Samuel, Kamal, and Scott) have been traveling together and held a DM seminar (introducing the DM process to new people) in one place on Tuesday and a DM Summit (encouraging all those currently in DM groups) in another place on Wednesday. Here are our Fearless Four. = )
In this picture of the DM seminar where Mohan was teaching, notice the seating arrangement and furnishings, or lack thereof. This is typical in Nepali churches.
During their drive from one place to another, our Fearless Four hit a traffic jam.
And then ANOTHER traffic jam.
Even in Branson, we don’t see traffic like this!
For today’s DM Summit, Scott had to teach sitting down because standing and walking were too painful, but he said it was a friendly audience, and the people were really glad he was there.
Scott also said, “I will be meeting Pastor V at 8 pm on Thursday (8:15 AM Thursday MO time) in #1. That is an answer to prayer.” That would be an answer to YOUR prayers, and he will be able to give Pastor V a copy of the Raising Disciple-Makers book, so thank you! Scott continued, “I have the Saturday vision-casting [DM seminar] in south India. Pray I can stay fully present and engaged for the remainder of my ministry events.” I have assured him that we will. = )
And in case you’re wondering about the title of this blog post, that first word, the one you probably can’t read, is pronounced “NAH-muss-tay,” which means “Hello” in Nepali. Here’s what wikipedia says: “Nepal uses the Devanagari script to write the Nepali language. This same script is also used for other languages like Hindi and Sanskrit. The Devanagari script is written from left to right and has a top horizontal line that connects the letters of a word. The Nepali alphabet is a phonetic system, meaning the pronunciation is very close to the spelling. It consists of 12 vowels and 36 consonants.”
So, for those of you who love to learn something every day, you’ve already accomplished today’s task! Thank you also for praying for My Hero.
Blessings,
Patty