Nepal Mission Trip Oct/Nov 2023

One Thousand Sheaves

Brienne, Arnold, Bron and Thijs just returned to NZ, exhausted but smiling. In their eighteen-day mission to Nepal, they taught five schools of healing (including an impromptu extra) and plenty of other ministry. As always, God blended the team, each stepping out in faith with new gifts. A total of 1,000 attended the schools, and miracles abounded. Psalm 126:6 promises, He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him. Highlight was the school in Balidan church in Ghorahi in the Dang Valley, a 6-hour road journey into the hills (just south of the devastating earthquake that erupted as they flew home). Here, 500 attended both days in this vibrant church full of young adults, while 172 children had their own programme on an upper floor. Then the healings began: knees, backs, migraines, kidney disease, nausea, eyes, and ears. The team were teary-eyed singing ‘How Great Thou Art’ amidst the passionate Nepalis. Brienne wrote, ‘When God’s Word is preached, it accomplishes his purpose. I said (in faith!) people could be healed just listening to the teaching. We later heard of an elderly lady who’d suffered greatly from painful teeth and gums. While listening to the teaching she started to pat her lips and cheeks, realizing all the pain had gone! Praise God, he is so faithful.’ In Tulsipur, one pastor has planted 49 churches among the unreached mountain villages. He estimates that 99% of conversions are the result of healing alongside the proclamation of the gospel. ‘We were so encouraged,’ Brienne said, ‘but wonder what we have to teach these pastors who are sold out to see Nepal come to Christ.’ She is planning to return in 2024.