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GARDENER TO NATION CHANGER
I love when we come to the end of calendar years because our accumulated ministry reports are coming in from all over the world.
Babu sent me his report this weekend, what an incredible year we had in Nepal. Remember that Babu was our missionary's gardener back in the 90's. He was still a Hindu. A drunkard who hated our missionary but needed the job! One day he was bringing snacks to the Bible school and heard my late wife, Sandra, teaching on Creation Science, a course we love that scientifically proves the truth found in our Bible. For example, Isaiah 40:22 tells us God sits on the 'circle' of the earth (thousands of years before we knew the earth was round). Babu became a believer that day, went to our Bible school, and then trained in ministry. When our missionary moved to Tibet, Babu asked if he could continue to run our Bible schools. That was more than 15 years ago.
This year, Babu gave leadership to SEVEN bible schools. Working with ministers and previous graduates to train men and women all across the nation. Combined, they had 175 graduates! Just one nation and one leader. That is how we multiply in the nations and our goal is NEVER to have graduates. Our goal is to impact and change lives in such a way that they impact their homes, villages and cities.
Those 175 graduates planted three new churches and started 55 new home groups that can, in time, become churches themselves. Those same graduates lead 450 to Christ, and water baptized 300 of them. In a nation where water baptism can mean you get expelled or become an outcast in your own family. HALLELUJAH! From gardener to nation changer, now building nation changers!
Paul in India was a trustee in a Hindu temple. He told me he 'had no peace until' he met Jesus. We trained Paul more than 30 years ago. He was a young itinerant evangelist at the time. Today, with our help, Paul leads a team of 1,000 ministers. EVERY ONE OF THEM a graduate of one of our Bible schools.
To date, Paul and his team have conducted FORTY Bible Schools! Because we trained ONE MAN in India and continued as mentors and spiritual leaders in his life, he and his team have 1,383 graduate ministers they have trained.
AND JUST IN THE LAST QUARTER OF 2024 THEY PLANTED 40 NEW CHURCHES IN TOWNS AND VILLAGES THAT HAD NO CHURCH AT ALL!!!
Colossians 1:6 (NIV) In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace.
THE GOSPEL continues.....
Is. 9:6 (NAS) For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
Is. 9:7 (NAS) There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace,
THE KINGDOM increases...
When we shoulder the Government of God WITH HIM, and TOGETHER, in Prayer and Financial Partnership, these are the results!
These are lives, towns, villages being MADE NEW through the work of Christ!