We recently trained 72 youth ministry leaders (including several Church pastors) in Jiri, Nepal. And I was
reminded of how Jesus sent 72 to preach the gospel in Luke 10 and this number
is so strategic. I am personally so optimistic that these young passionate
leaders will have lot of God’s stories to tell and lead many young people to Christ!
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| Participants of Jiri Training with trainers. |
Jiri lies at
an altitude of 1,905 meters (6,250 feet) and is the eastern-most
terminus of the highway coming from Kathmandu. It took us 8 hours by bus for
184 km due to narrow and winding roads. In some places we (all passengers) had
to get down to lighten the vehicle.
HUCFN (Himalayan United Christian Fellowship Nepal) hosted our
training and it was so wonderful to hear their work and vision to invest more in youth
ministries and how they encouraged several pastors to join the training. One of the things that really impressed me
was how most of the participants had to walk over 4 hours one way just to get
in the training location and to see their undivided attention from session 1 to
the end.
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| Micro van that took us to Jiri and there are few places we, all passengers had to get down to lighten the vehicle. |
Few testimonies about the training;
Brother Anand Tamang Says, “The seminar
has helped me to get the real concept of Jesus' model ministry which can be
practically applied in my church and youth group. The action steps and setting
up of the goals for youth ministry is really applicable. The seminar has helped
me to create the mission statement of my youth ministry and the goals set up in
class are really helpful for the betterment of the church.”
Joseph Sunuwar Says; “Indeed, I
was not clear about youth ministry before even though when I was in Bible
College. Now because of this seminar I am vcery much excited to builds up new
leaders in my church.”
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| From the left; Ananda (training Host), Jomesh and Koshil ( trainers) |
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| Jomesh listening student's report on their goal setting discussion. |
