JOMESH TAMANG: The JOY of serving the LORD

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!

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.

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.”