Last night I attended the Elder Board Meeting for Prairie Community to catch the church leadership up to speed on the progress of the trip. It was good to be able to touch base with them and get their input on the trip.
I've scheduled my shots for next week. Once we figure out how much time the series of shots will need to be given, I will be able to buy airline tickets. So far, things are progressing nicely. God is good.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Jaymasi from Pokhara
These days we have 15hours power cut every day. There very little power supplies of the water level in the rivers is very low. We can hardly do any communication and power related things. Thank you so much for your love, prayers and support to us.
By the way this is our house in the village. We don't live there yet.
But in the future we like to build a small house and live there. There will the Frontier Missions training center as well. We are praying for that.
-Mohan
By the way this is our house in the village. We don't live there yet.
-Mohan
Friday, January 2, 2009
The Full Report
Dear friends and family,
Hello. It has been sometime since many of you have heard from me. Let me catch you up to speed. Since moving out to Colorado I have been involved with the Student and Worship ministries at Prairie Community Church here in Firestone. After I moved here, I started assisting their youth pastor with teaching and leading the youth group. Through a course of events, I became the interim youth pastor for about six months. All of this was happening while I worked for Coca-Cola as a merchandiser. This included a ridiculous schedule of six-day weeks and an average of ten hours a day. At the end of the six months, PCC hired a permanent youth pastor whom I now assist. Also, I left my job with Coke in June of 2008 and started working at Safeway as a produce clerk. In November, I got a second job at a local bike shop doing sales and apprenticing in bicycle mechanics.
As many of you know, I have been on several mission trips in the past. I've been to Australia, Hawaii, Texas, and Mexico with groups from Calvary Chapel San Bernardino. I even went down to Mexico apart from those church sponsored trips. Now there is an opportunity to take part in a trip like none I have ever gone on before. Prairie Community supports missionaries all over the world. In places like Ecuador, Thailand, Nepal and even Michigan. However, none of these missionaries hail from our church and are only supported monetarily. Now we have the chance to send one of our own to support and encourage the missionary in Nepal face to face. That one is me.
I will be going to Pokhara, Nepal in February of 2009. There I will assist our missionary, Mohan, as he sets up and organizes a Frontier Missions Center. The purpose of the center is to train and equip Christians from rural villages to start churches in their communities. Mohan currently leads 22 church plant teams, all native to the people they minister too. After spending time there, I will go a long with one of the church planting teams into rural Nepal. The villages we will be visiting are only reachable by foot, bicycle, or motorcycle, as paved roads are few and far between. The villages we will be going into will be predominantly Hindu and Muslim communities. My role while I am there is to be the eyes and ears for Prairie Community by documenting and observing how Mohan is serving the people of Nepal. I will also be participating by helping with construction projects and bicycle repair.
The total length of the trip will be between three and four months, February to May/June. Since it is relatively cheap to live in that part of the world the bulk of my expenses will be my airplane ticket, which I estimate will be about $2000. The estimated cost for food, lodging and transportation is $1200. The current estimated cost for the whole trip, including visas, immunization, and emergency funds, is $3500. There is only one international airport in Nepal located in Kathmandu. There is a bus "system" that goes between Katmandu and Pokhara, which are 123 miles apart. A ticket for the "tourists" bus is between $60 and $80 one way.
If you would like to support me on this journey, either in prayer or financially, please feel free to do so. If you are wanting to send monetary support, please send checks payable to "Prairie Community Church" with "Serve Nepal" in the memo line to:
Serve Nepal
c/o Prairie Community Church
9993 WCR 11
Firestone, CO 80504
Thank you, and I look forward to telling you about my adventure when I return.
Grace and peace
Hello. It has been sometime since many of you have heard from me. Let me catch you up to speed. Since moving out to Colorado I have been involved with the Student and Worship ministries at Prairie Community Church here in Firestone. After I moved here, I started assisting their youth pastor with teaching and leading the youth group. Through a course of events, I became the interim youth pastor for about six months. All of this was happening while I worked for Coca-Cola as a merchandiser. This included a ridiculous schedule of six-day weeks and an average of ten hours a day. At the end of the six months, PCC hired a permanent youth pastor whom I now assist. Also, I left my job with Coke in June of 2008 and started working at Safeway as a produce clerk. In November, I got a second job at a local bike shop doing sales and apprenticing in bicycle mechanics.
As many of you know, I have been on several mission trips in the past. I've been to Australia, Hawaii, Texas, and Mexico with groups from Calvary Chapel San Bernardino. I even went down to Mexico apart from those church sponsored trips. Now there is an opportunity to take part in a trip like none I have ever gone on before. Prairie Community supports missionaries all over the world. In places like Ecuador, Thailand, Nepal and even Michigan. However, none of these missionaries hail from our church and are only supported monetarily. Now we have the chance to send one of our own to support and encourage the missionary in Nepal face to face. That one is me.
I will be going to Pokhara, Nepal in February of 2009. There I will assist our missionary, Mohan, as he sets up and organizes a Frontier Missions Center. The purpose of the center is to train and equip Christians from rural villages to start churches in their communities. Mohan currently leads 22 church plant teams, all native to the people they minister too. After spending time there, I will go a long with one of the church planting teams into rural Nepal. The villages we will be visiting are only reachable by foot, bicycle, or motorcycle, as paved roads are few and far between. The villages we will be going into will be predominantly Hindu and Muslim communities. My role while I am there is to be the eyes and ears for Prairie Community by documenting and observing how Mohan is serving the people of Nepal. I will also be participating by helping with construction projects and bicycle repair.
The total length of the trip will be between three and four months, February to May/June. Since it is relatively cheap to live in that part of the world the bulk of my expenses will be my airplane ticket, which I estimate will be about $2000. The estimated cost for food, lodging and transportation is $1200. The current estimated cost for the whole trip, including visas, immunization, and emergency funds, is $3500. There is only one international airport in Nepal located in Kathmandu. There is a bus "system" that goes between Katmandu and Pokhara, which are 123 miles apart. A ticket for the "tourists" bus is between $60 and $80 one way.
If you would like to support me on this journey, either in prayer or financially, please feel free to do so. If you are wanting to send monetary support, please send checks payable to "Prairie Community Church" with "Serve Nepal" in the memo line to:
Serve Nepal
c/o Prairie Community Church
9993 WCR 11
Firestone, CO 80504
Thank you, and I look forward to telling you about my adventure when I return.
Grace and peace
Sunday, December 21, 2008
It's a Date!
Man am I exhausted. Since getting a second job at the local bike shop, I haven't had a day off in several weeks, with no sign of one in the horizon. It's cold. My body is sore from biking. My sleep pattern is eschew. Man is it good to feel alive!
Just heard from Mohan in Nepal, the dates have been set! I will be in Nepal from February 9th through May 18th. It's all starting to come together. Now that the dates are known, I now have deadlines to set. It's all so overwhelming and exciting all at the same time.
Just heard from Mohan in Nepal, the dates have been set! I will be in Nepal from February 9th through May 18th. It's all starting to come together. Now that the dates are known, I now have deadlines to set. It's all so overwhelming and exciting all at the same time.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
How Goes Nepal?
Planning is still underway for the trip. So far my activities while I am there are for sure going to include bicycle repair and tune-ups. Which is cool because I just got a second job at the local bike shop.
As far as dates go, I'm looking at the second week of February to the third week of May.
I've been doing a lot of studying up on Hindu culture, cross-cultural mission and bicycle mechanics. I have a stack of 10 or so books I'm trying to get through at the moment. I am praying that all of this head knowledge will be easily applied in the field.
As far as dates go, I'm looking at the second week of February to the third week of May.
I've been doing a lot of studying up on Hindu culture, cross-cultural mission and bicycle mechanics. I have a stack of 10 or so books I'm trying to get through at the moment. I am praying that all of this head knowledge will be easily applied in the field.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Quick Update
Heard back from Mohan and it's a go for February through May-ish. The specifics now depend on visas and flight plans. Also was able to get a little more information on whats going on in Nepal. Mohan is starting a Frontiers Mission Center in Pokhara to help facilitate the training of church planters closer to the villages. This will help with efficiency and allow training to take place without the distraction of culture shock that occurs when coming from a rural village into a city.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Scheming
I am currently in the process of plotting and planning. I have just e-mailed Mohan, my contact in Nepal, to set a specific time frame and to start working out what this trip is going to look like.
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