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Nepal is going through a second wave of Corona and an incomplete lockdown. Older children and staff at children’s homes in Kathmandu have tested positive. Many believers and pastors are in Quarantine and isolation. Each day around 9000 people are tested positive, and death tolls are recorded around 200. We have already lost a few of our ministry network friends.
Schools, religious worship places, and public gatherings are closed. Hospitals’ beds are packed, and the health minister said that they have given up. They have run out of oxygen and are not getting enough help, even when severely sick. The government has appealed for retired nurses and doctors to be back at work with the increased number of Corona patients. Grocery stores are open during the morning for two hours and are closed the rest of the day. All the rest of the stores are closed, and movement is greatly discouraged. Our children’s home in Kathmandu is affected by the Indian variant of Coronavirus. Many of our people are in quarantine and isolation.

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Bye Bye disrupted unusual, year 2020! All our schedules were interrupted. It affected our everyday activities, work, and fellowships. In all these things, God will work for our good because you and I love God. What a experience !

Welcome to New Year 2021. As Paul said, forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead. Philippians 3:12-14. Expect great things from God and attempt great things for God. Let us be ready to ride with God.

The other day, Ball ram (name changed) called me and told me that his family is running out of food supplies. He does not have a job. He has been raising some chickens during the lockdown. He told me that he is not able to sell them in the market. No one wants to buy them because of the fear of corona. His wife has a job in the school. All the education institutions are still closed. She has not received a salary since the beginning of March. The school authority told her that there is no income, and she cannot be paid compensation because students’ parents refuse to pay the fee. It is six family members, with two kids, parents, and grandparents. It is a familiar situation for now. We have been helping people with humanitarian relief and aid. People ask us for food such as rice, lentils, and beans. The problem is getting desperate. There are so many who ask us to help them.

The government has lifted the lockdown. Kathmandu’s primary income is from tourism; hotels, restaurants, businesses are still affected. Regular church service is resumed. Cell groups and house fellowship continue as usual. Transportation is open each day with even and uneven numbers. A covid-19 number continues to go up.

After 85 days of lock down Nepal has started easing it. Schools and public places area still closed. Slowly life will be normal soon.Many people live in rented rooms with their families. When there is no income they have no way to pay the rent and food in the table.  We continue to help people with humanitarian help most essential foods. Many families have ran out of food and asked the churches for help. We continue to serve them whatever we can. Thank you for your contributions and especial thank you to our dear friend Christoph  Brocker and his friends !

I am reminded with our experience that We went through a huge disaster five years ago. 7.9 hector earthquake the effect was 8900 people losing their lives, hundred -thousands of houses ripped off, damaged and permanently destroyed. Uncountable people were wounded and the destruction was unimaginable. Some roads and walking trails were swept away by big mountain slides. School buildings crumbled. Some areas will never be inhabited any more. Damage is so much that we lost some of our dear ones and ministry buildings, which we had invested years of resources into.
We, together with children from children home, spent sleepless nights on the open sky. Uninvited guest rats, snakes and mosquitoes invaded our temporary shelters and tents. After the earthquake, we used to have aftershocks that lasted for more than a year and caused trauma to all of us, especially to our small children that would wake up crying with fear. For a while, I could say that crisis tried to terrorize us and tried to make our heart empty and hopeless some days. We were accused and blamed that earthquake was because of Christians by some extremist groups. But we knew and stood fast for our help that comes from above from the maker of heaven and earth (Psalm 121:2 )

However, we were not defeated regardless of what we went through. We came out strong. The Lord pulled us through. I learned not to panic with fear or anxiety. Jesus is in control. He is still the King, regardless of what we go through.Even in the midst of tragedies and bad thing, or what enemy means for evil, God will uses them to bring good for his children and nations. Ultimate victory is His and those who love him. we kept seeing continue lost souls being saved and His kingdom grow.

This is totally different situation. It is another season . I like to tell you that weeping may last night, but joy comes in the morning, Psalm 30: 5. Year after year we kept working hard and with all of your help, we are almost back to normal. Our riches and dependency are not on our earthly belongings.Our heavenly father know what we need and our mind and heart must seek after Him. Matthew 6:25-34. We are more than conquers regardless of what we face in our lives. Reading further you will find Paul encourages us; “Now, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Roman 8:37-39
Our shield and anchor is Jesus. He is our strength and refuge. We dwell, live and rest in Him. If God is with us who can be against us. Let me read these verses to you from Psalm 91:1-7
“Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.[a]
2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
3 Surely he will save you
from the fowler’s snare
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
5 You will not fear the terror of night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague that destroys at midday.”

Right now, Coronavirus is the headline on social media and news channels. The world is at war with this virus. We might have been caught with fear of the unknown future of economy and jobs loss or just scared of getting sick. We, without realizing it, started depending on our feeble world. Now is time for us to turn back and trust our big God. We have hope and future beyond what the world can offer.

Our work in Nepal has been affected by this media headlines. Prices for groceries have already started going up. Nepal is one of the most unprepared country for epidemic. Our medical world is emerging. Our hospitals are already crowded even in normal flu season. International flights have stopped and all of our borders have been closed. Until now, Nepal is following like every other country, such as schools and education centers being closed. Public parks, museums or cultural sites closed—no big gatherings such as political or religious, and others are allowed at this time. Nepal has locked down. No one is allowed to be out. Kathmandu and the rest of the country is calm and quit.

We have two children’s homes; we have a elderly people, and many churches.We are praying and standing with you together against the Coronavirus. It has given us great time to think, pray and study the Word.

If you would like us to pray with you, please do not hesitate to send us a prayer request. We would love to pray for you.Let us also remember to pray for our people who are working in medical field.
We speak good health and God’s protection over you and your family. It is time for us to pray and fast for our nations!