Hi!

Over the past week or so we have been traveling a good bit. We have been visiting village churches that Pastor Kb and Sushilia's leaders have started. I have had the opportunity to ride a bike 3 miles (one way) on a rocky and unpaved road to reach a village church. I never thought it was possible for me to ride a bike for so long!! We were so hurting by the time we reached home. It was awesome to share this experience with Brother Rick and Mrs. Bev. After the service we enjoyed a great meal on the church floor. I love Nepali food. It's rice, Doll Bhat, Collaflower, and Greens. Nepal has the best tea I have ever tasted. It's sort of like a Chai tea from Starbucks, but way better because they use buffalo milk. So yeah, this is what I eat pretty much every day. The portion sizes are so huge! I feel so bad because I can't possibly weat all of it (but neither can Mrs. Bev so I don't feel that bad! haha). Brother Rick has given me several opportunities to preach the past 2 weeks and I have loved every moment of it. When I get done preaching, he starts to preach. At the end of a service last week, Bro Rick asked if I would pray over ladies ages 16-27 who felt called to preach. The Holy Spirit manifested His presence in a tangible way and touched us all. Then Mrs. Bev and Suchilia prayed over the women and KB and Bro Rick prayed over the men who felt called to preach. It was cool because Brother Rick used me as an example saying how I was only 23 years old and preaching..and that God can use anyone to spread His Word! AMEN!
Anyways, the past 3 days we have been traveling throughout the mountains in Nepal. We visited churches in Surket and Dailect. We have been traveling in a Jeep. It's a pretty awesome Jeep. The ride throughout the mountain was difficult on the way there. There was so much dust and a very bumpy ride. But we were so glad we went. We just arrived from Dialect on the 20th. We visited a new church (under 1 year I believe) and the pastor's there are only 19 years old. They have received training from Pastor KB's center here in Nepalgunj. Anyways, they have an older couple overseeing them. This couple is actually moving there from Nepalgunj to start a school and help with the church. The husband left his well paying job to move into a village in the mountains just to reach the village for Christ. In Dialect we met a boy about 15 years old. He got saved about 2 weeks ago. But, for the past 3 years he has had a condition in his chect that causes him to cough and hurt. His entire body literally shrivels as he coughs. He went to the doctor and they took X rays, but nothing was there. (TB is real common here in Nepal). Anyways, as we were talking with him he told us about how he came to have this terrible condition. He was walking and two snakes wrapped around his leg, but they did not bite him. And ever since then he was scared to walk alone anywhere. He became very fearful and would not go outside at night. Then when he got saved 2 weeks ago, his parents brought him to the church to live (they are believers and they have to walk 6 HOURS to get to church!!!!). They are having him stay in the church until he is healed. So when we came we prayed for him and believe he was set free. Brother Rick worked with him on relaxing and resting in the presence of God and how fear is not from God. By the end of our last time with him, the boy had only 1 episode (as compared to many). We believe God has healed him of this terrible condition and that God has called him to rest and learn to relax and fight fear. Fear immobilizes and we have to condition our minds to respond differently when it attacks. Instead of anxiety and worry, we must relax and have peace.
So let's see, what else have we been doing....oh! I have been able to preach a good many times here. One time in particular was at an outdoor meeting..under a tent! It was awesome. People traveled there from the mountains. They spent an entire day walking to get to church. We prayed for people to be healed and they were. I saw a girl who was afflicted by a demon spirit get delivered. This stuff really happens!!!! We do not fight against flesh and blood. See, people here actually are worshipping demons. The Hindu religion has so many gods. And these are demons. Once they get saved, they must be delivered from these spirits and then they can start the healing process. Saved, delivered, healed.
Well, much much more has happened but Im too tired right now to write more. Weve been up since 4 AM and its now like 10 PM. But I wanted to write and tell everyone hello and update yall on some of the wonderful things I have been experiencing. I will share more later. Pastor KB asked me to preach some tomorrow for the Good Friday service so I will talk about Isaiah 53, The Cross and Jesus' Blood. MMMM...Im excited. Ok must go to bed. Happy Easter!!