The Dapcha church leaders – Kristshna Lama, 36; Gopal Nepali, 18, and Prajwal Pariyar, 16 – became our newest members of Climbing For Christ. We prayed together as a group on the church-building site before Kyle, Pastor Tej, Alyssa and I headed back to Kathmandu in the afternoon. The lea...
More progress to report on the church build. Praise the Lord! A foundation was laid for a bathroom (two toilets) that will be separate from the church. It will take about two weeks to complete.
Work was interrupted by the arrival of a woman, a member of the church, who was delirious with feve...
A woman laborer hauls rocks in a basket for masons to build a retaining wall.
We went to work on the physical building of the church at Dapcha, taking up shovels, Nepali picks, and moving rocks in baskets they strap to their heads. These are the simple tools being used by church members a...
Worship at the church at Dapcha.
We worshipped with more than 60 brothers and sisters in Christ at the church at Dapcha. Church services are held in Nepal on Saturday; this is the national day of rest. Our worship was led by a team of eight, all of whom are age 18 and younger, and all of ...
We made the 100-kilometer drive from Kathmandu to the hilly region where Dapcha is located in a rented Jeep. Members of the church and hired laborers were at work clearing the land where the church building will be constructed. They have been leveling the land for the past week and there remains muc...
We spent the day visiting Hindu and Buddhist shrines as well as Pastor Tej’s main church and orphanage in Kathmandu. His SARA Church on the Rock has 15 churches: four in Kathmandu Valley and 11 in other parts of Nepal, including Dapcha, where we are going on Friday.
There has been some ...
Kyle and I arrived in Kathmandu after about 35 hours of travel (half in the air and half for layovers) from our respective homes in New York. We were greated by Pastor Tej and Alyssa at the airport. Tej said a prayer of thanks for our safe arrival. “I welcome you in the name of Jesus. God may ...
It is that exciting time: the beginning of another Evangelic Expedition. This is Climbing For Christ's third mission to Nepal. It is a wonder to see how God has woven this mission together.
As Pastor Tej Rokka of SARA Church On the Rock, our ministry partner in Kathmandu and a member of C4C, ...
Pastor Tej, left, with Kyle Austin.
Pastor Tej B. Rokka of the SARA Church on the Rock writes to fellow Climbing For Christ members:
“I invite you all to come to Nepal any time God opens doors for you. Our church is on the mission to preach the Gospel and make disciples to do...
Date: Scheduled Jan. 3-15, 2011.
Purpose: To visit Dapcha, where Climbing For Christ is partnering with nationals to build a local church. We are going to check on the church build (or site for the church if construction has not begun). Other goals: Encourage the local church and trek in cent...