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8 February, 2010,
USA (MNN) : The number of Christians in Nepal is
still at a low 0.6 percent. For the believers that do
live there, Christian resources can be hard to come by.
"The Christian population there is very small, so the
work is tremendous," John Lowrey of Christian Resources
International says about the country. "There is just so
much to be done--so much evangelism to be done, so much
pastor training to be done.”
Pastor Reuben Rai does his own ministry in Kathmandu,
Nepal while also working full time. Because of his
limited resources, Rai began to search the web. When he
stumbled upon CRI, he immediately contacted them. CRI
was amazed by all Rai had been doing on his own.
"[Rai] takes his materials all over Nepal," says Lowrey.
"Some of the stuff he literally packs up on mule-back
and goes up into the mountains to some very remote
villages and sets up training programs for pastors and
does things to help churches and does evangelism and
youth ministry. So he's doing a great work for the Lord
with practically no resources or financial help.”
In an effort to help, CRI has decided to put their next
Road Trip project toward Rai's ministry. The three-stop
Road Trip will be in Bellevue, Michigan, Marshall,
Michigan and Goshen, Indiana on February 17, 18, and 19
respectively.
The Road Trip works like this: CRI travels to three "pit
stops." While they are there, people in the area bring
their used Christian books and Bibles, each with one
dollar and a personal note inside, to the CRI trailer.
Once CRI finishes the Road Trip, they send all of the
collected resources to Kathmandu, Nepal, along with some
tracts in the native languages. Then materials are
distributed through Rai and those helping him, believers
are encouraged, non-believers hear the Gospel, and many
are saved.
Of course this is an abbreviated version of the process,
but that is more or less how it works. For this
particular Road Trip, CRI would love to have any
last-minute hosts to add one more pit-stop in February
to provide maximum resources for the people of Kathmandu.
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