Story of FAITH.....Nepal.....

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Sher Lama runs two children's homes in Nepal. He loves the Lord and 

-->is dedicated to transforming the lives of children. His goal --> is to raise up a generation of children who will transform the communities and tribes of Nepal for the Kingdom of God. I had the opportunity to visit him and hear all that the Lord is doing. He told me the spectacular and inspiring story of how his father, Shiva Tamang and his family came to know the Lord Jesus Christ.

1968 

Sher Lama's father, Shiva, lived in a remote village in Nepal. His older brother, Suk had been working as a porter in Pokhara where he received a Gospel track and accepted Christ as his Lord and Savior. Around this time his seven year old son, Dal became ill. Unknown to him, his family had taken Dal to a Buddhist Lama (holy man) who performed rituals to try and heal him. They also took him to a witchdoctor who sacrificed goats, chickens, and roosters to appease the gods, yet he remained ill. When Suk heard his son was sick, he instantly knew that Jesus could heal him. He went into his house and closed all the windows and prayed for his son to be healed in Jesus name. The next morning Dal was healed. The relatives in the village saw this miracle, including his brother Shiva. After some time they started a fellowship inside a mud hut with a small kerosene lamp that barely lit the room and an torn New Testament Bible that Suk had brought from Pokara. Slowly, the number of the believers increased. 

1971

After three years  there was a severe persecution. All the village leaders along with many Buddhist Lama’s came from the surrounding area and tied up 13 leaders of this church. They beat them with their hands and told them to leave the village. Many of the believers fled to the surrounding areas of Nepal. God used this time of suffering to spread to Gospel.

While this persecution was taking place Shiva's wife died from Tuberculosis. She left three small boys behind all under the age of 6, Sher Lama, being one of them.

Because of the persecution Shiva and his youngest brother, Rana Bahadur, fled to a nearby forest and found some caves to live in. During the night they would return to the village to have fellowship with the other believers who were living in secret. Shiva had been living in the caves for three years when Jesus came to him to him in a vision. Jesus showed Shiva all the villages and the leaders of these villages who had previously persecuted him. Jesus told him, Do not think you are all alone, I will make all these villages your friend. After six months a lady named Miriam, from a nearby village became deathly ill. She was taken to a witchdoctor and many Lama’s (Buddhist holy men), but still she was not healed. The villagers knew that Shiva and Rana lived in the forest. They brought them to the Miriam and said, "If she is healed we will believe in Jesus, but if she is not healed we will beat you." Shiva and Rana prayed in Jesus Name for healing while all the village people waited outside the house. To the villager's shock and unbelief the Miriam woke up the next morning completely healed!

All the leaders of the villages came and asked Shiva and Rana for forgiveness and accepted Jesus. Shiva and Rana returned to live in their village. Many of their friends and family accepted Christ. The story of God's miracles spread to the surrounding villages along with the Gospel and many people came to Christ. Now thousands of people have become Believers!

A church was built in the very place where the 13 Christian leaders had been tied up and beaten. Shiva became the pastor of that church even though he had never gone to school. Jesus used an uneducated villager to bring his Kingdom to an unreached group and he can use you mightily if you only step out in faith!