ch-eology: A Walk to Remember

I walked in Nepal.

Together with the team of 8 from Yishun Methodist Mission, we walked around the city and up 2 hills. We went to a Nepali Youth Camp, a school and Sophia’s Home for girls. For those 10 days in June 2008, it was indeed a walk to remember.

We landed in Kathmandu right smacked into a youth camp.

Some of us had the opportunity to teach and lead sessions in the camp. I think too many Singaporean youths take camps for granted.

For many Nepali youth campers, this was their first camp.

With that realization, we treasured every chance to mingle and learn with them.

The climax of the camp was Street Evangelism.

We worshipped and danced in the city square, a rarity watched by the masses.

Praise music filled the air amidst the changing winds of the political scene in Nepal then.

With upraised hands, we declared God’s majesty to the heavens above.

We walked out in the rain to talk to the locals armed with cups of hot tea and flyer invitations.

It was cold, wet and awkward for most of the first timers, both Nepali and Singaporeans alike.

But we walked on.

After the camp, we went out in groups to prayer walk the city.

We asked the Lord to open our eyes to see His heart for the city and we were shaken by the idolatry of the people.

Temples, shrines and idols littered the path we took.

The darkness of the city clearly contrasted the freedom we enjoy back home.

The poverty was stark and the darkness painful.

We walked on.

We climbed 2 hills. On one we saw the ministry, the other the majesty of God.

Phulbari is a church planting work and as we sang, worshipped and read the Word with the people there, we sense the resonance in the ministry of taking worship to the unchurched. Missions exist for that, I was reminded.