My name is Matt Thomas, my wife Janine and I are Youth Pastors in Lower Hutt, New Zealand with
the Salvation Army. On July 3rd I had the strangest thought...(in the shower I might add). It went like
this "I should contact Adam (my old school friend who is currently in Nepal) and see if they need a
church to be built in Nepal, and if I could raise the money, then go and build it"
So I sent him an email...Adam's email reply was this:
Hey buddy, Have ya happened to read the post I made last week or so http://www.glorious-mission.org/
news
His Blog was unknown to me during my shower, or when I emailed him about what I had
envisioned. Adam's Blog proceeded to tell of the need for a church in Nepal. Coincidence? Not a
chance, this was clearly the leading of an all powerful God! The time of building the Church relied
on money, weather and materials and RIGHT NOW the time was right, the window of opportunity
to build the church was September – November (after monsoon and before winter).
My wife and I discussed how we could make this happen, we knew it was not a possibility for us to
fund it alone, or travel to this distant unknown land with a young child. We committed our ways to
the Lord and we quickly found His heart for this project was far greater than we could comprehend.
The heavenly storehouses were wide open for this project and the funds for the Church, our travel,
and travel expenses were raised in just 6 weeks. Thanks to God, His people and our awesome
friends. So this is where the Journey begins. We are off to Nepal, to some crazy Village in the
Himalayan jungle. Cant wait!
Since the build at Gorkha is underway I figured it was about time to post an update about how it all came about. So I asked my friend Matt to do a quick write up about how things happened back in New Zealand. Here it is:
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My name is Matt Thomas, my wife Janine and I are Youth Pastors in Lower Hutt, New Zealand with the Salvation Army. On July 3rd I had the strangest thought...(in the shower I might add). It went like this "I should contact Adam (my old school friend who is currently in Nepal) and see if they need a church to be built in Nepal, and if I could raise the money, then go and build it"
So I sent him an email...Adam's email reply was this:
Hey buddy, Have ya happened to read the post I made last week or so here.
His Blog post was unknown to me during my shower, or when I emailed him about what I had envisioned. Adam's post proceeded to tell of the need for a church in Nepal. Coincidence? Not a chance, this was clearly the leading of an all powerful God! The time of building the Church relied on money, weather and materials and RIGHT NOW the time was right, the window of opportunity to build the church was September – November (after monsoon and before winter).
My wife and I discussed how we could make this happen, we knew it was not a possibility for us to fund it alone, or travel to this distant unknown land with a young child. We committed our ways to the Lord and we quickly found His heart for this project was far greater than we could comprehend.
The heavenly storehouses were wide open for this project and the funds for the Church, our travel, and travel expenses were raised in just 6 weeks. Thanks to God, His people and our awesome friends. So this is where the Journey begins. We are off to Nepal, to some crazy Village in the Himalayan jungle. Cant wait!
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So with this bit of now history, I hope you get a bit of a view into the great things our Lord is doing in this country. Thank you to everyone who has contributed prayers or otherwise, such a huge change has come upon this small village. To everyone else, please feel free to join us. The journey is far from over :)
Ps. Current progress photos coming next post.