Nagaland Team Update 1

Nagaland Team Update

3.4.2014

Hello Everyone,

We arrived safely in Nagaland on Sunday afternoon. Our trip was long, but smooth without any major problems. We had a two hour drive from the airport in Dimipur to Kohima in the mountains. The road was in pretty rough conditions in some places, but we had an excellent driver.

We spent Sunday evening with our host MC and his wife Atsu and their three kids getting a little more oriented with the culture. MC and Atsu are part of YWAM Nagaland ministering here in Kohima. 

Their main focus is working with the churches here and running a week long course on the Fatherheart of God. They would also like to get a three month Bible Core Course started up in the future. They see both of these programs bringing the truth of God as Father and personally knowing the Bible as key to bringing new life into the nominal Christian atmosphere of Nagaland.

On Monday we went out and saw the town and got our food supplies for the week with Mego, their one other YWAM staff and our cook Gugu. Kohima is a lot bigger than we expected and very well supplied. The best way to describe it would be bustling with people and traffic. There are a lot of local vegetable and butcher stands mixed with clothing and imported goods stores.

This morning, Tuesday, we started our 5am Bible Study at Baptist Mission Church where we will be teaching every Tuesday through Thursday throughout most of our stay here. This week Jane is teaching Bible Overview and then we will be taking turns working through some books of the Bible. We’re looking forward to building relationships with them.

On a relationship note, we’re finding that connecting with the people is going to be great fun. Nagaland is very community oriented. Today the guys are checking out a local city wrestling match with Mego and tomorrow we’ve been invited to attend a wedding.

Prayer Requests and Praises:

·      Junell’s visa and passport are approved and mailed to Taiwan!! Pray that a good plane ticket can be found and she can get here as soon as possible. As well, that she would have safe traveling here.

·      For our teaching schedule (which is quite busy) and good time management.

·      For the people of Nagaland that they would encounter Jesus personally and discover the joy of relationship with God and freedom from legalism.

·      That our team would continue to grow together and be able to spread God’s love through our actions and attitudes as well as our words.