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C is one of the rare Bhutanese Christian refugees that have arrived in this country.  He and his family, wife and three children, arrived about 10 days ago.  C said that his wife  and 3 children cried for two days upon arrival, and begged him to take them back to Nepal because they had no friends. Imagine you have lived in a bamboo hut, shoulder to shoulder with other refugees for 18 years and suddenly you are placed in an apartment with electricity, and running water (which you did not have in the camp), but no Bhutanese people around you.  The loneliness and culture shock were overwhelming to them.

But C did not give in because he  is determined to stay, and pray for revival in America.  Then, one day, he plans to go back to the Himalayans to tell the people there the Good News.  In his words, “many people go to the valleys, but few climb the mountains to bring the Good News”.    Today I found out why C has the burden that God has given him. 

In his words, C was much like Paul.  C beat up Christians because he thought they were weak.  Cs ancestors were monks and practiced Buddhism.  But, C did not like Buddhism, so he did not follow his ancestors and become a monk.  When Bhutan, began the ethnic cleansing of Nepalese speaking people, C was forced to flee to Nepal,  and he found himself in a refugee camp.

Life in the camp was hard and there were many gangs.  The gangs would torture him and beat up on him.  He did not want to be a part of the gangs, but did not know how to break free.  

An evangelist came to Nepal, and in a vision he saw C.  The evangelist knew he had to tell C the Good News, but he was afraid to approach C directly.  So, he went to C’s aunt and told her about the vision and asked her to speak to C and ask if he could visit.   C initially did not want to speak to the man, but C was desperate to be free of the gangs and torture.  So, C invited the evangelist in. 

The evangelist told C that he had been diagnosed with cancer and everyone had given up on him.  The doctors told the family to prepare for his death.  A nurse was dressing a wound on his body and told the evangelist about the One who could heal him if only he would confess the Name with his mouth and believe in his heart.  The evangelist was desperate so he did as the nurse instructed.   In a few months, the evangelist was cancer free.  

C listened to the story and wondered if this same Person, The Way, the Truth and the Life, could give him a new heart instead of the hard one he had, and deliver him from the gangs that tortured him.  So, in tears, C prayed and asked Jesus to forgive his sin.  C knew from that moment that something had changed in him.  He was able to break free from the gangs, and after a few months training, C began starting churches in Nepal.  

C knows what is it to get a new heart and a new spirit so C wants to tell others here in America, but most specifically in the region of the Himalyans.  

Please pray for C and his family to be able to adjust to life here, to have jobs to meet their needs, and to have many opportunities to share the reason for their hope, joy and peace.

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