This week is our fourth week in DTS. We just learned about Character and Nature of God and Father Heart of God. Although, I have heard of these teachings before, but it is so refreshing and so great to be reminded that the God who we are serving is so big and so huge at the same time wants to get involved in our lives, in every detail of our life. He is so amazing.
I enjoy the company of our Nepali brothers and sisters. They are like Filipinos. Their jokes, their humor are surprisingly same as Filipino humors. I can’t help laughing all the time.
It is also a blessing that our foreign students, Craig from UK and Gingging from Philippines have great interest and desire to minister to Tibetan people here in Nepal. The three of us made a commitment to go to Tibetan refugee camp which is 45-minute walk from our base every Sunday to befriend people and share the gospel to them. Last week, I was able to pray for an old lady who is selling charms inside the monastery. She was selling me charms and I told her I don’t have money, but I can pray for her to my God, Jesus. And she said yes. I asked a Nepali guy, who happens to be a Christian and was visiting the monastery too, to interpret my prayer for her. She smiled and looked very happy after my prayer. I also got to meet 7 Tibetan girls, ages ranging from 10-13 years of age, sitting on the ground inside a school. I got to pray for them too. I am happy that they want to be prayed for. They are all living in a hostel. I promised that I would go back next Sunday, which is today. Please pray for us, as we go and meet with them this afternoon.
Yesterday, I was reading 1 Chronicles 11:4, my eyes caught the phrase, for this is My doing. I thought about my life here in Nepal. I struggled so much with the food because everyday the meals are the same: Rice, bean soup, and curry. They put curry on everything. Sometimes, they served macaroni and funny, it has curry on it. The life here is very different from Olongapo City, where I am from. But you know what, this is God’s doing. It is to take me away from the “spiritual junk food” that looses my appetite on the Presence of God. It is to take off my eyes from the things that satisfy self and not be desperately hungry for His Presence. It is to simply gaze on the beauty of God and the beauty of His creation. I am so blessed that we can see the Annapurna Range from our base. It is standing there in its beauty and displays God’s greatness and majesty. The nearness of His Presence is far satisfying yet, you can’t let go and always wanting for more.
Once again, thank you for praying for me. I appreciate every prayer uttered for me. Thank you for your friendship and support. I am so blessed that you are my friends. My prayer for you is that you may have a greater knowledge of how high, how deep, how wide and how great is His love for you.
Sister in grace and joy,
Gay Ann Elicerio
