Warm greetings from Surkhet.
On January 18-20, 2010, we have planned to gather all our alumni here in Surkhet to hear from their ministry experiences, challenges and needs. By doing this, we would like to challenge, encourage and empower them by the word of God.
Before this, soon after the graduation me and my wife went for a week long visit to see them in their own places by covering five districts. Journey was exciting….. We personally could meet most of our alumnus but unfortunately we couldn’t meet some due to the political problem and some unavoidable reasons.
We went by a motorbike and journey was adventurous……all of them felt so blessed by our presence that some of our alumnus broke down literally saying-“Am I dreaming”? all the local church leader wholeheartedly welcomed us and thanked for visiting their believers. An encouraging thing to all of us is that most of our alumni have been serving the Lord. Praise be to the Lord!
For this journey, we did not have even a single paisa but proceeded in faith believing that “God will provide resources for good works”. Altogether we spent nearly six thousand rupees and hope and pray that God will provide this amount also.
Likewise, Dr. Rod, for our forthcoming alumni gathering also we have proceeded further in faith. We urge you all for your continuous prayer and financial assistance to help succeed this alumni gathering here in Surkhet. I am looking forward to hearing your encouraging response in this regard. Thanking you.
Yours truly,
James Tamang.
Friday, January 1, 2010
The brief 6th batch report
To God be all the glory and honor for what He has done wonderfully and faithfully to HBTC Surkhet. We are exceedingly grateful to you all also for your fervent prayers, financial support, love, concern and encouragements that made us possible to run HBTC here in Mid-West Nepal. I am sending to you the 6th batch graduation report which is as follows:
6th batch introduction: 6th batch class was started with 17 participants from various churches on 20th July 2009. Students were from various districts. In 6th batch students were from Salyan, Banke, Bardiya, Kailali, Dang and majority were from local District, Surkhet. We thank God from the bottom of our heart for bringing them here in HBTC to learn His words and mould their lives.
(Graduating students with James & Prabha)
1. Students' Activities: Himalayan Bible Training Center Surkhet also tries to equip its participants with various activities for their exposure and better future practical ministry. Some of the activities are as follows-
A. Weekend Evangelism: Himalayan Bible Training Center students go surrounding villages on every Friday by diving into four to five groups as per the total students' number. Through this evangelism the Lord has given us many souls into His kingdom. In 6th batch, one of our student called Gangaram Tiruwa from Kailali alone shared the gospel to 122 people and out of them 5 people accepted the Lord as their Lord and savior. What a wonderful job! We praise God for this and appreciate our student's endeavor for God's kingdom sake. An encouraging thing for us is some of those who heard of the gospel from our participants come to local Churches and our training center to worship God together. To God be the glory! In our 6th batch, we HBTC family had planned to go outside the valley for evangelism but because of the lack of financial resource we could not do that trip. We urge you all to pray to happen this in 7th session.
B. Weekly Church service: HBTC students go for weekly service to different local Churches. Reason behind this is to build up good rapport with local churches and students' exposure too. Presently we have sent our students mainly in four Churches that are situated in Surkhet valley.
Some of our participants from far districts got travelling fair from the local churches where they were assigned to worship. Participants found all the local churches very friendly, supportive and co-operative. In coming batches also we would like to cope with all the valley local churches.
C. Fasting prayer: HBTC students do fasting prayer by the end of every English month. All of us gather in spirit and spend time with the Lord. Generally we pray for all the concerned people, organizations and friends on that day fully believing that God would answer all our prayers in His own time.
D. Thanksgiving prayer: Likewise HBTC students do thanksgiving prayer by the end of Nepali month. On that day we all thank the Lord for His grace, guidance, provision and care. Whenever we meet for this service, we have experienced God's loving presence among us. To God be the glory!
E. Talent Show day: HBTC students perform their hidden talents for God's glory twice in a month on Wednesday. On that day all of them get excited to perform their talents such as Nepali folk dance, folk song, jokes, poetry, drama etc. In the photograph here, students made my wife prabha dance on the last talent show day. At this point we come to know perfectly that our God has given all of us different gifts and talents for His glory. No one is without gift and talent. Praise the Lord!
F. HBTC Welfare Fund: From second batch onwards, HBTC has started its own small welfare fund i.e. called HBTC Surkhet welfare fund. The aim of this FUND is to render small financial help to both graduated students and studying students. The studying students sometimes get sick, they need pocket money, sometimes unexpected but unavoidable travelling to their homes due to the sickness of their parents, relatives and children etc and if our graduated friends are also financially struggling in their ministry we try to render small help. Indeed it has been so helpful personally to me to help them through this small fund while there is need. Encouraging thing that we would like to tell you all is now, HBTC fund has almost Rs.20,000. Hope God will keep adding to this fund for His glory in the days ahead too.
G. Reading entire Bible at least once during the training period: HBTC students ought to finish reading entire Bible at least once during five months period. Surprisingly in some batches they finish thrice also. After coming here in HBTC it becomes habitual for our students to read the Bible all the time. Praise the Lord. "After coming here in HBTC, Bible reading has been my habitual action"- many student say.
2. How many subjects they could learn during the five months period?
Altogether in 6th batch they learned 22 subjects on various topics.
3. Graduation day of 6th batch: The graduation day was on 3rd December 2009. Our venue was at Bethel Church Khajura. 16 graduating students were so excited with their invited pastors and guests. We had invited all our executive board members from Surkhet valley Churches and all the visiting teachers too. The program was conducted by Elder Mohan Phauja from Bethel Church. Our chief Guest was Mr. James Chinnery from INF Surkeht. He himself delivered an exciting message from 2Tim.3:16-17.
Dedication prayer for graduating students was offered by Elder Tikaram Gharti from Nissi Church. Final word of thanks was delivered by Mr. Saroj Magarati from Kathmandu. We HBTC Surkhet family would like to thank Mr. Saroj Magarati for all his valuable advices and service rendered for the betterment of 6th graduation ceremony. Altogether there were 100-120 invited guests including graduating students on 6th batch graduation ceremony.
4. Praise and thanksgiving points-
1. We praise God for His sufficient grace upon HBTC Surkhet throughout this year.
2. We praise God for His faithfulness to HBTC Surkhet thus far.
3. We praise God for all the well wishers and like minded friends like you for HBTC Surkhet.
4. We praise God for the approval of HBTC Surkhet from District administration.
5. We praise God for the co-operative & supportive hands from the local Churches & all the Christian organizations here in Surkhet including INF.
6. We praise God for the successful completion of 6th batch
5. Prayer points-
1. Please do pray for 7th batch that will be held from Februay 2010.
2. Please do pray for coming students so that God would send suitable, committed candidates for His service.
3. Please do pray for all the well wishers and donors of HBTC.
4. Please do pray for all the staffs and visiting teachers of HBTC Surkhet.
5. Please do pray for its executive board members so that they would lead HBTC for God's glory.
6. Please do pray for HBTC Surkhet's financial needs. We want to do many things for God's glory but many a times due to the lack of finance we are unable to do. We urge you all to pray for HBTC"s financial needs.
7. Please do pray for a audio and video deck and digital camera. We have a TV but without this device it has been very difficult to those teachers who come here to teach along with their CDS. Without camera also it has been difficult to send photographs and for making reports also it is very much needed. Please do pray.
8. Please do pray for our alumni visit. I and my wife prabha have planned prayerfully to visit our alumni of far-west and mid-west. It may take a week to cover mainly 5 districts (Kanchanpur, Kailali, Bardiya, Banke and Surkhet). Our purpose behind this is to encourage our alumni and to know their ministries, needs and challenges too. We are travelling by a motor bike. Please do pray for our safety. I do not have any financial resources for this trip but going firmly believing that He would provide for good works.
9. Please do pray for Nepal's political situation.
Thank you so much. Looking forward to getting your love and prayer in the days ahead too.
Yours truly
James Tamang & Prabha Tamang
Himalayan Bible Training Center
6th batch introduction: 6th batch class was started with 17 participants from various churches on 20th July 2009. Students were from various districts. In 6th batch students were from Salyan, Banke, Bardiya, Kailali, Dang and majority were from local District, Surkhet. We thank God from the bottom of our heart for bringing them here in HBTC to learn His words and mould their lives.
(Graduating students with James & Prabha)
1. Students' Activities: Himalayan Bible Training Center Surkhet also tries to equip its participants with various activities for their exposure and better future practical ministry. Some of the activities are as follows-
A. Weekend Evangelism: Himalayan Bible Training Center students go surrounding villages on every Friday by diving into four to five groups as per the total students' number. Through this evangelism the Lord has given us many souls into His kingdom. In 6th batch, one of our student called Gangaram Tiruwa from Kailali alone shared the gospel to 122 people and out of them 5 people accepted the Lord as their Lord and savior. What a wonderful job! We praise God for this and appreciate our student's endeavor for God's kingdom sake. An encouraging thing for us is some of those who heard of the gospel from our participants come to local Churches and our training center to worship God together. To God be the glory! In our 6th batch, we HBTC family had planned to go outside the valley for evangelism but because of the lack of financial resource we could not do that trip. We urge you all to pray to happen this in 7th session.
B. Weekly Church service: HBTC students go for weekly service to different local Churches. Reason behind this is to build up good rapport with local churches and students' exposure too. Presently we have sent our students mainly in four Churches that are situated in Surkhet valley.
Some of our participants from far districts got travelling fair from the local churches where they were assigned to worship. Participants found all the local churches very friendly, supportive and co-operative. In coming batches also we would like to cope with all the valley local churches.
C. Fasting prayer: HBTC students do fasting prayer by the end of every English month. All of us gather in spirit and spend time with the Lord. Generally we pray for all the concerned people, organizations and friends on that day fully believing that God would answer all our prayers in His own time.
D. Thanksgiving prayer: Likewise HBTC students do thanksgiving prayer by the end of Nepali month. On that day we all thank the Lord for His grace, guidance, provision and care. Whenever we meet for this service, we have experienced God's loving presence among us. To God be the glory!
E. Talent Show day: HBTC students perform their hidden talents for God's glory twice in a month on Wednesday. On that day all of them get excited to perform their talents such as Nepali folk dance, folk song, jokes, poetry, drama etc. In the photograph here, students made my wife prabha dance on the last talent show day. At this point we come to know perfectly that our God has given all of us different gifts and talents for His glory. No one is without gift and talent. Praise the Lord!
F. HBTC Welfare Fund: From second batch onwards, HBTC has started its own small welfare fund i.e. called HBTC Surkhet welfare fund. The aim of this FUND is to render small financial help to both graduated students and studying students. The studying students sometimes get sick, they need pocket money, sometimes unexpected but unavoidable travelling to their homes due to the sickness of their parents, relatives and children etc and if our graduated friends are also financially struggling in their ministry we try to render small help. Indeed it has been so helpful personally to me to help them through this small fund while there is need. Encouraging thing that we would like to tell you all is now, HBTC fund has almost Rs.20,000. Hope God will keep adding to this fund for His glory in the days ahead too.
G. Reading entire Bible at least once during the training period: HBTC students ought to finish reading entire Bible at least once during five months period. Surprisingly in some batches they finish thrice also. After coming here in HBTC it becomes habitual for our students to read the Bible all the time. Praise the Lord. "After coming here in HBTC, Bible reading has been my habitual action"- many student say.
2. How many subjects they could learn during the five months period?
Altogether in 6th batch they learned 22 subjects on various topics.
3. Graduation day of 6th batch: The graduation day was on 3rd December 2009. Our venue was at Bethel Church Khajura. 16 graduating students were so excited with their invited pastors and guests. We had invited all our executive board members from Surkhet valley Churches and all the visiting teachers too. The program was conducted by Elder Mohan Phauja from Bethel Church. Our chief Guest was Mr. James Chinnery from INF Surkeht. He himself delivered an exciting message from 2Tim.3:16-17.
Dedication prayer for graduating students was offered by Elder Tikaram Gharti from Nissi Church. Final word of thanks was delivered by Mr. Saroj Magarati from Kathmandu. We HBTC Surkhet family would like to thank Mr. Saroj Magarati for all his valuable advices and service rendered for the betterment of 6th graduation ceremony. Altogether there were 100-120 invited guests including graduating students on 6th batch graduation ceremony.
4. Praise and thanksgiving points-
1. We praise God for His sufficient grace upon HBTC Surkhet throughout this year.
2. We praise God for His faithfulness to HBTC Surkhet thus far.
3. We praise God for all the well wishers and like minded friends like you for HBTC Surkhet.
4. We praise God for the approval of HBTC Surkhet from District administration.
5. We praise God for the co-operative & supportive hands from the local Churches & all the Christian organizations here in Surkhet including INF.
6. We praise God for the successful completion of 6th batch
5. Prayer points-
1. Please do pray for 7th batch that will be held from Februay 2010.
2. Please do pray for coming students so that God would send suitable, committed candidates for His service.
3. Please do pray for all the well wishers and donors of HBTC.
4. Please do pray for all the staffs and visiting teachers of HBTC Surkhet.
5. Please do pray for its executive board members so that they would lead HBTC for God's glory.
6. Please do pray for HBTC Surkhet's financial needs. We want to do many things for God's glory but many a times due to the lack of finance we are unable to do. We urge you all to pray for HBTC"s financial needs.
7. Please do pray for a audio and video deck and digital camera. We have a TV but without this device it has been very difficult to those teachers who come here to teach along with their CDS. Without camera also it has been difficult to send photographs and for making reports also it is very much needed. Please do pray.
8. Please do pray for our alumni visit. I and my wife prabha have planned prayerfully to visit our alumni of far-west and mid-west. It may take a week to cover mainly 5 districts (Kanchanpur, Kailali, Bardiya, Banke and Surkhet). Our purpose behind this is to encourage our alumni and to know their ministries, needs and challenges too. We are travelling by a motor bike. Please do pray for our safety. I do not have any financial resources for this trip but going firmly believing that He would provide for good works.
9. Please do pray for Nepal's political situation.
Thank you so much. Looking forward to getting your love and prayer in the days ahead too.
Yours truly
James Tamang & Prabha Tamang
Himalayan Bible Training Center
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