KINGDOM VENTURES

Recently I listened to the prayers of a pastor and his flock of orphans pray for daily

bread.  The prayers must rend the heart of God.  They certainly rent mine.   The Lord used

me that day to provide the food.  As I traveled on to visit the next pastor and his needs, I

wondered who would provide for them the next day.

Everything seems impossible in Nepal and therefore the prayers are urgent. And they are on

the lips of every person you meet.  It's not that people are begging.  Rather, they are

addressing God.  And I believe that God is addressing us.

One of our main works of support here is to try to provide "businaries" (business people

with a heart for missions) who can advise people on businesses and invest in the people. 

Some of the pastors are doing this on their own.  For example, Pastor Tirtha Gerou's

congregation has provided a widow with two goats to start goat farming.  The woman has had

success and now has been able to pay a tithe to the church and to help with the expenses

of the orphanage.

This same pastor has a vision to establish a tourist hotel,  He has worked in that

business and knows what makes it successfull.  Nepalis' natural hospitable gifts produce

really good service.  What he lacks is the investment that could make this dream a

reality.

Another man was trained in shoe making in Italy. He once had a small factory for making

shoes. This man could again put a lot of people to work but he needs the initial

investment.

Still another pastor has fish ponds that have been replanted as rice paddies when the

district cut off his water supply.  However, he could start again using well water if

only he had a water pump and a restocking of fish.

The fact is that Nepal is rich in natural resources and could be developed in many ways by

those who would be inspired to make the investment.  For instance, to think a very big

impossible thought, a series of dams and hyproelectric plants at judcious points in the

Himalayas could provide hydro-electric power for this energy starved country, could help

to channel water to needed places (Kathmandu), possibly help in flood control in countries

to the south (India and Bangladesh), and provide, with the industrious Nepali work force,

the basis for industrial development.

Therefore, please join my prayer for "businaries" to come to Nepal and help.  There is so

much that can be done to help these enterprising people.