Video of Nepal Training of 108 Youth Ministry Leaders
January 31, 2012 | 
Author Enjoy this short video of our training here in Nepal. Chris Davis, Larry Lemaster (Crossroads House Church Pastor) and Wendell Anderson (Spiritual Maturity Pastor). Great staff and team here in Nepal, made this a great event.
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Yes…Yes….Yes… (Day 3 in the trainings for Nepal)
Larry Lemaster (House Church Pastor - Crossroads) prays with Nepal youth leaders.
We are having a great training event here in Kathmandu Nepal. We are getting ready to start our last day for the first event (Level 1 and Level 2 trainings). Leaders are worshipping with their whole hearts. They are seeking us for prayer on family matters, on ministry needs and personal issues as well. Larry Lemaster and Wendell Anderson have done an incredible job of teaching and shepherding these young leaders.
I (Chris Davis) have been busy with our team teaching 6-7 hours each day.
As I sit in Nepal for our training of over 100 youth ministry leaders, there are times where we may ask is all of this worth it?
Leader prays as he enters the first session and worship for the day.
We traveled close to 40 hours to arrive, raised thousands upon thousands of dollars. We leave our families and friend for close to 2 weeks. The temperatures are colder than we are used to throughout the day (the training sites do not have have heat for the most part and the temperatures are from about 40 to 55 degrees).
With all of that we would still say with a resounding YES! That this is well worth all we do.
Worship
You can see by these pictures that this event is not just a sit down conference with a stale notebook. We have over 100 dedicated leaders here. These young leaders are so passionate to do things for Christ. They sacrifice immensely in finances, lack of comforts and many other challenges. They face the need to help young people whose parents are against them being a Christian and going to church (most of the people here are Buddhist or Hindu, with only about 3% being Christian). They work in churches that have few resources to help them reach youth.
They have the passion and zeal to learn and are committed to make a real impact for the Kingdom! So, Yes…Yes…Yes…this is all worth it.
We get to do this ministry that has an exponential impact for this generation and the generations to come!
Leaders work on their goals and ministry plans
17 Hours by Bus in Nepal
Wendell Anderson and Larry Lemaster talk with and encourage youth ministry leaders in Nepal.
I am amazed at what God can do and is doing!
We had our first full day here in Nepal. I am sure we are all feeling a bit overwhelmed by God’s power and goodness. We are having a training of Christian youth ministry leaders from all across Nepal. We planned to have a Level 1 training and a Level 2 training, we had hoped to have at best 60-70 youth ministry leaders. The last count was 104 youth ministry leaders!
Some of the stories of these leaders include Santos, a youth leader who traveled 17 hours by bus from the very far west part of Nepal just
Chris Davis with Koshil Thangsha (Koshil is from India and came to Nepal because so few people here are Christians, +/- 3%). Koshil is now working with us (Global Youth Ministry Network) as we train and equip youth leaders.
to attend the trainings. Others shared about how God was speaking to them even in the first session. One leader mentioned that God had been dealing with them about their need to not go ahead of God in their ministry and to stop doing ministry for themself, but to take time to seek God more before they move ahead in ministry. This may seem like a small thing, but there a many people and leaders who may not be really following God’s leading. This leader is now being reminded of this and is now ready to have a ministry led totally by the Lord.
We also had great times of worship. Amazing to see young Christian leaders worshipping all-out! The sincerity and enthusiasm in worship was a real blessing.
Larry Lemaster preached a short devotion to the leaders. This was Larry’s first experience of teaching with a translator. God used him in a great way to encourage the leaders. A few of the leaders sought out Larry for personal prayer or counseling/advice as well. Wendell was busy encouraging leaders during our breaks and assisting the leaders to write purpose statements
I am thrilled that 104 youth leaders are being encouraged and equipped. They will all go out to impact many others for the sake of Christ.
We may never see all of the impact until eternity. One thing we know is that His Word working in and through available leaders will expand His Kingdom here in Nepal and to the ends of the world.
Thank you for supporting and praying for this His work and ministry!
Chris Davis
From Kathmandu Nepal
Nepal Christian Youth Ministry Leaders work on their updates about the growth of the youth ministry since their last training with GYMN. They reported having several outreach events of over 60 young people.
Leaving for Nepal – Developing Christian Youth Leaders in Nepal
Chris Davis, Larry Lemaster and Wendell Anderson (left to right), prepare for their mission to Nepal.
On Thursday, January 26th, our team of Larry Lemaster, Wendell Anderson and Chris Davis (myself) will begin our mission journey to Nepal. We have some great opportunities in front of us to impact thousands of youth for Christ through up to 100 youth ministry leaders that we will be training and pastoring during our 12 day trip.
We will do three youth leadership trainings (Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3). Part of our training team will be Jomesh Tamang and Koshil Thangsha (Nepal based staff for Global Youth Ministry Network-Nepal). By the end of these three trainings leaders will be encouraged and will have a one-yer strategic plan for their ministry. In addition, several local new trainers will be developed to assist the Nepal based training team. Developing additional trainers will enable 100′s and eventually 1000′s of youth leaders to be discipled in the years to come, not just in Nepal, but in India, Bangladesh and other regional locations.
Most of these countries have a very low percentage of Christians (1 to 3%), which means the development of local leaders is the key to the future growth of His church there!
In addition to the above, Wendell will be leading two “God on Money” seminars and we will be distributing soccer equipment for our daughter ministry, Soccer Kicks 4 Kids. The equipment will be used by youth ministries in Nepal as tools to reach youth for the sake of Christ!
Thank you for praying for us as we travel and train for the sake of Christ! (Prayers for our families remaining home would also be appreciated). We hope to be able to keep you posted once we arrive there (electricity is very erratic, so we will do our best). Follow us on FaceBook, Twitter and through our Feed (all available from our website www.global-youth.com). If you are to support, we have some additional funding needs still to be covered for this trip. (Funding cane done via online (PayPal) or contacting our office 419.756.4433).
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Chris Davis (on behalf of the training teams).
Global Youth Ministry Network
How Was Your Year?
As we together have closed out one year and begun a new one, it is helpful to reflect on the past year. I know when I ask the question, “How was your year?”, it may garner a widely varied response. Some of us have faced the loss of a loved one or seen others dear to us face this loss. Some of us have lost a job, faced struggles financially or had difficult relational issues. On the other hand some have had great reasons to celebrate this past year with the birth of a child, weddings, new jobs or new endeavors in our life.
Training incredible youth leaders in Nepal.
As I consider the past year, it has had some incredible joys for us as a family and a ministry. On the other hand we have been hit with losses through some Christian families that surround us. These losses, though tragic and difficult at the time, have allowed (ok…forced) me to put my eyes even more on the eternal and less on the temporary of this life. Sure we may even have things to rejoice about, but the reality is that even most of these good things could be gone by this time next year. Life is interesting as we do not know for sure what tomorrow or next year brings to each of us.
I am so glad that we do have assurance that we can stand on through Christ. As I look back over the past year my eyes (and I hope yours) can reflect on the eternal things versus the positive or negative temporal things. This is the source of hope that we as believers can stand
upon whether in the sunshine or in the rain. We have hope in Christ that He is ours and we are His. We have hope that He will never leave us or forsake us. We have hope that one day we will be with Him where there is no more death and dying. Where there will be no more tears from sorrow. There are several ways that help me to keep my eyes on the eternal that may help you as well.
First, the Word of God keeps things in perspective for me. God’s heart is the eternal. In fact, He even shapes what we see as the temporary in this life to meet the eternal impact of His great plans! His Word keeps us calibrated upon the eternal and allows us even to see the temporal in light of the eternal plans. Secondly, by seeing His plans work out through others across the world. This helps me stay focused on what rally matters, the eternal souls of people around the globe. When I reflect on the impact that I see missionaries having around the globe it keeps my eyes on what really matters. Maybe I can help you (and myself) here by reflecting together on the impact we together have seen globally through Global Youth Ministry Network in 2011.
God’s faithfulness through this year is extremely evident as we reflect on this past ministry year and the eternal work that we get to do together as seen in here in this chart.
I am looking forward to two things as I approach 2012. First, to see how God wants to continue to work with us around the globe to impact the millions of young people who are yet to know Him through the leaders we train. Secondly, I am looking forward to having my eyes set more often on the eternal in 2012. I desire to keep my eyes set on Him, the author and finisher of my faith, so that I may more fully enjoy Him and long more and more to be with Him both here now and for eternity!
Passionate youth leaders in Nepal worship.
Maybe the above would be two areas that could assist you and I both in keeping our eyes set on the eternal in 2012. Thank you for being eternally focused in 2011 by supporting GYMN and it’s wonderful group of staff and volunteers around the globe.
- Over 700 Christian youth ministry leaders were trained.
- Leaders from 5 different countries were impacted from 3 different continents.
- Over 14,000 youth impacted from this years trained leaders alone.
- The GYMN – Nepal office was fully established and showed incredible ministry growth.
- Ministry in Africa was re-established at a lower cost and higher impact.
- New staff integrated into the Philippines, Asia office.
- We saw the completion of the first “Heart of the Leader” ministry to pastors and leaders.
- We completed our first online training (pilot project).
- Over $1000 per month was committed in additional support for GYMN for 2012 (still need additional $3500 to meet our vision and needs goal).
- An incredible celebration event was held in Mansfield, Ohio for GYMN’s 15th Anniversary.
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