Cry of Ishmael Conferences at a Remote Village, Nepal
November 9-12, 2024
Due to the governmental administration in India trying hard to make India a Hindu kingdom, M_______m people are migrating to the remote villages of the plain’s regions of Nepal. There is a native Nepale Pastor MTM, Raymond & Naomi Burkholder have been working with since nearly the beginning of the MTM ministry in 2008. More recently this Native Nepale Pastor has a passionate vision to win M________m people to Jesus Christ.
After I, taught Genesis at IGo Bible Institute, Chiang Mai, Thailand for 7+ years, I developed a teaching series entitled “The Cry of Ishmael” which focuses on God’s Heart from the Word of God for the salvation of the M_______m people world over.
In the process of time this Nepale Pastor heard of the MTM Cry of Ishmael teaching and requested I come to Nepal and teach this series among the churches he is working with in evangelism in the plain’s region of Nepal where these Muslim villages are situated. In honoring his request, we did the first “Cry of Ishmel” Conference in Nepal in the year 2016. Since then, we have facilitated a total of 3 “Cry of Ishmael” conferences in three different M_______m populated remote village regions in the plain’s region of Nepal. The most recent “Cry of Ishmael” Conference being conducted November 9-12, 2024, at another remote Village.
It has been very humbling to hear the testimony of this Nepale pastor that since MTM began teaching this series there, have been a total of 11 new indigenous churches planted among these remote M_______m villages of Nepal. BLESSED BE GOD ALONE!!!At this most recent Cry of Ishmael Conference a pastor who had traveled a long way from a distant village begged me to come to his region of Nepal and teach this series. He said there is a large population of these people in his region. Thus, God continues to open the way to propagate His heart for this Gospel unreached people group.
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Pastoral Leadership Conference at Pokhara, Nepal
November 18-21, 2024
After this we traveled to Pokhara, Nepal to facilitate a requested Pastoral Leadership Conference, November 18-21, 2024 with another Nepale Pastor. He oversees a group of Pastors all over the different regions of Nepal. Many of the attending delegates traveled 3-4 days by foot & public bus from Humla & Jumla from the far northwestern regions of Nepal. My teaching subject was Profiles of Faith & Folly of the patriarchs of old in the book of Genesis. I was greatly intrigued and invigorated at these attendees’ hunger to hear God’s Word, day after day by sitting on the floor with no chairs or backs. I also had no MTM guest teacher to help with the teaching at both these Nepal Conferences. Therefore, I was teaching 3-4 teaching sessions per day with each Session being 1-1/2 hours in length. My heart was thrilled the way the Lord bore me up by His Spirit and we soared on wings of Eagles. Blessed be God alone!
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Spiritual Enrichment Week at Berachah Institute of Higher Learning and Research (formerly HBCS) at Palampur, HP
November 29-December 6, 2024
After the two different conferences in Nepal, we rested and resorted for a few days at a Himalayan hotel. Yes, resting and rejoicing in all that God had done in our hearts as well as what God accomplished in the hearts of all the attendees. Blessed be God! Then we traveled on to Himachal Pradesh to BIHLR for our annual Spiritual Enrichment Week. Raymond & Naomi Burkholder are guest faculty at this Institute. Pastor Ryan & Amanda Horst from Canada, joined us as guest teacher couple along with their three children for this annual teaching event. Presently there are approximately 46 students at this facility coming from many different states and regions of India. One of the highlights this year was, we had 15 students from the northern regions of Myanmar. This greatly thrills my heart. You see, there is a civil war raging in the northern regions of Myanmar where afore time MTM has facilitated conferences and 3-week Bible schools. Our coordinators there, desire to continue our MTM ministry in this region of Myanmar. But now it is unsafe for foreigners to travel there. BUT GOD remains jealous that MTM makes disciples for Jesus Christ in Myanmar. Therefore, He brings choice Brothers & Sisters out of Myanmar and migrates them to India to the BIHLR campus for discipleship Ministry training. All these students at this Institute, upon graduation are assigned to target a Gospel unreached people group to reach them for Jesus Christ to labor among them as evangelists, and then onto planting churches and serving as pastoral leaders and discipleship teachers & leaders. Blessed Be God Indeed!!!
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For Christ & The Nations,
Raymond & Naomi Burkholder
Macedonian Teaching Ministry
Founder & Elder Ministry Teacher
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PRAYERFULLY & FINANCIALLY SUPPORT MTM!
