woke up this morning to this ... thought I would share it with you. My good friend Noel Isaacs (Sherab Bhutia is his Nepali name) is the one writing. We’ve partnered together in all kinds of community work in Nepal and North East India ... the villages that he is referring to are up in the Himalayan mountains northwest of Katmandu. They sit at about 12,000 feet and are quite remote.

if you feel compelled to help - drop me a line through the contact link and I’ll let you know what to do. I am in communication with Noel and a group of friends who are connected to that area of the world. Any help would be appreciated.

Dear friends
Greetings and it was really great to meet all of you and thank you for
your strength and encouragement.
I got home yesterday and still in a jet lag. but i needed to ask you
for your prayer and help.
Shyam and I started getting phone calls from Nessing and Gadlang today because
last night and today in the morning a strong cyclone and heavy wind
swept through those villages and most of the houses been destroyed by
the heavy wind. In Gadlang we lost the whole roof of the church and
Prem the over seer there also lost parts of his house roof and same in
Nessing too. Many of our believers lost 60 % of their home. some
caught fire and still burning in smoke. The misery goes on and on.

Our pastoral staff team had a meeting today and Shyam as an APC made a
request so that we can send a team immediately for providing support
and stand with them. We request you to join in with us to help our
vineyard family have some relief.

Thank you and do let me know how you want to respond.

Thank you
Noel isaacs

at the very least engage in some prayer for these guys. These kind of situations create amazing opportunity, but also especially in the more rural contexts of Asia, open a door to significant spiritual warfare. The buddhists in the area have already been giving us significant grief after the recent death of Kamatashi’s wife to cancer (the community leader in the village of Nessing), and who knows how they will now try to lay this tragedy at the doorstep of the believers. Please mobilize significant prayer for the people in that area and pray that Noel and Shyam have great wisdom in not only dealing with our community in the hills, but in how to engage with the village people and the other religious leaders there. Having said this, we must be thinking about how to help beyond our Vineyard relationships and into the Hindu and Buddhist communities as well.