I am so glad that God took me on a journey that I did not expect. I led a team to a place known as Bomdila in Arunachal Pradesh in the Himalayas. We ministered to a people group known as the Monpas. This is one of the least unreached people groups according to Joshua Project. This place is also well known for the persecution of Christians. It is purely a Buddhist region. The darkness in these lands is so strong. Even in my sleep I was in prayer during my outreach. I never had such a thirst for prayer and intersession as strong as this before.
What really challenged me was the testimony of the family that hosted us. They went through so much persecution for the sake of Christ. The grandma and the son of the family were both murdered. The eldest daughter was beaten so badly that she had to be hospitalized. Their entire house was burned to ashes. They lost everything. Christians who committed to work in that place all left because of the difficulty they faced. The father of the family who hosted my team had discipled about 50 believers and had appointed a pastor for the church, but unfortunately everyone of them denied Jesus and went back to following Buddhism. In fact the one who was appointed as the pastor was the one who betrayed the family. To be honest darkness is so thick in these lands. We felt like we were in an underground church because we could not sing, worship or pray loudly.
My team and I never stopped praying. We spent more than 36 hours of ministry (walking, worshipping, praying and interceding). We went to many places where dark and demonic rituals were practiced and we pleaded the the blood of Christ and destroyed the works of the enemy. I remember going to a river where dead bodies would be cut into 108 pieces and thrown into the river as this is one of the rituals that they practice. We did many, many prophetic acts. One of my desires was to go down a valley and read Ezekiel 37 " the valley of dry bones". The Lord kept reminding me that the land is dead and so we went to a valley and read the scriptures Ezekiel 37 and by faith we proclaimed what the Lord put in my heart. That this land shall no longer be called a land of the dead but a land of the living. We knelt down and worshiped God in the valley. I was so glad that the Lord fulfilled this desire in my heart. We did many prophetic acts.
One of the biggest revelations that God gave me was during my quiet times. Every word that I read from the scriptures meant so much to me and touched me deeply. I wept and wept. What the lord had told me was so profound. He said, Tamil ...for generations after generations there was no one in this land who spent time with me reading my word, praying and worshipping but you have the highest privilege of doing that. And for generations after generations these people have been worshipping the enemy but your one time worship to me has destroyed the generations of rituals and worship.
We walked a lot...As I walked the land I pictured myself buying every square foot of the land that I walked on for Jesus. I felt like I was restoring back what the enemy had once stollen in these Buddhist lands.
All I can say is that my faith has been stirred and has become more stronger than ever before. In the past the Lord was telling me to walk the land but now I'm doing both walking and claiming the land.
Prayer points:
I felt God say to me that this year 2016 there will be a big test...a big test is on its way and as of now I have no idea what that actually means. Please pray that I would be strong in my faith that nothing will shake me.
We are preparing for our long out reach. Pray that God will lead us to the right place.
Pray that God would provide all our needs.
Pray for the family that hosted my team as they are the only Christians in their entire land. Pray also for the Monpa people that they would believe in Jesus.
Pray that God would bless and favour us as we serve Him faithfully. Pray that God would bring many more workers into the harvest.
Blessings to all...
