It was my great honor to be in the dedication of the building and dedicate the building in His hands. I spent a good amount of times with the local believers and they were so happy to have the building of their own. It was great to encourage the believers and pray with them. Pastor Ananda spoke from the Word of God to 
encourage the believers to press on the work of evangelism to win the Sherpa society back. We could see clearly the influence of the church as non-believers had a big support in the construction work.

Thank God the non-believers were so open to help the Christians there. I have attached some photos of the church building as well as of the dedication program.  The local believers and the leaders send you greetings and their heartfelt thanks for supporting the building. I want to thank you for meeting the need of the church.I will send you the financial report once the building is completely finished and furnished.

Photos are:
1. The Sherpa Church with roof
2. Pastor Gyan congratulating the church
3. Pastor Gyan cutting the Ribbon
4. The Church hall
5. Worshiping believers
6. Outside the church

You can see in the pictures, Pastor Man Bahadur Tamang and another pastor sitting in the front Hanok and one of the most influential  lady Member of Parliament invited by the leaders of the Padampokhari Church.

Below in the pictures you can see member of parliament handing over letter of appreciation signed with the signatures leaders of the Padampokhari Church leaders and by her.  When see delivered message to the mass she made a remark that "we were watching what has been taking place among the Christians and how and what they have been doing."  To me it was an awakening statement she made, knowing further that people around us are watching what we have been doing and evaluating the work that we do for the society.  This honor partly includes the appreciation for what we have done in Ratomate Vijay church drinking water years ago.  People of society no matter who they are they recognizes what Christians have done.  They are grateful for what we have done together for the collective benefit of their society.  

Below in the pictures you can see the mass of the people crammed in the compound of a school.   I will write in detail in second "update02" heading.  I was amazed by seeing a kind of mass gathering at this Christmas program.  

Last raw of the pictures were taken by using my own camera.  But as the power went off my Elder told me that he could not take as many pictures as it suppose to take. More follows.  By the way if you are thinking to put this update in your website, please take out the pictures of the member of parliament and  rest you can put.  We can put what she said during her address to the mass of Christmas program, but let us not use her pictures.  Thank you for understanding this matter thoughtfully.  More later.  

In His grace and love, 

Hanok