Seven years
ago I met Kul Bahadur at a seminar we held in Darjeeling, India. After six
years I met him again last year at a gathering in Kathmandu. He had been
blessed by our teaching and put it into practice. During those six years he had
been instrumental in starting six churches. Three of them were quite big and
the others quite small, he told us.

Today we
met him again. He has brought with him a group of six men that are working with
him. They call themselves Covenant Friends. The seven men in this group of
covenant friends are living in a very remote area of Nepal. They work as wood
cutters to support themselves, but use as much time as possible to evangelize
and to bring the good news of the Kingdom of God to new villages and unreached
people groups.

Since we
met last year the seven covenant friends have started a new church in a
neighbouring village, only two hours walk from where they live. When they go to
a new village they proclaim the good news of the Kingdom, heal the sick and
casts out demons. As the people see the miracles that happen in the name of
Jesus Christ they believe and repent. They prayed for a man with one blind eye.
Immediately he could see a little bit and within seven days he could see
perfectly! One lady whose body was full of wounds got completely healed within
a short time after prayer, but had tried many thing in vain before she heard
the good news of the Kingdom. Thirty people have come to Christ so far in this
village. They have all been baptised and being joined together as a living
church in their remote village. Our covenant friends are visiting them regularly
to teach, train and encourage them in the Lord.

This group
of seven covenant friends are following up all the churches they have started,
and they help the believers to make new disciples. Since our last visit they
have baptised seventy people.

Our friends
also told us of some of the difficulties they are facing. Witchdoctors are working
against them with occult powers and evil ways, causing many problems for our
friends. They are also facing many challenges from their natural environment in
the remote area where they work.  During
the monsoon they face many dangerous landslides. Several of the believers have
lost everything due to some large landslides recently, but God saved their
lives!