Experience During Worship On The Square At Carroll County Bible Reading Marathon, Arkansas: I Woke Up At 5 AM To Go To Green Forest, Which Is A Good Half Hour Drive Away. I Had To Go To Work Later That Day, And I Had Only Gotten To Bed Around 1 That Morning. My Family And I Were Leading Worship And Intercession Only An Hour Later. The First Thing I Notice When I Wake Up To Go Worship, Pray And Read The Word At Unnatural Hours Of The Night And Morning, Is That I'm Never Tired. Theres Something Exciting And Exhilarating About It That Gets My Blood Pumping. When We Arrived It Was Still Dark, But We Immediately Began Setting Up, And Preparing Our Hearts. As Our Time Began, And The Worship Was Plaing I Began Noticing Several Things. The Temperature Was Perfect, Slightly Warm With A Cool Breeze. The Birds Were Singing Softly, And Other Than That And The Worship, Everything Was Still. Then, To Top It All Off, The Sun Started Rising With These Beautiful Colors. You See, Today I Am Leaving For Israel For An Opportunity To Intern With A 24/7 House Of Prayer, And Although This Story I'm Telling You Happened A Month Ago, I Sensed That It Was A Processor To How My Experience In The Holy Land Would Be. Harmony Was Happening, Just As Yeshua (Jesus) Prayed In John 17. It Was Excitingly Beautiful, And Well Worth Allowing God To Interrupt The Rest That He So Graciously Gives Me. That Morning At 6 AM, Worshiping At The Square In Green Forest, AR, I Could Truthfully Say, With An Undivided Heart, "Lord, You're All I Want, You're All I've Ever Needed." Let's Roar! Lukas Wallace
Excitement of Bible Reading Marathon Nepal
Pastor Amrit & Ambica Nepali With Pastor Shiva & Januka Devkota
Nepal 14 Zones 75 Districts
May the Word of God flourish in Nepal. What an exciting time to be together with leaders and members of twelve churches from across Nepal. The believers in this Bible Reading Marathon were truly "set afire" by Holy Spirit. I am overjoyed by the love of the people and their enthusiasm to glorify God and spread his word to their nation. May Christ crown their efforts with success. Thank you for letting me be a part of this mission and vision of God. Mary Haug
We had an Awesome time with you and Jess! One of my favorite parts was watching you minister to the ladies at the luncheon in Katmandu! Dave sure enjoyed visiting with Jess. Love, Mary
Rajendra Ale (Himalayan jiwan Church, Kathmandu): Bible Reading Marathon made me feel blessed. A lot of youth participated in this marathon from different churches. We got to know each other from different churches. The amazing thing I liked about this marathon was that there were no limits to who will read the bible. Even new believers got chance to read the bible. The current situation on Nepal is not stable. So there was always a fear in me if someone would oppose us in this works of God. But nothing like this happened. I am very grateful to everyone for this event.
Detroit Lakes, MN
PS. Shiva Devkota (Chhoprak Church, Gorkha): I have been Christian for more than 25 years. Been a pastor for 20 years. In all these years this is the first time ever an event like this took place in Nepal. This marathon helped spread the evangelism to local society. While reading the bible I felt I grew even deeper into relation with God spiritually. There are 75 districts in Nepal including Kathmandu. And marathons like these should be done all over Nepal in all 75 districts.