Nepal: Influential Buddhist monk receives Jesus
By Mark Ellis, Senior Correspondent for ASSIST News Service
NEPAL (ANS - June 30, 2016)
-- The Nepal earthquake in 2015 killed over 8,000 people and was the
worst natural disaster to strike that country since 1934. Hundreds of
thousands were left homeless — with entire villages flattened — which
prompted many Christian organization to respond with humanitarian aid.
A
prominent Buddhist monk observed carefully as Christians helped rebuild
his community last year after the massive temblor reduced his
neighborhood to rubble.
“As
a powerful Tibetan monk with 1,000 disciples, his word was law,” a
ministry director for Christian Aid Mission reported. “He was watching
us for seven days continually as Christians became salt and light to the
community.”
Between
the witness of the Christian workers and a powerful move of the Holy
Spirit on the man’s heart something remarkable happened.
“After watching us for seven days, he said, ‘I’m going to give my life to Jesus.'”
Before the earthquake, the Buddhist leader had never allowed homegrown missionaries to preach in his area.
But
he was disheartened when he observed that none of his monastery
colleagues assisted with aid or rebuilding following the earthquake.
“Where are the 330 million gods of Hinduism? Where are the Buddhists?” the monk asked.
About the writer: Mark Ellis is Senior Correspondent for the ASSIST News Service (www.assistnews.net), and also founder of www.GodReports.com,
a website that shares stories, testimonies and videos from the church
around the world. He is also co-host for "Widows on the World" with ANS
Founder, Dan Wooding, which is airred weeekly on the Holy Spirit
Broadcasting Network (http://hsbn.tv).
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