DISPATCH: Wednesday, Jan. 25

Another day began for us with the blessed witnessing of three more souls saved by and for Jesus. Sonam Tamang, his wife Langgonz, and their 18-year-old daughter Dolma — the family running the guest house where we stayed in Tatopani — heard the Gospel and received Christ as Savior. Pastor Tej read for them from Romans 3:9-10, 3:23 and 6:23 and Mark 16:15-17. He then shared about Jesus and this precious family responded. It was the first of the 50 families living in Tatopani to desire Christ.

After this amazing start to a new day we made the 1,800-vertical-foot ascent out of Tatopani to the physical highpoint of our five-day Langtang trek. For Marissa, Tej and Dave, reaching Nagthali Ghyang at 10,540 feet (3,195 meters) was a personal high. The team then descended 2,900 feet to the village of Thuman.

We are staying in this Buddhist stronghold tonight and will take a prayer walk on our way out of the village in the morning. At the moment there are 2,200 Buddhists and 0 Christians living in Thuman. We have faith that those numbers will soon change.