Into Nepal
In the summer of 2016, the Wesley took a group of 13 individuals across the world to the country of Nepal. What a blessing it is to see the vastness of God’s creation and to witness His love- that not even a language barrier could falter. That summer of 2016, we built a hostel for the school children in the Chepang Village— and it forever changed our lives. We believe God is moving in Nepal and we are just grateful to be able to be a part of it. In the summer of 2018, we got to travel back to the Chepang village and built a two room school for 42 students (ages 4 - 4th grade).
And still God moves.
We are still continuing His work in Nepal. We currently have three on-going missions that are changing lives in the Chepang Village— our school lunch program, our school-house hostel, and our agricultural high school sponsorships. Scroll down to find out more about these missions.
We are only able to do these things by the grace of God and the generous support of loving people like you. We would love for you to consider joining us on this journey!
1. School Lunch Program
Meeting these children and hearing their stories truly changed our lives. We wanted to continue the good work God was doing in the Chepang Hills of Nepal, so we started a school lunch program. These young students will walk as far as 8 hours to attend school. Many of the children living in the area suffer from malnourishment and some are discouraged to attend school because of the distance. The Bible said to “direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it.” We believe lodging and shelter give these young hearts and minds a better chance to be who God created them to be.
We feed between 275-300 elementary & junior high students a nutritional school lunch every day. Before starting our program, students had to wait until they journeyed back home to have a meal. We want to make sure every child is fed— taking care of their bodies, their minds, and most importantly letting them know they are loved.
Through this project we are also able to hire villagers to fix the meals for the children— providing jobs to the people of Nepal.
We’d love for you to join us in this great adventure, remembering these words of Jesus... “for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
For just $5.50 a month, you can provide a daily lunch for 1 of the 384 students enrolled for this school year.
2. school-House Hostel
Many of the children in the Chepang village walk a far way, some up to 8 hours round trip, to and from school. The trek is tedious and a lot of times quite dangerous. They do it because they want to learn, not because they are required to. They have dreams and aspirations of their futures and they work hard to achieve them.
In 2016, we built a hostel that acts like a dormitory for these students to live during the week while they go to school and we are currently housing 42 students— making it easier for them to focus on their studies.
While at the hostel, students are given a warm place to stay, beds, blankets and food. Our School Lunch Program feeds them lunch, but we are also able to provide other meals for these students that cannot travel back home.
Through this hostel we are also able to provide jobs to some of the citizens of the Chepang Village. We have a group of people that we pay to transport and prepare the students’ food and we have a housekeeper that we employee to keep the hostel tidy. How amazing— so many lives touched and changed by the gift of this hostel.
We are only able to do these things by the grace of God and the generous support of loving people like you.
3. agricultural high school
History in the making!
Higher education is not easily accessible in the smaller villages of Nepal. Many children do not continue their education past junior high.
These students from Dumbang have recently taken the entrance exam for grade 9 Agriculture major in the nearest high school/campus Chandrodaya higher secondary school, Benighat. They will come out with a diploma to their names in a few years. They will be the first ones from their village to pursue the course and one of the firsts ever to receive higher education.
We sponsor 16 students to go to the agricultural high school a few hours away from the main village. This continued education is life-changing for them with jobs guaranteed after graduation.
These students will be the beacon of hope and change in their homes and the community of Dumbang village.
They all put in the hard work, and we are honored and blessed to be able to support them along their journey.