Click here to donate. Helicopter The service of a private helicopter was secured today. Tomorrow, Noel, Raju, a Doctor friend from Hawaii and a few others will be flying into Gadlang to assess damage, bring rice, and provide first aid. This is a huge answer to prayer! Rice will be purchased in the nearest larger town and will […]
Click here to donate. Here’s the update on the efforts of the Himalayan Region Vineyards in Nepal. High Mountain Villages: Prem (the pastor at Gadlang Vineyard) and the rest of the Gadlang team arrived home late Monday night. They were able to drive 60% of the way to Gadlang. They walked the remainder which took them two
Click here to donate. It’s been one week since disaster struck the Himalayan Region. Here’s the latest on the HRV team’s activities as of Saturday evening, Nepal time. Grateful: We are so grateful for the widespread response from the Vineyard family around the world. It’s amazing to see us mobilized in this way. Thank you! Noel says, “We
Here’s a map of Nepal highlighting the epicentre of the earthquake on April 25, 2015. Here are the locations of Vineyard churches which were directly impacted by the earthquake. Below is a Google Earth view of the churches on the map. In case you can’t see the names on your screen, the order of the tour
To donate, click here. Here’s the news as of Thursday, 9pm Nepal Time. High Mountain villages of Gadlang, Nessing, Tipling & Sertung: We’ve finally heard word from this region and, like most other remote areas in Nepal, the situation is bad. All the houses and most other buildings are down. They are built with dry
To donate, click here. Here’s the latest as of Tuesday, 9pm Nepal time. Gorkha – the Epicentre: A Jeep bearing rice, salt, tarps and blankets arrived in Gorkha Monday night. It was a treacherous trip because of the rain and road conditions. They got into an accident but all are ok (the jeep isn’t). Raju, the
This information is compiled from a few phone conversations with Noel and Nathan, Monday evening, 9pm Kathmandu time. We are glad that still no fatalities have been reported from among the Vineyard communities in the Himalayan region. A team of Nepali and Canadian people spent Monday in Champi and Kotgaon. These are two villages in the mountains
If you’re looking to donate, go here. I just got off the phone with Nathan – 9am Sunday morning Kathmandu Time. Two aftershocks occurred during our conversation. Each time, the crows go crazy, the dogs begin to howl, and people on the streets begin to call out to each other – warning and reassuring each
The info in this report is from a conversation I had with Noel Isaacs and Nathan Rieger, who are currently both on the ground in Kathmandu. This info is from 8:15pm on Saturday (Nepal time) – about 9 hours after the earthquake. The earthquake struck Saturday morning (April 25) during the Kathmandu Vineyard’s weekly church
Here is Violet Rademaker sharing two stories about her parents. Thanks for sharing with us, Violet!
The real Jesus – the one we read about in the bible and not the one whose name is commonly invoked to justify all manner of violence, exclusion and judgement – the real Jesus is winsome. There is something about him that surprises, challenges, comforts and wins people. Even non-religious people love him and more often
In Genesis, God gave humans a few jobs. One of them was to tend and watch over the creation God had placed them in (Gen 2:15). This task has never been taken away – which means, we too, are to tend the earth. There are many ways to do this, but on Sunday April 19 we
What are you doing the first weekend in July? Why not pitch a tent (or camper… or sleep under the stars) at our annual Vineyard camp-out? Mark your calendars now for this great opportunity to make some new friends, share quality time together, play games, relax, sing songs, tell jokes (and maybe a few camp-fire stories),
