{"id":4395,"date":"2014-03-19T09:05:19","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T16:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4395"},"modified":"2016-07-03T10:19:48","modified_gmt":"2016-07-03T14:19:48","slug":"nepal-minstrel-leads-many-to-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4395","title":{"rendered":"NEPAL: Minstrel Leads Many to Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commissionstories.com\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">Asia Stories<\/a>, International Mission Board, March 16, 2014<\/p>\n<p>Troubadours once traveled on foot down trails snaking through the Himalayas, carrying news and the king&#8217;s messages to the far reaches of Nepal.<\/p>\n<p>This may sound like a fairy tale, but it&#8217;s a historical fact that has changed lives and is part of the fabric of Nepal. This &#8220;once upon a time&#8221; is Padam Gandharva&#8217;s caste&#8217;s true story.<\/p>\n<p>Padam comes from a long line of minstrels, only now he carries the messages and songs of Jesus Christ, the King of kings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Lord gave me a vision and a command to go throughout Nepal proclaiming the gospel,&#8221; says Padam [a member of the minstrel caste]. &#8220;My vision is that through the sarangi (a stringed instrument) playing in every village of the Nepal, the gospel would be sung and declared.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>People recognize that when Padam comes in, he comes in as a cultural performer. When others come, there is suspicion.\u00a0Padam journeyed to an area deep in a jungle where the gospel had not penetrated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I went through there, just singing, singing and people started following me, like a parade,&#8221; Padam says. &#8220;They said, &#8216;you&#8217;re singing songs about Jesus,&#8217; and that opened the door for me to share the gospel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Seven families became Christians and 40 people were healed. There is now a large church in the community.\u00a0Before Padam&#8217;s visit, two Christians attempted to share the gospel in the same village but were tied to a tree for three days.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commissionstories.com\/asia\/stories\/view\/singing-evangelist-leads-many-to-christ\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">Full story<\/a> with pictures and recordings, as well as several related stories about music and missions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Asia Stories, International Mission Board, March 16, 2014 Troubadours once traveled on foot down trails snaking through the Himalayas, carrying news and the king&#8217;s messages to the far reaches of Nepal. This may sound like a fairy tale, but it&#8217;s a historical fact that has changed lives and is part of the fabric of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4395\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NEPAL: Minstrel Leads Many to Christ<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4395"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6490,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4395\/revisions\/6490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}