More than anything, Sati wants to be a dancer when she grows up—or possibly a singer.
Sati is eleven and lives in a very rural village in Southern Nepal. When she’s not helping her mother with the cooking or taking care of her younger brothers, she’s dancing.
Sati’s parents have no formal education, and the land around their home is insufficient for cultivation. There is no money to provide Sati and her older brother with the supplies needed to attend school. Sati’s brother sometimes went with their parents when they would look for work as laborers.
Pastor Dal Bahadur Gurung of Nepal Grace Church visited Sati’s remote village because he knew the people there needed help. Most of the community belongs to the Musahar people group, which typically faces discrimination across India and Nepal.
The family’s need was evident to Pastor Gurung from his first visit.
When I arrived at their home, the two smallest children were crying. I asked the father, and he told me they were crying for something to eat, but they had no food to give them. Seeing the miserable condition of this family and the children, I decided to provide them with food.
Once a week, Pastor Gurung fills a tuk-tuk with Food Paks and makes the bumpy journey to the remote village. The family is thankful to have something to feed their children, and Sati and her brothers are delighted to be guaranteed daily meals.
The purpose of his visit is about more than just delivering food. Pastor Gurung knows their needs go beyond the physical.
I thought the Food Pak ministry would be a good tool to reach families in need and build good relationships with them so we could preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.
As Pastor Gurung continued to visit the family, they shared their struggles with him and even asked him to pray for them. Sati and her mother have started attending church, making the long forty-five-minute walk from their village to Pastor Gurung’s church. Though their faith is still young, they have the support of a loving church community to guide it and encourage it to grow and deepen.
It would be easy for remote communities of people largely considered “undesirable” to remain ignored by society. Still, thanks to Nepal Grace Church and the generosity of Children’s Hunger Fund supporters, Pastor Gurung can make these weekly visits with a delivery of food and the message that they are seen and loved by God—so much so that He sent His Son to die for them.
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