These teaching tools are designed to encourage mission-focused
stewardship education. The idea behind the tools is to show ways that
God is at work in Nepal, and ways that children can both learn about
that work and also about what mission means in their own context.
Mennonite
workers first went to Nepal in the 1950s to work under a new
international consortium called United Mission to Nepal. Mennonites
worked in health and education ministries, rural development,
electrification technology, nutrition, and many other fields. As Nepali
people have been trained in most such professional fields, there has
been reduced need for expatriate expertise. But foreign workers continue
to serve under UMN and other agencies in this poorest of Asian
countries, mentoring Nepali staff and bringing specific knowledge to
help in unique situations.
Mission Network workers today run
businesses, counsel new believers, and help in congregational
ministries. Dale and Bethsaba Nafziger have been involved in various
business ventures in Nepal, including a coffee shop. They both serve in
leadership roles at their church, and Bethsaba also serves as a nurse
and midwife.
Make an offering display
$20 a day helps support mission workers as they live
and work and make friends around the world. To track
your giving progress, consider making a poster or turning
a bulletin board into a mountain.
Nepal is home
to eight of the 10 highest peaks in the world, including
Mt. Everest, the world’s tallest mountain.
Divide the
mountain into $10 or $20 sections and color in each
section or move a mountain climber up the mountain
as you raise funds for mission.
Set a big goal and see if
your climber can get there!