Journey to Daduwa: Where the Road Ends, the Adventure Begins!

When I was young, I loved to read stories about men and women who left the safety and comfort of their homes in exchange for the jungles of exotic, far-away lands.  Books that told the stories of great men such as David Brainerd, Hudson Taylor, Victor Plymire, Jim Elliot and Nate Saint were among my favorites.  Their undaunted courage and perseverance in the face of great hardships still inspires me today as my family and I live out our dreams of adventure here in Nepal.  What an awesome privilege it is to fulfill Isaiah 52:7 - in a very literal sense - as we work among villagers who until now have only known the ancient traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, Hinduism, Shamanism and other animistic beliefs.

Have you ever wondered what it's like to wander through the jungles of a remote, exotic land to share the love of Jesus with a tribe of people who have never heard?  If so, I want to invite you to join me, and my friends Raju and Rae, on a journey to the village of Daduwa in the Lamjung district of north central Nepal.  In this 10-part series, we want to give you a glimpse of what it is like to travel to a remote village in the mountains of Nepal.  We hope that you will start to understand what it's going to take to reach the least-reached of this nation.  Come along with us, and enjoy the adventure!

This first blog was filmed at the "end of the road," just a couple of hours after we left Pokhara.  Normally, the road would take us all the way to the village, but since this was rainy season, the road was washed out and most of the ground had to be covered on foot.   But, as you'll see in the coming days, where the road ends, the adventure begins!