Sudas Sharma –
“My Name is Sudas Sharma of Nepal. I am 45 years old. I have one wife (Leela) and 2 children (Priti and Samarpan). My daughter Priti finished senior high school in June 2012. My son Samarpan will be finishing senior high school in June this year. My wife is a house wife. I work in an inter-governmental organization as a knowledge management professional. I was born in a Hindu Brahmin family. My parents are still Hindu. My father is a Hindu priest.
I heard about Jesus for the first time at the age of 16 through a nursing student. She had come to our school to teach about health and hygiene as part of her field work. She secretly gave us small booklets to read. I read one of these booklets several times. The rest of my class mates threw them in the dustbin. I myself was a trainee Hindu priest, had studied Hindu theology, and was helping my father in his rituals and other Hindu practices. I found the content of the booklet interesting. It talked about another God that I had never heard of before. I was curious to know more about the God and Jesus mentioned in the booklet.
I decided to go to the place called ‘Church.’ I followed the address given in the booklet. Later, i was invited by one of my new friends to go to Christian Students camp where i learned more and understood the truth. I was introduced to the Way, the Truth and the Life. I sincerely prayed and asked myself, “is everything I am practicing as a Hindu priest meaningless?” I suddenly realized that all the idols that everyone in my house worshiped every morning and evening are worthless. They were nothing but stone, copper, and brass. I invited Jesus in my life as my personal Savior, and He came into my life in 1989.”
Sudas Sharma’s Vision
“My vision is to be an effective Soldier of Christ. I have never taken formal training related to His ministry. I want to be equipped with new knowledge and skills so that I can be an effective servant of Christ. My goal is to be able to lead the new generation to Christ. Leading the new generation to Christ is a big challenge in a materialistic world. I want to learn different skills to be able to teach better, evangelize better, and become an useful servant of Christ.
“Taking the course from Christian Leader Institute will help me to achieve my goal to become an equipped soldier of Christ. I will have opportunities to learn and grow in His words and teach others. I look forward to kind support, guidance, and prayers from you as I achieve my ministry goal.”
Thank you.
In His service,
Sudas Sharma”
Sudas Sharma completed his Christian basics certificate. He is now moving on to complete other courses with Christian Leaders Institute. You can help Sudas Sharma fulfill his vision by making a donation to Christian Leaders Institute!
Stefenie Lovelady-Kirchenbauer – “My name is Stefenie Lovelady-Kirchenbauer, and I live in Ben Wheeler Texas, U.S.A. I have found it rather hard to do ministry work here, as far too many people are focused on a worldly life instead of a heavenly life. There are far too many that brush off God’s commands and that are just too “busy” for God. There are some out there that are willing to listen and consider The Truth. It is to those people that I feel the Word can be spread, and many lives can be touched.
“When I married, my husband was a believer, and I still had yet to find the Lord. He drove my truck to work, and I noticed that he had changed that radio to KVNE. KVNE is a Christian station out of Tyler Texas. Each day as I got in my truck, I would hear the music, and it made me feel better. I remember hearing the song “Revelation” by Third Day, and it had such a huge impact on me. I asked my husband how to become a Christian, and he prayed with me. I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. My husband has been a great source of support and encouragement for me in my walk with God, and we spend time praying and reading the Bible together.
“I feel as though I am being led into the music ministry. I have always had a passion for music, and it was music that lead me to Christ. I would love to reach others through music. I am in God’s hands, and where He chooses to lead me I will gladly go. I am trusting in God and the Holy Spirit to lead me to where I am of best use.”
Stefenie Lovelady-Kirchenbauer Receives a Scholarship
“A scholarship means the difference between furthering my walk with God through a quality education or simply doing nothing. I am disabled, and we live on a very small income. There is no way to afford traditional tuition and fees. There are no schools close, so i would have to move. This would mean relocating my family, and with my disability I would need to find new doctors and surgeons. This online education has made it possible for me to obtain a quality education and further my walk with the Lord. A scholarship means that I am able to pursue those dreams and further my knowledge and understanding of the Lord.
“I ask that you continue to pray for me as I prepare to work with our Minister of Music, and that I will be lead by the Holy Spirit to be a help to the choir and to those in our congregation. I also ask that you continue to pray that the Holy Spirit will point me onto any path that He sees fit for me to take, and that He will guide me with His love and great mercy.”
Stefenie Lovelady-Kirchenbauer completed her Christian Basic Certificate. She is now continuing on further studies at Christian Leaders Institute.
Make a donation to support Stefenie Lovelady-Kirchenbauer
Ministry Calling – Some say that God is done with western counties. I admit that I used to sort of believe that too. But new students at Christian Leaders Institute have inspired me to realize that God is calling people everywhere. Two new students from the last three days illustrate this point. One student races motocross for a living. His name is Michael Thacker from Fort Worth, Texas, USA. He introduces himself to CLI, “I am married to my wife Selina; we just married last June. Our love for the Lord is great and is the main focus of our house hold.”
Michael senses the ministry calling and is preparing now to pursue it when he retires from Motor Cross racing. “My occupation is a professional motocross racer, which I have raced all over the US, Canada, and Europe. This season I am racing for a Christian based team in Canada racing the Canadian MX nationals. My goal and vision is to continue racing for a couple more years and retire into the ministry. I feel called to teach God’s word and to help people have a better and deeper understanding of God’s word and obtain a close, personal walk with the Lord” Ckick here to check out his website
Ministry Calling for A Single Mom in London, England
Sabina Harmony Oconnor is no ordinary single mom. Her life has never been ordinary. Her story is moving.
“I am a single mum of 3, Harry 11 has cerebral palsy oxygen dependent chronic lungs and in a wheelchair, Mollie 15 has autism, ADHD, PICA PDA and Epilepsy. I also have Jack 18 who is an amazing young man. I went forward at Billy Graham crusade when I was 11, and baptized at 14, but I had a very bad childhood. My parents were not factors. I was brought up by my best friend’s family who then moved to Oz. Mine is a story of many trials.”
“I am so hungry for God and have a strong ministry calling. I am letting God guide me in what I should do. I do not know what that is, so all I can do is get myself ready for my ministry calling. God’s call is sooooooooo strong in me and he is opening so many doors for me to do his work.”
Ministry Calling And A Miracle
Sabrina was blinded by a golf accident nine years ago. She left her home in England to visit dear friends in Australia. Sabrina was searching for God. And God brought her back to faith and gave her a miracle to restore her sight. Watch her story here.
To me every ministry calling is a miracle. God calls leaders and turns their life upside down with an urgency to tell others about Jesus These miracles occur to motocross racers from Texas, single mums from London, village dwellers from Ghana. Those who have this ministry calling are joining God’s kingdom operatives who will not be stopped. Another student called into ministry training shared a story of a prayer overheard last Sunday in his church in Brussels, Belgium. This story illustrates the desperate need for the gospel in our desperate world.
“I like to relate the striking experience in one of my visits, to be precise, a visit to a church in Brussels. I overheard a prayer offered by a girl sitting close to me. She continued and I quote, ‘Dear Lord, I am doing this business(prostitution) against my will. I was brought here to Europe not knowing that I was brought to do this. I am in a cage, trapped because I must pay with my body. This act is against my will, I was only tricked into believing that I would do a legal job and not prostitution. Now I am forced to do it or else my family back home would be made to pay with their lives and I would be in danger of death because of the oaths I have been made to swear to. Now Lord, I need you to save me for I am between the devil and the deep blue sea.” She left sobbing.”
The ministry calling will not be stopped. God’s voice is stirring. CLI will do everything in our power to train as many called leaders as possible!