THE OUTHOUSE HAS A LIGHT!!!

Wow, I have been here for 26 Days and SO much has happened. For starters I am now living at the english boarding school that I taught at last week, I will explain in a moment. I will still be working very closely with the refugee camps and I will still be giving the teaching in a few weeks. During the week that I spent in Ilam I was able to lead Bible studies for about 100 new christians. I taught 4th, 5th, and 6th grade english. *I just wanted to shoot in that the cyber cafe that I am in is now blasting Celion Dion, that makes me laugh.* Anyway, I loved it, the climate is almost identical to Colorado, and the people there were amazing. There is a man up there named Robin, and the day that I was leaving he said to me over and over "you have to come back, because we love you" I really didn't think much of it at the time and just promised that I would come back. I spoke at two of their three churches that Saturday, and came back to Birtamod. I then gave two sermons on Sunday at a refugee camp, and was done by mid afternoon. I had the afternoon to just rest and hang out here in town, I went to my room and just felt like I had been run over by a demonic truck. I was under attack, and didn't know it. As I prayed through this with others and alone, I heard that God wanted me at Ilam, so I moved there. After I was back in
Ilam for a night I had a dream. In the dream I was leading Sarah around Birtamod and then I went to show her my room, andas we got there I pointed and she looked at me like I was crazy. I said "what?" and looked back at the house which had transformed into a buddhist temple. I'm quite glad that I left that place. My base now will be Ilam, I will continue to teach english to the kids there, they are mostly hindu and buddhist and the Bible has a lot of really great reading exercises in it!!
The life up in Ilam isn't quite 21st century, but I love it up there, AND the outhouse has a light!! We cook on wood, carry water from a spring for baths and do our laundry at that same spring, it's amazing. I do have a cell phone if anybody feels that they would like to call please do, although I think its kinda cost prohibitive from the US. I will put my address and # at the end.
I am starting to really see my purpose here, and a huge part of it is spiritual warfare. Satan is finding this out too. Two nights ago I went to bed early with a high fever, I wasn't too worried. About two hours after I went to bed I woke up with such incredible chest pain that I couldn't breath when I laid down. I spent the rest of the night trying to figure out how to fix myself medically. The next morning I went to all of the Pastors at the school and had them pray over me, and not much happened but at least I was now thinking that it could be spiritual. That afternoon I spent adout 5 hours just talking with Jesus, not praying to God, but talking to Jesus. As I did I felt the satanic boulder roll off of my chest. EVERYTHING IS SPRITUAL. The fever hasn't been back ethier.

Please pray:

That I am able to discern what and how to battle spiritually.
For spiritual protection.
That I would continue to see that Lord's will for my teachings.
For faith and perserverence on the days that I really miss home and you guys.
For the school to see a spiritual breakthrough, through my "big rock thing" God showed the spiritual power that is suppressing the school and preventing break-through there.
That this place would find better music.
For my mom and Sarah, who are two of my biggest intercessors, therefore open to attack themselves.
And for the ministries here, youth groups, cell groups, churches, etc. for God's continued guiding.

Thank you all so much, your prayers can be felt. I promise to write a few cool stories next time.

In truth James P Lear.

mobile # 09779807903518

Mailing address:

James Paul Lear
c/o Subandra Rai
Himalayan Faith Gospel Church
Godak-6 Ilam
Mechi, East Nepal