2. United Mission to Nepal
CONNECTED CHURCH
United Mission to Nepal

3. AN UNLIKELY LEADER
January 2017

4. Have you ever done something nobody expected?
Notes to leader: Use this question as a way to get people engaged in the update. Ask people to talk to the person next to them, and then feedback to you.

5. Sharmila did not expect to be a leader, she thought she would raise her children and manage her home.

6. When she started training to lead Sangsangai in her church, she was very nervous.
How could she pass when she hadn’t even finished school?
Even her tutors weren’t sure she could do it.

7. ‘The Lord does not look at the things people look at
‘The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.’
1 Samuel 16:7

8. But Sharmila passed the course and began leading Bible studies at her church. The more she led them, the more confident she felt.
It turns out she has a real talent for helping people solve problems.

9. Today Sharmila is far more confident, she has already helped her village repair the access to a local road and she runs a women’s support group too.

10. PRAYER Thank God for Sharmila
Pray that God would protect and continue to bless her.
Pray that God would continue to bless her village and her work.

11. We would love your church to pray for Sharmila regularly.
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Give to people to take home

12. UMN, NEPAL UMN, NEPAL UMN, NEPAL UMN, NEPAL
Sharmila did not expect to be a leader, she thought she would raise her children and manage her home. When she started training to lead Sangsangai in her church, she was very nervous. How could she pass when she hadn’t even finished school?
But she passed the course and began leading Bible studies at her church. The more she led them, the better she got. It turns out she has a real talent for helping people solve problems. Today she is far more confident, she has already helped her village repair the access to a local road and she runs a women’s support group too.
Sharmila did not expect to be a leader, she thought she would raise her children and manage her home. When she started training to lead Sangsangai in her church, she was very nervous. How could she pass when she hadn’t even finished school?
But she passed the course and began leading Bible studies at her church. The more she led them, the better she got. It turns out she has a real talent for helping people solve problems. Today she is far more confident, she has already helped her village repair the access to a local road and she runs a women’s support group too.
UMN, NEPAL
UMN, NEPAL
Sharmila did not expect to be a leader, she thought she would raise her children and manage her home. When she started training to lead Sangsangai in her church, she was very nervous. How could she pass when she hadn’t even finished school?
But she passed the course and began leading Bible studies at her church. The more she led them, the better she got. It turns out she has a real talent for helping people solve problems. Today she is far more confident, she has already helped her village repair the access to a local road and she runs a women’s support group too.
Sharmila did not expect to be a leader, she thought she would raise her children and manage her home. When she started training to lead Sangsangai in her church, she was very nervous. How could she pass when she hadn’t even finished school?
But she passed the course and began leading Bible studies at her church. The more she led them, the better she got. It turns out she has a real talent for helping people solve problems. Today she is far more confident, she has already helped her village repair the access to a local road and she runs a women’s support group too.