Our last week was in Leh Ladakh in the far northeastern part of Kashmir. We had the great honor of meeting with Pastor Elijah, the pastor of the Moravian church for the past 26 years. We sat for more than five hours as this man activated his teacher anointing and told us of the rich Moravian history of Leh Ladakh. His grandfather was one of the first converts to Christianity in this region. He was a well educated man and had a burden for the Tibetan people just north of the border where there were only a few Christians.
Pastor Elijah pointed to pictures on the wall of his grandfather and then proceeded to open up a brief case filled with old papers…that just happened to be the original hand written manuscripts of the very first Tibetan Bible. It was his grandfather that carried this burden for years, painstakingly translating each verse.
It was a great honor to see these historic documents first hand, looking back at the lo
ng, difficult path Christians had followed to establish the church in this region. Many people had come here over the years. Many of them suffered tremendously and even died for their faith. We felt like we were standing in their shadows as we looked at these precious pages.