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A year ago, the GEMS International Service Centre received a request from a growing church in Kathmandu, Nepal,to bring our new International Curriculum and set up GEMS Clubs in the country. The church leaders in contact with our ministry asked if we could conduct a training programme for those interested in becoming counsellors from their church and from surrounding churches outside the city.

For the GEMS staff, this was an exciting invitation, one that was uplifting as we were still in the process of working on our International curriculum. We strongly felt it was in His will for us to start our new curriculum in Nepal, the first place in Asia that would have GEMS Clubs.

Preparations soon began for the trip. By January 2011, the new curriculum and training schedule and materials were in the final stages of completion. By mid February, a GEMS staff member and a board member flew out to Kathmandu, ready to meet with the believers in Nepal and begin a three-day training programme held at the church in the country’s capital.

The GEMS training staff had a warm welcome in Nepal and enjoyed the hospitality of the church leaders, and women who had come for training. Each day, about 15 women attended the three hour sessions. The counsellors to-be had different backgrounds; some were from cities, others from villages, and many were recent converts. But these women were united in their great passion for God, and for ministering His Word to children and the youth in their churches and communities.