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The ministry highlights featured in this newsletter are just a few examples of how God is changing lives. God is working through you to provide physical, emotional, economic and spiritual freedom.

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More Than a Conqueror:

Pastor Jagat Wagle knows how important human life is to God, but that was not always the case. Before he became a Christian in 1995, Jagat was Hindu. He grew up in a high caste family and, though he felt pressure from his family to follow their Hindu traditions, he was never passionate about following the religion or taking part in the rituals. Rather, he chose to walk his own self destructive path.

In 1995, Jagat realized he headed towards death and only God’s love could save him. He felt completely unworthy of God’s love because of his sin, but God totally redeemed and changed his heart. He realized God loves the outcasts – the ones that everyone else has forgotten; the “unworthy” and the discarded of society. From that time, Jagat dedicated himself to being used by God to redeem good from evil.

In 2008, Jagat decided to go after some of the most “unworthy” and discarded in Nepali society: prison inmates. Jagat began ministering in the prison in Bhadrapur and has since seen God do amazing things. In 2010, someone in Bhadrapur told him about Tiny Hands Nepal. Jagat saw that this was a way of preventing young women and children from becoming

outcasts in society, so he joined Tiny Hands’ transit monitoring work at the border in Bhadrapur.

More Than a ConquerorJagat saw what happens to traffickers after they are imprisoned, so he decided he wanted to do more than just “conquer” trafficking through Tiny Hands’ transit monitoring work. Jagat wanted to redeem good from evil by reaching out to the convicted traffickers themselves.

One of the believers in Jagat’s prison ministry is Amir, a convicted trafficker. Amir has only an eighth grade education and he did not have much guidance from family growing up. One day, Amir’s friends approached and told him he could make a lot of money, enjoy free airline flights, nice hotel stays, and lots of great food if he trafficked girls. Amir completely understood what trafficking was about, but he didn’t care because he was desperate for money and a better life for himself. All he had to do was find a girl in the village, pretend he was in love with her, convince her he wanted to marry her, and bring her to the border to be sold.

Ultimately Amir was arrested and incarcerated at the Bhadrapur prison. When he arrived, he was angry and seeking revenge against everyone. As a result, Amir was alone and a complete outcast. However, the Christians in the prison befriended Amir. They consistently asked him to think about this life and they told him about Jesus. As a result of the Christians’ encouragement, Amir started going to Jagat’s prison fellowship where he found friends and a place where he was accepted despite of his past.

Amir’s new Christian friends encouraged him to be thankful instead of revengeful because it was in prison where he found a new life. Amir understood that God chose to protect his life by bringing him into the prison and showing him the Gospel, so he repented and gave his life to Christ. He now has a strong faith and is an active member in the prison fellowship. Amir’s wife is now also a believer because she saw such an incredible change in him.

God wants to redeem good from evil – even in the lives of traffickers who have subjected young women and children to the horrors of sex trafficking. In fact, there are now 75 Christian believers involved in Jagat’s ministry at the prison including several convicted sex traffickers.

Pastor Jagat is dedicated to

serving the outcasts of society.

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SCHOOLIn Nepal, high-quality education is often limited to the ultra-rich.

The Dream School is the cornerstone of our Dream Center project. Our goal is to provide a quality of education that is otherwise unavailable to the children of Nepal.

Through God’s grace and your generous gifts, we hope to provide high-quality Christ-centered education to hundreds of children in Nepal’s poorest regions.

Visit tinyhands.org/dream-school to learn more.

Be the KingdomAll our work is done in conjunction with local churches and we strive to live our faith in Jesus Christ and His gospel by following the directives of the New Testament in how we live, work, and relate to one another.

Help Those who Need it MostJesus said, “whatever you do for the least of these, you do for me.” In response to this teaching, our goal is to find and help the most desperate and needy people in the world.

Do Much with LittleWe strive to find and implement the strategies that make the greatest possible difference in the lives of as many people as possible with the limited resources we have been entrusted with.

Our Core Values

Tiny Hands is driven by three core values that shape every program and management decision we make.

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