Nepal 2010 Update
Nepal 6:21 min. Gajendra Tamang, Awana National Director for Nepal shares in this 6 minute update what God is doing through the new Awana Seed Planters training. —– —– NOTE: To download any of our Awana International Videos mouse-over the “share” icon in the upper right corner of the player and select the download arrow. [...]
I’m Gonna Clap
India 1:14 min. Kids in an orphanage in India. All but two of these children are HIV positive. They, quite literally, have been rescued from the slums, the streets, and even a railroad station in India. They sing a song to welcome the foreigners to their orphanage. AI Video Home Page AI Video Listing (Archive) [...]
Samuel Biswa
Nepal 2:29 min. Samuel Biswa and his family fled the country of Bhutan when he was a child, because of ethnic and religious persecution. He spent his childhood in a refugee camp in Nepal, where he still lives today serving as the Awana Missionary to the seven Bhutanese refugee camps in the area. You’ll see, [...]
Fly Like the Angels
(Nepal) 2:43 min. Four Awana clubbers in Nepal demonstrate a cultural dance with a Christian message. AI Video Home Page AI Video Listing (Archive) —– —– NOTE: To download any of our Awana International Videos mouse-over the “share” icon in the upper right corner of the player and select the download arrow. Then indicate where [...]
Nobody Loves a Leper
Awana In Bangladesh, in a leper colony. This brief video visits the village where an Awana Club is running. Caution, this video contains intense images. Viewer discretion advised. AI Video Home Page AI Video Listing (Archive) —– —– NOTE: To download any of our Awana International Videos mouse-over the “share” icon in the upper right [...]
Leaders Reaching Children in Nepal
I am a Bible college graduate. Right after graduating, I started working in the church among the children. But I did not know how to teach them properly. I was in need of some kind of tool to teach to the children. That was the time I have received an invitation letter to attend Awana [...]
Faces of Awana in India
Today there are more than 4,000 Awana clubs reaching 328,000 boys and girls with the Gospel in India. To find out more about what God is doing in South Asia through Awana and how you can help, log onto the South Asia web page. You will find articles, testimonies, videos, and photos that will keep you updated.
Incurable Disease Healed in India
Abhishek Chhetri is just 4 years old. Just a month ago, he joined Awana club. He was a regular clubber. He was not Christian. We were observing him. He had a disease of swelling. His whole body was swelling. We prayed for him. He was getting well day-by-day. Later, we came to know that it [...]
Aashish Abraham, Awana Missionary in India
I, Aashish Abraham (“Hindu name” Muthugopal Krishnasamy) grew up in a strong orthodox Hindu family. From childhood I saw my parents fulfilling all rituals and rites to please our family gods (more than hundreds). In spite of this, our life was still without peace and hope. The search for the only TRUE & LIVING GOD [...]
Awana Leader in Nepal Sees Spiritual Changes
Warm greetings in the name of Almighty God from Nepal. “At first, Yuba Tamang attended Awana to play games, but when he joined the club and understood more, then he accepted Christ as Savior. Many changes took place in his life. Now he brings his brother and never fights with anyone. He respects his parents [...]
Unwanted Boy in India Finds His Eternal Family
Working in a brothel in India, Shanti hoped to give birth to a daughter who could grow up and earn money by working as a prostitute. So when her baby was a boy, she was angry. Instead of caring for her infant son, Rohit, Shanti starved him and pressed lit cigarettes into his back when [...]
Two Brave Girls in Nepal
My name is Lalita Magar. Now, I am fourteen years old. I had been attending Awana club for six years. Two weeks after I first started attending I took my sister Manita with me to Sunday school. Since my parents were of a different religion and they did not like us going to church, they [...]
Awana Game Time Gives Birth to New church
Ajoy Mahali used to be a Torch Clubber some years back. Now, he is an active member of Awana Children’s Church. It was here Ajoy’s life got transformed through the ministry of Awana. He gave his life to the Lord by accepting Him as his personal Lord and Savior. Today, the Lord is using him [...]
Recycled by God
Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus and I am very happy to share my testimony with you. As you read it I pray that the Lord may richly bless you and your ministry. I was born and brought up in a Christian family. My father was working in the Rail way department. He [...]
5 yr old Orphan in India Finds Love of Jesus
Meet Rachel, orphaned at age two, she is five now and the youngest to acknowledge Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Savior in the hostel run by Lutheran Evangelical Church, Jalpaiguri. She loves to go to school and her favorite food is potato curry. She also loves to play with water and the cat. [...]
178 Kids Saved at Awana in India
God is using Awana as tool to reach hundreds of thousands of kids in India. We would like to thank you for your involvement in such an awesome task. Nav-Vikas Social Welfare Trust, Uttar Pradesh in India is using Awana as tool to reach out to kids and parents for Christ. Here is what Pastor [...]
Radio Program in Nepal Well Received
Through the Awana ministry and that of TWR Nepal the radio program Balbatika are allowing children and adults to know the Lord Jesus as their Savior. The program is so rich in the truth of the gospel it is captivating their listeners. “Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ! I am Chandra from Sundhara Kathmandu. [...]
Earthquake in India
A 6.9 magnitude earthquake, lasting for 40 seconds, struck around 6:10 pm (IST) Sunday, September 18 , 2011 and was felt in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet & Bangladesh. In the photo below, a monk looks at the collapsed hostel of the Enchey monastry, which was set up 369 years ago. Immediately we all rushed out [...]
The Greatest Generation in India
Nestled amidst the lush green tea bush famous world over, the Darjeeling Tea, is Awana Club. These Clubbers are upbeat as always as they look in the picture at Gayabarie Tea Garden, Darjeeling, even as they come for club time every Sunday morning. During the club time they indulge themselves in praise & worship. Memorizing [...]
Faces of Awana in Nepal
In 1999 God called Gajendra Tamang and his wife Manju to share the Gospel to children in Nepal by becoming Awana missionaries. Today nearly 1,100 Awana clubs are reaching more than 33,000 children and youth. Awana has been a great blessing to the churches in Nepal. God is preparing the hearts of the next generation [...]
Come and See the Living Goddess!
We had only been in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, for just an hour or so, when we were invited to see the living goddess. Naturally, we were intrigued. Enough that we gladly stepped through low arched entry ways into an extremely ornate open courtyard. Built in 1757, Kumari ghar is the home of the [...]
Awana is Growing So Fast – I Had to See for Myself
As an Awana commander in the U.S., I was only familiar with the way we do things here. When I learned that the number of clubs in Nepal grew from 155 to 1009, I wanted to learn more. I wanted to see this for myself. I was able to travel to Nepal along with two [...]
From Clubber to National Director in Bangladesh
Twenty five years ago, Shikha and I had no idea that God would choose us to serve Him together in the ministry of Awana Bangladesh. I had been a clubber in the first Bangladesh Awana club during high school and then returned to Chittagong city and served as a leader in three new clubs. At [...]
Tents in the “Silicone Valley” of India
Bangalore or Bengaluru as it is now known is India’s fifth largest city with right at 5.5 million inhabitants. It is known as the “Garden City” of India because of all the tropical vegetation and beautiful plants that grow in this moderate to hot climate year round. Bangalore has also become known as the “Silicone [...]
