In the far Northeastern boundary of India, between Nepal and Burma, lies the state of Manipur. The culture is a rich mixture of Asian and Middle-Eastern. This particular region is very poor. Civil war in 1992 left countless children orphaned and famine left the economy in shambles. Poverty and unemployment continue to raise the number of orphaned children.

The diversity of religions in this region is broad: Hinduism, Islam, Buddhist, Jainism, Sikhism, and yet a growing remnant of Christianity.

Manipur is home to Shonnai and Ngamshuishel Saka. Orphaned themselves, they found Christ at an early age. As their love for Christ grew along with the desire to serve Him they soon found what He had called them to do; reach  orphans like themselves with the love of Christ. 

Kapaar Kachoung is a phrase from the Khoibu dialect which means “blossoms flowing like a river.” It is the name the Saka’s chose for their orphanage and children’s education center. Their vision is to raise up a generation of children to know and follow Christ. As well they desire to give each child an academic education. Kapaar Kachoung is officially registered with the government of India as a “Development Society”. Sixty children along with ten full time staff reside in the orphanage/school.

Listen to Shonnai 's heart as he talked with us about his vision,” There are a large number of Muslim and Hindu orphans. We need to bring them into the presence of God while providing them with food, clothing and education. We can teach them, love them, and provide an opportunity for salvation. As they grow and are trained to go and make disciples, they will help tear down the strongholds of Hinduism, Islam, Jainism and Sikhism.”

We support the vision and calling of this CFNI/School of Frontier Missions graduate. We have marveled at his steadfastness to his training and his determination to return to India emboldened in faith to fulfill the calling God has given to he and his wife.

The Saka’s have gained the land to establish a future site for a Bible school. Shonnai plans to establish a mission focused Bible school. He intends on sending each graduate back to their specific people group as missionaries to their own. ( The orphanage has many different nationalities: Nepalese, Burmese, Bhutanese etc. ) 

He has asked Rod to come to his homeland to dedicate the ground and lay the foundation stone for the future Amnesty Theological Seminary, in Gujarat, Assam; a neighboring Indian state. His earnestness to do the work of the ministry is overwhelming!

Rod is scheduled to fly to Manipur as well as Assam, July 28th-August 6th. During that time he will dedicate the ground for the Bible School, minister at the Kapaar Kachoung orphanage, conduct three open air crusades and assess the needs of the orphanage to be able to accurately present them to you, our GeoBound partners.

    James 1:27 says, “Pure religion and undefiled before God is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction...”    

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 Rod, Shonnai, Celeste and Chelsea

Shonnai , his wife Ngamshuishel  and their two children.

The orphanage school room.

A beautiful day for a picnic in the mountains.

A cold winters night in the dorm room bunk beds.