Reflection on the book: Lani Kay Ackerman. Ke Garne? Sustainable Christian
Community Development in the Himalayas. Bloomington, IN: Author House,
2014.
Ke Garne? is a work of a missionary who spent a significant portion
of her life (with her family) serving God, by serving Nepali people. She has
identified the major issue of karma and fatalism in Nepali society and saw a
great need to break the barrier created by the fatalistic concept in the society.
This book can be taken as a missionary's reflection on the situation of
Nepal is committed to enabling Nepalese people to commit in society.
Unlike other missionary biographies, Ke garne? equally reflects on key biblical
passages and shows the importance of incarnational mission in the country. Ke
garne? documents both the spiritual growth of the Nepali Christians and the author as well. Ke garne is
not a book that brags about the author's missionary dedication in a third world
country rather their struggle to enable the native Nepali people to be involved
in their own ministry. Nepali Christianity can learn a lot from this book that shows the importance of the synergy between belief in the Lord and involvement
in the community. Nepali Christianity should not focus only on the ritual
changes of their religious behavior but should opt for a change of the course of
the community life. Their love for God should be reflected in their love for
neighbors. Many times, in Nepal, mission work that is committed to helping the
society and the works to evangelize the people are separate. Probably that’s
due to government restriction. However, if we make Nepali Christian see the
importance of such mission works as a Christian would bring a great change in the country. Ke Garne? shows
the necessity and works to fulfill it.