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Bhutan – A Happy Place?

Bhutan has been in the international news over the last couple of days, due to the visit there of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The media attention is shining a spotlight on this small Himalayan nation, and it is

Education in Bhutan

Bhutan spends around 7% of its GDP on education, but the quality of education, especially for girls, is not high. Several remote rural villages do not have access to roads, let alone electricity or telephones, and access to schools is

Bhutan: Church

The small church in Bhutan is facing pressures from the government as it restricts rights and freedoms.

Bhutan: Spiritual breakthrough

To choose to follow Jesus in Bhutan is to choose to set the government against you. Pray for spiritual breakthroughs as people struggle with the darkness that pervades their world.

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Bhutan rarely makes it to the international news and so rarely into our prayers. This country has a small but growing church, and we can pray with it for its place in this nation.

Bhutan: Gross National Happiness – but not a policy

Gross National Happiness – yes, that is the measure by which policies in Bhutan are reviewed, what is their impact on the well-being of the nation. It sounds fantastic, but there are plenty of signs that you can’t make happiness

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Bhutan, while described a ‘happy’ country remains significantly closed to the good news. It needs God to come and reveal himself by the power of his spirit.

Bhutan: the government looks for a solution to child labour

The government in Bhutan acknowledges that it has an issue with child labour in the country, but finding a solution can be so much harder.

Literacy among women in Bhutan

Teach a women to read and you can teach a nation and set in motion development and change. While the Bhutan government is committed to eradicating literacy, there remain deep needs to reach this nation, particularly for its women.

The power of God to break the hold of evil spirits in Bhutan

Buddhists in Bhutan worship evil spirits, and look to these for protection. This is bondage to evil that needs to be broken through prayer, to release this nation and its people from the hold of evil.