_Jabba bulchu Galgatako, kashtako pratna tapaiko.
Bulchu jabba prem tapaiko, Calvarima doryau._

For the last five years, I’ve sung the words to this Nepali chorus over and over in church and prayer meeting. Sometimes the chorus gets stuck in my head, and I find myself singing it in the shower. Yet, even though I’ve been learning the Nepali language, the meaning of the words in the chorus never really sank in or helped draw me closer to Christ, because Nepali isn’t the language of my soul.

So I was amazed recently to find myself singing the chorus again one Friday evening, gathered with our Darjeeling church family in a small living room. The power had just gone out, and a single candle lit the room. As we sang the chorus, the words began to speak to me soul.

_When I forget Golgotha, I pray earnestly to You.
When I forget Your love, You lead me to Calvary._

Despite the barriers of language and culture, God is still able to speak to our souls, and to the souls of the unreached. —Jared Wright

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