*Before the Ministerial Experience:*

The first thought that strikes me during my preparation for the winter ministry was rather shallow and
stereotypical. Born within the structure of Christian family and brought up in its institution I was quite
aware of Christianity and its teachings. And the same happened as I study in Nagaland where majority of
the people are Christian. Storing this thought in my mind I often have the outlook that people in the
other parts of India are Hindus and ignorant to Christianity as India represent Hindus and its culture. I
had the same outlook that Mourey Fari would be a remote areas where people would follow Hinduism
and its teachings. I have the notion that they would be totally ignorant to Christ and Christianity. This
soft stereotypes attitude towards them has always been in my head. I have the preconceived thought
that the of the Himalayan regions are mostly Hindus and poor.

*During Ministerial Experience:*

My initial contact and interaction with the people of Mourey Fari was totally out of the picture which I
had previously thought of. My first impression about the place and the people was very impressive. I
was indeed embarrass to have that total misconception upon them. Indeed I was ignorant and not
them. I was totally shallow on my thought towards them. The people of Mourey Fari are cordial, polite,
humble, respectful and totally committed to Christ. Many of whom are converted to Christianity with
the help of the past and present missionaries. They were total christian both spiritually and ritually. The
imagination and idea of us teaching and ministering took a different shift. It was rather an interaction
Christian teachings rather than teaching them. They are new but matured Christian. We ministered the
believers through experience sharing (they and us) and motivating each other in prayer. We also reach
out to the unreach through prayer and informal discussion on pluralistic religion. Our approach both
Biblical and contextual as well.

*Reflection/The Reflection after the Experiences:*

To be a missionary or to do missionary work in strange places with strange people and in strange
context is a paramount task. There can be lots of challenges and at the same time unconscious
stereotypical attitude towards the people. One must be careful not to fall into the category of
judgemental people. We must first taste and see the place and people before having any preconceive
approach towards people of other's culture or religion. Mission is a beautiful journey but missionary
must be must very meticulous not to hurt the sentiment of the existing context. Mission should be
approach benevolently and not offensively.