01/30/2026
🌍 From the Field Friday 🌍
This week, we’re excited to introduce you to Ark of Hope, our project partners in Nepal, before our LIVE Zoom prayer call on Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
👫 Peter and Dr. Ronima (Roni) Gurung are the dynamic husband-and-wife team behind Ark of Hope. Raised in a small Nepali village, Peter’s journey to Christ was anything but linear. In 2003, he moved to the UAE seeking opportunity, and in a Muslim nation, God used a former Buddhist from Bhutan to introduce Peter, a Nepali Hindu, to Jesus. Peter planted and pastored the first Nepali church in the UAE.
📚 Peter holds degrees in theology and an MBA from the UK, as well as a certificate in Healthcare Administration from Kanad Hospital. 🩺Roni is an eye doctor from the Philippines. She earned her PhD in Paris and was later called by God to help launch an ophthalmology clinic at Kanad Hospital, where the two met and married 17 years ago.
Leaving behind greater comforts in the West, God called Peter and Roni to Peter's homeland to begin a multifaceted ministry centered on church planting, discipleship, and healthcare.
♥️ Their heart is simple and powerful:
“We want to do everything with professional excellence that communicates the love of Christ.”
Nepal faces a significant lack of affordable, accessible, and compassionate healthcare. Government care can be limited and difficult to access, while private care is often expensive and transactional. In response, Peter and Roni have sacrificially invested their own resources to build Ark of Hope, a seven-story outpatient clinic that will offer primary care, dental, vision, physical therapy, and space for biblical training and discipleship.
🤝 Healthbridge is honored to come alongside them to help finish what the Lord has begun.
🙏 Join us Tuesday as we pray together and hear directly from the field. Tell us what you want to know from them in the comments below!
