09/03/2026
HE HAD ONLY MINUTES TO ACT. HIS DECISION HELPED SAVE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS.
Rajendra Dawadi was at Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Nepal when an urgent warning came in:
The flood was coming.
The school’s accountant had received a call from a relative upstream in Rasuwa, where flooding was already devastating communities. Other teachers were receiving similar frantic warnings from family and friends.
Dawadi didn’t wait to see the water for himself.
He immediately stopped classes, sounded the school’s emergency bell, and ordered approximately 900 students and 16 faculty members to evacuate toward higher ground. He also stopped buses that were still bringing children toward the school.
Then the flood arrived.
A massive torrent of water, mud, and debris tore through the area and destroyed the three-story school building they had just evacuated.
One student reportedly said they escaped with only seconds to spare.
But because Dawadi acted when he did, the hundreds of students who had been inside the school that morning made it out alive.
Think about that.
He received a warning.
He believed it.
He acted immediately.
And hundreds of lives were spared.
In the middle of a disaster that has brought unimaginable loss to the region, this story is a powerful reminder of how God can use one person’s wisdom, courage, and willingness to act to protect the lives of others.
Please continue to pray for Nepal. 🙏
Pray for families who have lost loved ones. Pray for those still missing. Pray for rescue workers searching through the devastation. And pray for these children who survived something they will likely never forget.
Thank God someone heard the warning and chose to act. 🙏
