Sukmati Sunwar

Mrs. Sukmati Sunwar, the first child of Mr. Padam Lal Baraily and Mrs.Dhan Maya Baraily was born on August 1st, 1954 in Chirang, Bhutan. She bore multiple responsibilities of the family as she was the first child in the family. Her father was a farmer and she learned farming and farm work at an early age and was supporting her parents. She helped raise her eight siblings. The Family
moved to Galephu Bhutan looking for better life and job opportunity. She fell in love with Mr. Dhan sunwar in Galephu Bhutan in her charming age and ended up in marriage and moved to the capital of the country in 1975. She was a hardworking, decent and loving beautiful young women and she was a great helper to Mr. Dhan Bahadur Sunwar. She was always pessimistic and filled with
positive perspectives and supported her husband financially, emotionally and socially. She gave birth to six children and their names are as follows:
Priscilla Sunwar (Eldest Daughter) Ezra Ghatane (Eldest Son-in-law)
Caleb Sunwar (Eldest Son) Anugrah Gurung (Eldest Daughter-in-law)
Apollos Sunwar (Second Son) Reeta Bhujel (Second Daughter-in-law)
Raj Sunwar (Third Son) Rebika Pradhan (Third Daughter-in-law)
Philip Sunwar (Fourth Son) Menuka Magar (Fourth Daughter-in-law)
Cornelius Sunwar (Youngest Son) AngelinaWarsun(Youngest Daughter-in-law)
Grandkids: Rejina Ghatane, Rabina Ghatane, Phebe Sunwar, Nathan
Sunwar, Achsah Sunwar, Firoza Sunwar, Ethan Sunwar, Tirzha Sunwar.
She lived away from her parents in Thimphu, Bhutan with her husband
and kids. As she was in search of truth, she encountered Lord Jesus Christ through her younger brother Mr. Bal Bahadur Baraily in 1980 in Paro, another town in Bhutan. After she received Lord Jesus as her Savior and the living God, she surrenders her life to God and was determined to serve Lord Jesus. She went through multiple physical, emotional, psychological suffering for being Christian,
but she never turned away from God. She continually spent her time in prayer, worship and gospel preaching. She worshiped and ministered together with the saint at Mt. Sion House of prayer in Thimphu for 2 decades. She played a leading role in providing education and raising her six children physically and spiritually.
In 1993, she and her family were displaced from Bhutan due to a political instability and lived in Eastern Nepal in shelter. She made her exile life as an opportunity to serve Lord Jesus and spent two decades preaching gospel and worshiping Lord Jesus. She had several responsibilities being a mother but through her powerful prayers and wisdom of holy spirit, she saved dozens of spirits and brought them to the house of Lord. She was the leader, advocate and
God servant beside being a caring mom. She was always there to support, encourage and assure believers during their challenging moments. She was firm and strong, protecting her kids against the power of the enemy in hunger, pain and persecution. She was an exemplary God’s servant and her amazing testimony After spending two decades in refugee camps, she and her family were blessed to resettle in the United states of America in the city of Buffalo. She was filled with joy and expressed happiness to God when she landed in this country. She arrived in Buffalo, New York in July 2008 and started her ministry. She was an inspiration to many even though she had multiple challenges like language, transportation, culture and the harsh weather. She walked in cold freezing snow
to preach the gospel of God to her friends and neighbors. She never went to school, but the spirit of God helped her learn Nepali and English. She was the loved and best student in her ESL class too. Brother T.E. Koshy came to visit her in 2008 and had a beautiful fellowship. Her sweet smile was medium to show the
joy and love of God the other. She always had confidence in faith and prayers, she worried about her sons and daughters and their spiritual growth. Her prayer and great concern for her five sons, five daughters-in-laws, and daughter was her priority. She spent her glorious time with her sons and eight grandkids for ten
years. In 2018, she had pneumonia and severe fever and was seen in ER at county hospital. She felt better in a week and was back home. End of 2018, she was so sick and went to one of the hospitals and her care team diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis. She was in and out of hospitals for many years but never complained of the pain and suffering. She always prayed and thanked the Lord for his mighty healing. She was in a nursing home where she had no one to share
and make conversation due to the language barrier but she kept talking to God by reading scriptures, praying and sharing the world of God to her adolescent, middle age and old age through social media like Facebook and phone. Through her amazing testimony and joyous smile, she made a godly relation with many. Her sons and daughter cared for her more than anything and went beyond the limit for her care and treatment and asked God for her long life. At the end of 2018, doctors gave up and informed that she would die in eight days which put her sons and daughter in trauma. Her teaching to the sons and daughter inspired them to pray and asked God to spare her soul for three days. As a result of her faith and prayer, Lord God granted her three more years. In the past three years,
God has used her in an amazing manner. She was in a hospital room alone, trachea in her throat, multiple pills and numerous health problems, and pain. She remains
praying, preaching and advocating one another in the words of God. Though she was in life support, she supported every brother, sister, and believers in prayer and sent the power of healing to the sick and weak. She and her five sons, daughter, grand kids, and five daughter in-laws spent every night prayers and new years together. She was excited when she entered into the
year 2021 and she thanked Lord God for the mercy. The harsh winter weather of Buffalo caused multiple pneumonia and had to stay in hospital for almost three months. She fought hard to do more works of God, but she had already declared her victory and to be with him in glory on April 11, 2021 at 7.10 am. Now she is with God's glory and we believe we will meet her in heaven. Love you mom.