Dear friends,
Can I just say how much we love you?
Your prayers have been falling fresh on us daily. The hand of our God is leading us, passionately, through this beautiful country. Your prayers have shifted the atmosphere in these steppes - whispers of the Holy Spirit flying in an out of these valleys and gers. The Lord hears you! Pray in bold faith for what God has planned, pray "Come Holy Spirit! Have your way!"
I sensed the Lord laughing two nights ago - we played a game of basketball against a team of 17-year-old guys in Ulaangom... All whom are outsiders of the faith. At the end of our time there, 3 boys asked to join us on our 25-day trek to the mountains. After talking to their parents and the Holy Spirit we have agreed to take one boy named Biliya, who is here with us now, sitting in a nomadic ger at the mouth of a massive valley.
Here we will buy two pack horses. In the last town we bought hand-made saddles with all sorts of leather accessories for the horses. We also paid a woman in the market to make custom saddle bags (mongolians in this region don't seem to us saddle bags, and if they so, they are small. So we have 2 HUGE, custom-made canvas saddle bags... The woman slept for one hour that night in order to complete the task! Would you pray for blessing upon her? And for the revelation of Gods holiness to fall upon her and her family?
Our translator is a passionate and quirkey man named Maidar. The cultural differences between he and us have been challenging, but Maidar loves the Gospel with all his heart.
Please pray for unity between midair and our team - for cultural sensitivity on our part!
We love you and are encouraged by your prayers more than ever! Continue in the fire of prayer as we start our trek today. By tonight we will be camping in the valley, going as deep as we can in the next few days in order to find the least reached. (follow our SPOT device, as this will be our final update for 3 weeks or so) - 0OZMn2EmEpGWepM9o3iV7GQ9TaSWWAWLI
We are in a curious land. Turkish (khoton) and Kazakh Muslims and several Mongolian-buddhist tribes. It is a land where 200 Christians live amongst 230,000 non-believers. We've met some fierce missionaries whose names I ought not post on the Internet. They live on the edge, having lived in this open steppe-lands for over a dozen years, with children, braving the harshest and longest winters you can imagine, and plowing plowing plowing with such little fruit. Please remember the Mongolian church... Remember those God has called to Uvs province as missionaries.
May He be Glorified as we surrender now! And may He bless His name as we step off of the throne of our hearts so that He might reign there unchallenged!
We love you with all of our hearts!
Thank you for your prayers!
Love,
TeamMongolia
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