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On the 13th of November we were asked to a live TV interview on the subject of abortion and its physical and emotional effects on women, for a local television channel. We were given one day's notice and, although we did not have very much time to prepare, we were excited about the opportunity to speak about abortion related issues live on Mongolian television!

Our slot was for 40 minutes. They asked us if we wanted to take phone calls and we eagerly agreed. About 10 minutes into the program, a man called.

He shared about how a few short months ago he and his wife were told to have an abortion. His wife was sick and the doctors had given up on her and told her she'd better have an abortion or they would not deliver her baby in Darkhan. They had heard of Melanie and how she helps pregnant women so they called her and set up an appointment.

After their meeting with Melanie they decided to protect their baby and give it a fighting chance. They went to UB, to a private hospital and gave birth to a healthy baby girl. Today, both mom and baby are in perfect health! The caller then went on to encourage the public to "listen to these people, they're good people!"

After we finished the discussion on abortion and fetal development, I was able to address the youth about staying pure and sexually abstinent before marriage. We promoted our abstinence course that we are currently teaching and have taught for the past 3 years in the local high schools and universities. We gave out our contact information and are looking forward to the doors that will be opened.

The staff and crew of the Television station along with the manager and his wife were all very happy to have us. They invited us back, and basically said that we can do whatever we want, whenever we want and that they'll give us a good price. =)

Thank you,to those of you who pray for us, for open doors to influence the Mongolian society. We pray that God continue to use us and that we can be always willing servants and walk through the doors as He leads.
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Latest Ministry News

Hello Everyone!

About Bogi and Enkhmaa

Thank you for your prayers for Enkhmaa and Bogi. With God's help they are recovering emotionally, taking things one day at a time. With the donations many of you made we were able to rent a first floor apartment for them for the next 6 months. They are very grateful to those who gave and asked me to pass on the message. So, "mash ikh bayarlalaa!" (Thank You very much!)

Their family still needs your prayers as they continue to heal. Bogi is studying in Bible school. He is also in his second year of university and working part time as a music leader on our church worship team. He stays busy and seems to be moving on with life a little faster than Enkhmaa. Please pray that God's grace be on her life so that she can move forward as well, and forgive herself.

Growing In Prayer

God is challenging us at CFM to increase our faith. Over the past month we have been fervently seeking God about this issue. Over and over again, He has been showing us that we need to trust Him in various areas. We are excited to see how our faith levels are increasing as He is working in us.

New Vision For Youth

During this time of increased prayer, we are all growing in ways we never imagined. One way is that God has given us new vision to reach the youth of Darkhan. Now that school has started and the students have poured back into town for the new school year, we can see especially the need to reach out to university students. These students come to Darkhan to study from all over the countryside, providing us with a great opportunity to share the Gospel with people we would normally have no contact with. Our youth ministry team has begun a prayer movement in the schools (grade schools up to universities--wherever there are Christians studying!) where students meet and pray for 5 minutes during breaks between classes. Students of all ages gather daily in prayer for each other, the city, their schools, teachers and classmates. They gather regardless of the church they attend. This has brought a deeper level of unity and we can see the benefits of this kind of fellowship already!

Strengthening Families

Another thing we have been focusing on is building up and strengthening the families at CFM. One way we are doing this is gathering weekly for a time of snacks, fellowship, and really good marriage-building classes. Melanie and I have immensely enjoyed these times of pouring into these couples and are learning a lot ourselves. Most of our couples are very young and it's encouraging to see them grow in their relationships with each other and in their walks with God.


CFM Couples class

Let The Children Come

We are very excited about building our children's church services back up. Last summer we were not allowed to do children's church due to the Entrovirus scare. Our children's attendance dwindled over the summer but last Sunday we were so happy to start back up again. The children were excited, too! Please pray as we continue to pour into this area of ministry. We believe it is a very important part of our church and vision.

Wanting To Start Translation

Melanie and I were recently discussing the need for good Christian books in the Mongolian language. We are seeking God about translation, permission and publication of books such as "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis and "Hinds Feet On High Places" by Hannah Hurnard, just to name a few. We believe that the Christian Mongolians can really benefit from reading these type of books. Please be praying for this new venture and for the equipment and time we will need to make these things possible.

Please join us in praying for the following things as well:
  • A new computer. Ours is over 6 years old and is on its last leg!
  • Our marriage encounter weekend that will take place in late October. For God's provision for the couples who wish to attend and for changed lives and closer marriages.
  • For health. Hetee is in the process of treating a stomach ulcer that has been causing problems.
  • For an increase in our family finances. With the prices of some things doubling and even tripling, we are trusting in God to continue providing for our needs.
  • For the time and the finances to visit family and friends in the States in the summer of 2009.
Thank you all for reading and have a blessed week!
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Prayer And A Way You Can Help

Hello Everyone,
Please read this and join us in prayer for the family.

Donations can be made easily through this blog. This young family does not have anything and we are hoping to cover the funeral expenses and at least 6 months of rent.

Thank you for standing with us,
Hetee and Melanie
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No More Cancer!

Last week we heard of a woman in her 30's named Enkhjargal, who was diagnosed with cancer in one kidney. Her mother-in-law is a Christian and is a member of Melanie's g12 group.

Together with the mother-in-law, we agreed in prayer for healing for Enkhjargal, who was not a Christian. We heard that Enkhjargal's relatives, who were Buddhist, were so desperate for her healing that they decided to forsake their Buddhist beliefs and pray instead to Jesus, asking for a miracle.

Today we received news that the cancer in Enkhjargal's kidney has disappeared! She has immediately started to recover and gain strength! Her family is rejoicing and they are reading the Bible and, some have made the decision to follow Christ, including Enkhjargal!

Please continue to lift Enkhjargal up in prayer. The doctors have told her that her kidney is still showing some signs of failure. But, we know that God will continue the work He started in her.

When we first heard of Enkhjargal from her mother-in-law, I (Hetee) felt in my Spirit that God was going to use this situation to glorify Himself and win souls. I prophesied that Enkhjargal would be healed and would testify, along with her newly saved relatives, about how the Lord had healed her.

Praise the Lord for making it all come to pass!

... And He healed them.
Matt. 4:24
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Ulaan Baatar Christian Fellowship

Thank you for your prayers, as we continue to to make the twice monthly trips to UB to minister to the church and leaders in charge there. Last Sunday Melanie preached and as she was speaking, the electricity went out! She put down the microphone and finished her sermon in the darkness. I was so proud of her-- speaking in different language, in the dark with no mic!

During the service, people wept as she spoke about how one day all our tears would be wiped away when our Heavenly father calls us home. And how all our troubles have meaning in His perfect plan. Even though we do not understand His ways, we can rest assured that He loves us.
We are so happy to see that the UB church is recovering from the trials we went through last April. So many people left us during the split that followed. But those who remain are full of faith and are very encouraged. God is bringing new people into the fellowship and we are so blessed to see how God carried us through this. After all, Christian Fellowship is His Bride!

After the service we were able to spend some time in fellowship with Pastors Ganbold and Sheika and their families. As we talked we could see how God has been leading us and guiding us.

Please continue to pray for our safety on trips to and from UB. There are many dangers on the roads-- horses and cattle, cars with no lights at night, etc. We had several "close calls" this time but God is good!

God bless you and have a great week!
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Praise Report From Melanie

A few weeks ago, a lady at church asked me to pray for her. She was suffering from severe varicose veins in her groin and upper thighs and could barely stand. Her right thigh was the worse and she was visibly in pain due to the swelling of the veins. She was also experiencing bleeding under the skin where some of the veins had already burst.

I laid hands on her and prayed, then we said our good-byes.

Yesterday, as we drove up to church we saw the lady walking with her granddaughter. After the service I approached her and asked her how she was feeling. She excitedly told me that she was completely healed the day I prayed for her! She said she felt an itchy sensation moving along the affected veins and then, one by one, the swollen veins disappeared without a trace! Now the pain, swelling and bleeding have completely left her and she is just glowing with joy!

Thank you, God for your healing miracle!
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Countryside Fun

This past Tuesday-Thursday we took a group of 48 people from our church camping, by the Kharaa river.

Every year we look forward to our "summer program". It's a time to fellowship as a church and get to know the new people as well as have fun. We are also challenged by good preaching and worship time together in the open air.

As we played games, swam, talked (a lot!) and broke bread together, we felt refreshed and united in brotherly love. Summers in Mongolia are short and are to be enjoyed and made the most of before the next cold weather hits.


Practicing songs on the guitar


Enjoying the cool water

By far, the highlight of our trip was the baptisms that took place.


Sixteen people committed their lives to God in a public show of surrender to Him. One young man, of the age of 13, was so touched by the power of God that he was slain in the Spirit as he was being let down into the water. We literally had to carry him out of the water to the river's edge where he lay there sobbing, in God's presence. As you can imagine, we were all quite surprised and worried when he came up limp. We were very relieved to see that it was the hand of God at work and not something physical!


16 people were baptized. 48 people attended camp in all.


On Tuesday night, we were overtaken by a tremendous lightening and wind storm. We were all in our tents and thankfully no one was hurt, but we were all very much afraid! It was the worse storm I (Mel here) had seen in a long time and there was lightening crashing in the trees all around us. The family in the tent next to our was miraculously saved when a tree branch crashed down on their tent.

Some of the guys were running around in the rain and wind holding down the tents as the wind was carrying them away. There were 8 people in our large tent yet it felt as though it was going to be picked up and tossed by the wind.

After about 5 minutes of total confusion pandemonium, we prayed for the storm to cease. Little by little the wind died down. The lightening stopped we were left with a light drizzle that lasted well into the night.

The next morning we awoke and surveyed the damage. Several trees showed wind and lightening damage. We gathered in prayer and thanked God for His protection and mercy.

Thank you for praying for us! We came back refreshed and very blessed.






Eegii prayed to recommit her life to God!

Hearts were touched, lives were changed and relationships were bonded.



We praise God for the opportunity to once again be a part of what he is doing in Mongolia.


VIP's:
The baby in the middle and on the right were saved from abortion when their mothers chose life in spite of impossible circumstances. All 3 mothers received groceries throughout their pregnancies because they were not able to provide for themselves. Many of you gave so these women could eat.
For this, they would like to say "Thank You!".
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Please Pray

A while back we were asked to visit and pray for a little 10 year-old girl named Yumzuu (a Buddhist name). Her grandmother is a believer and attends Christian Fellowship.

When we arrived at their small apartment, we saw a tiny child, less than half the normal body weight and mass of a healthy 10 year old, lying on the sofa. She had been this way for months, refusing to eat or drink.

When we asked the grandmother why the little girl was this way, she said that when her son and daughter-in-law divorced, Yumzuu went to live with her mother and step father and maternal grandfather. That was where the trouble started. Over the years it became apparent that the step father and maternal grandfather were abusing her physically (and we guessed sexually as well) while the mother was gone all day working. They habitually locked her up and starved her for days at a time.

When her distraught father and paternal grandmother heard of this they took the little girl and now have sole custody of her. They have brought her to doctor after doctor, seeking help for her. She is in deep shock and can barely talk. She cannot walk and will not eat. The look in her eyes conveys a total loss of hope and trust.

We prayed for her but she still needs a lot of prayer for the chains that bind her little heart and mind to be broken. She is so fragile and helpless but we know that God is almighty and wants to heal and restore her.

Also, her father is not a believer. Please pray that he will come to know Christ as a result of little Yumzuu's healing.
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God's Ways Are Not Our Ways - They're Way Better!

Last Sunday we had the privilege of hosting a team from America. They had originally come with plans to hold a youth conference in Ulaan Baatar but with the rioting and state of emergency declared, the conference was canceled. We invited them to Darkhan and asked them to serve in our church and 2 other churches on Sunday. In the evening we hosted a united worship service where people from different churches in Darkhan and the American team all joined together in worship.


The leader of the team, Ron Boehme, President and Director of YWAM’s US Renewal Ministries in Washington (www.usrenewal.org/about.html) blessed us by preaching at our 2 Sunday services and, again at the united worship service ( Hetee translated). We were very encouraged to hear a fresh message from God about His Word to the churches today.


The rest of the team blessed us by sharing their testimonies and singing a song.
Sadly, they did not have much time to spend in Darkhan before going back to UB and then moving on to China.

Everyone on the team was encouraged that even though their original plans got changed, there were still many opportunities to share and encourage the Mongolian believers during their trip. God was truly in charge and leading them every step of the way!

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Sandbox Ministry

The sandbox is not the first place you think of when you think of ministry. But when kids are involved, anything is possible!

This is Javkhlan Toogs (Perfect Majesty). His English nickname is "Judah". He has been a regular visitor to our sandbox since he was recently released from the hospital. He was diagnosed with pneumonia over a month ago and was not given proper care in the Darkhan hospital. The doctors here simply tranquilized him night and day, ignoring his symptoms and after 5 days or so, they released him, still very sick and severely malnourished. When we heard this we suggested to the parents that they take him to UB right away to a children's hospital. They are very poor so we took up an offering among our church people to help them.




After several days in the UB hospital, Judah became even more sick when a careless doctor gave him an antibiotic he was allergic to. At this point it was also found that he had fluid in his left lung.

In desperation, the parents and all of us at Christian Fellowship cried out to God for little Judah's life. We even had a prayer session in our car, in the hospital parking lot and Judah's mom and dad brought him out of the hospital for us to pray for and cuddle with him!

Two days later the doctors ran more tests and prepared to extract the fluid in Judah's lung (I think you know what's coming next!). They were astounded to see that the fluid had totally disappeared! And from that time on, his symptoms quickly improved and he was released from the hospital the next day! Praise God!

Judah continues his recovery and, since his parents live in an apartment, they come every other day or so to play in the sandbox and get the fresh air and sunshine Judah needs. We are all enjoying his friendly company, especially Nate, who understands well that Judah's life was spared through prayer.

Little Judah's been through a lot but God has already blessed him with a baby brother, just 3 weeks shy of his own first birthday (his mom was pregnant again when he turned 2 months)!

Many of you prayed for Judah. His parents would like to say "thank you" for remembering their family.
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Passion And Perseverence

The passion that God has given us to win souls in Mongolia, as a family and as a church, is something we have felt from the very beginning of our ministry. There is no doubt that Mongolia has a special prophetic destiny to reach the nations with the love of Christ. It is an honor to have been chosen to be a part of the equipping and teaching of this new Army of Mongolian warriors, who no longer fight to expand earthly kingdoms, but whose goal is to expand the Kingdom of Heaven.

A life of service to God has its ups and downs. Nevertheless, we are happy to have chosen this path and are secure in knowing that He leads us where He wills. Over the past year or so it has become more clear to us than ever that the churches and ministries He has entrusted to us are HIS, not ours (what a concept!) That's nothing new, obviously, but often, in the heat of ministry it's easy to lose sight of this truth. We feel the need to carry the burden of ministry and servitude when we should be casting our cares on the Lord because He cares for us.

Wherever you are serving, please be encouraged and remember that the work He called you to do is His.

Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and My burden is light.
Matthew11:28-30
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