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!
Read More

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!".
Read More

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.
Read More

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!

Read More

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.
Read More

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
Read More
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)