Sandbox Ministry

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.