Center Opening News Story
March 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Traffic
March 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The streets of Ulaanbaatar were insanely snarled with traffic. I just read that the President of Tajikstan had something to do with it.
Teaching again this week
March 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Feast of Vernal Equinox
March 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Four of us went stayed in a small ger (small, round Mongolian tent) in the countryside outside of Ulaanbaatar this weekend – it happened to be the day tides turn and we start getting a little more sunshine up here in the North.
We intended to do a little fishing, but that didn’t happen. The River was frozen solid, so we just hiked up and down the river and climbed a couple of nearby bluffs, instead.
We ate well, discussed life, theology and ministry, stargazed, laughed a lot – and celebrated God’s goodness together. So, in spite of frozen rivers and continued sub-freezing temperatures it was a great weekend … and we now know where to go catch some fish when the Spring thaws actually salvage the river from winter’s grip.
Spring Storms
March 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
My apologies to anyone who tried to access our website, only to get a warning from Google that we are malware distributors. No worries. That’s not what we do here, and the site is now fixed. It seems that we were hacked and that someone did put some malicious code into our otherwise friendly website.
In any case, we are now safe and we want you to come back and visit us often!
Website hacking is not what this post is about, however.
Renee’ and I would like to ask all of you who are praying for us to ramp up your prayers during these next few months. I don’t know why. Some claim it’s the drastic atmospheric pressure changes that bring in incredible winds and dust storms. I think it has more to do with the spiritual climate that we live in, rather than the meteorological one. Whatever the case may be, we have faced some of our most intense spiritual conflict during the Spring for the past two years. This Spring seems to be shaping up to be not much different.
Pray that we will abide in Jesus.
Pray that our marriage will also abide in Jesus.
Pray that we will be in a place to be spiritually sensitive enough to recognize the enemy and his ploys.
Pray that our minds and our children’s minds will be kept pure and Christ-centered.
Pray that we will stay on task with ministry at the Student Center.
Pray that our devotional lives will be guarded and that we will all be vigilant in that battle.
Pray that our “love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that (we) may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. (Philippians 1:9-11).
We are so grateful to all who are praying for us. We ask that in the midst of the Spring storms (both meteorological and spiritual!) you will send out a storm of prayer, that the Kingdom will go forward … and we know the gates of hell will not stand.
Tsagaan Sar 2009
March 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I am going to try and make up for the fact that our website was down because of hackers (i.e., 30 something males who have no life, no job, and still live with their mother) by adding new content. So here are some past “Friday Photo’s” that should have been posted a week or so ago.
These are pictures taken of a couple of families that were visited during this year’s Tsagaan Sar. If you are a new reader to this blog, Tsagaan Sar means “White Moon” and is a huge “new year” type of celebration that takes place in Mongolia every year. It typically happens around the traditional “Chinese New Year”. However, it will not always take place at the same time. The idea is to visit homes of friends and family and to welcome the new year by sharing traditional Mongolian food and drink together.
This year Renee’ was sick, and Bernie had meetings in Darhan – so on the way to Darhan Bernie, along with Dennis and Marilyn Maves, stopped by the homes of two of our UB Students: Haliuna (our house helper) and Onon (the manager at our Student Center). We enjoyed meeting their families and sharing in the Tsagaan Sar celebration.
Onon and with Mom and sibling’s family
We celebrated with Haliuna’s family, as well. This was the first time her father had met a foriegner.
Financial Bailout Possibly Coming Mongolia’s Way
March 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
224 Million is a lot less than the trillions they’re talking about in other places. But it’s still quite a boost to the Mongolian economy. Time will tell if this helps. Pray for Mongolia.
IMF, Mongolia agree in principle on $224 mln loan | Reuters.
Our Team
March 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
We just returned from our annual prayer retreat. Our CAMA Mongolia team gathered in from all over the country for a weekend of prayer, fellowship and relaxation. It was nice to get together with team mates. It was a good weekend.
This week’s picture is one of our team minus Brent and Lisa Liberda and their family. Continue to pray for the Liberdas while Lisa recovers in the States from a broken leg. Pray she will fully recover and they will be able to return to the field at the right time!
