Practical Illumination

Renee’ said that this has been the best week she’s had since coming to Mongolia. I would have to agree.

We had a little break from language class (always making the week better) and a little taste of what we really would like to do in the future.

We were asked to teach for a week in a three month winter Bible School being held here in the city. Renee’ and I team-taught the books of Deuteronomy and Joshua. It seemed to be such a God ordained week, as these are both books that we have either recently studied or taught from.

The thing I am most amazed with this week is the fact that God’s Word is so rich and so powerful. Hebrews 4:12 is real to me. It was thrilling to see these very young believers feast on the word of God.

One of the main things we wanted to help them to do is to see God’s Word as something more than a means of accumulating knowledge. At the end of the week we had them creatively present several stories from the book of Joshua and then ask the question, “So What?“. It was fun to see God’s Spirit illuminate His Word for these kids. They were able to not only understand the stories and history and the theology behind these two books of the Bible - but they learned how to make very practical application in life, ministry and leadership. Mongolians are a pragmatic people. As we helped them to see the practical application of God’s Word in their lives, they were eager learners.

Light bulbs came on. God was seen more clearly. It was thrilling to play a small part in that.

We will be doing this again for one week in April. We will be teaching Esther, Nehemiah and Ezra. Your prayers for us and for these students are appreciated.

We are back in class for a few days this week - with another break for the Lunar New Year Festivities next weekend. However, I go back to class strengthened, refreshed and inspired to learn in order to spend more time doing things like this - only one day doing it without need for a translator.