While driving in the countryside of Jargalan Soum in Gobi-Altai Province, we came across many animals that were clearly suffering from a lack of food and water due to heavy snow caused by spring blizzards. As we drove along we encountered a 50-year-old woman named Javzandulam who was tending her sheep. We stopped and shared the Gospel with her. Javzandulam couldn’t take her eyes off her restless animals, some of which had already died in the fields. Her son who lived in Ulaanbaatar had urged his mother to visit a monk and seek help in safeguarding their remaining animals, their only sustenance. Javzandulam was doubtful but didn’t know what to do. She asked if God could help her and wondered if she should pray to both Jesus and Buddha. We explained that religion is a human construct that arises from people’s flawed understanding of God. We shared the Gospel with her and her husband. Our SBS team members gathered the dead animals and helped dispose of them. Together we prayed for God’s favor on the land and His protection over their family and herds.

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While visiting families in Ongon Soum, we encountered an 81-year-old mother and her 58-year-old daughter. The mother cared for the daughter who was bedridden and suffered from liver cancer. Upon hearing the Gospel, they both accepted the Lord into their lives. We prayed for healing, and both mother and daughter became very emotional. They expressed their gratitude for having been introduced to a loving God. After our prayers, a remarkable transformation occurred within the daughter and she experienced a significant improvement in her condition. We are grateful to God for His healing and for the positive outcome of that visit.

Answer To A Prayer

We traveled to Delger Soum and met with the local authorities, including the governor. We introduced ourselves and explained the purpose of our visit- to provide support and food assistance to struggling families in the region. Puje’s was one of the four families we connected with. At the age of 70, Puje found himself caring for his children alone after having lost his wife sometime before. We introduced ourselves, offered the food we had brought, and shared that we were followers of Jesus. Tserennyam, Puje’s daughter, arrived and got to hear about Jesus. During our conversation, Tserennyam revealed that her mother was a believer and used to read the Bible. She also mentioned that her mother had shared the Gospel with them but they did not listen. Puje affirmed this, sharing that his wife used to pray to Jesus. He said that he was sure she passed on to the Eternal Land. He was convinced that God had led us to him. Puje, his daughter Tserennyam, and his three nieces all made the decision to accept Jesus and prayed together. The prayers of a wife and mother who was no longer with her family were answered that night.

In May we sent out 3 teams with very distinct purposes. The first team traveled to Beger to encourage a group of believers, most of them herders, there. These Christians are the fruit of a seed that was planted about 3 years ago and we praise God for the harvest.

Our second team carried out a Timothy Leadership Training (TLT) session in Arkhangai Province. Fourteen leaders from the region gathered to glorify God and learn together. Timothy Leadership Training encourages believers to engage in evangelism and share their experiences with each other through planning outreach efforts in their respective communities. During the May session, the students devised plans for the upcoming months. Several teams were formed and short-term missions ventures were scheduled.

The third team headed to Khuvsgul Province to conduct a 7-day training for Christian men from some of our churches. Besides being trained in the Word, the men shared meals together and built friendships. Today, there is a significant decline in male attendance in rural churches. Even the husbands of women who serve and lead within the church remain largely unchurched. This not only hinders the female leaders’ ability to fully focus on their ministry, but it often leads to persecution from family members. Despite having heard the Gospel multiple times, these men do not fully commit to faith, and there are likely various reasons for this. The fellowship time spent with these men served to encourage them and build relationships with them in order to have an impact for good.

My name is Soyol (we changed the names of the individuals due to the privacy and safety), and I am a junior student at the Turkish Manas University in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. I lived in a school dormitory. Shortly after arriving in Bishkek three years ago, I met Baatar’s family from Mongolia. I have been friends with Baatar’s family for three years.

Later I learned that they were Christians. I avoided talking about the religion with them because I was a Buddhist at that time. After the pandemic, my school was closed, the dormitory was locked, and there was nowhere to go. I couldn’t find an apartment outside of the school, and I was worried and scared. It was challenging for a single female student to have no one to support. When I contacted Munkhbaatar and told him about my situation, he invited me to his house and told me that I could stay with them.

Since then, I have heard about Christ and came to a deeper understanding. I have recently decided to become a Christian and want to learn a lot more about Him. Now I live without any fear or worry. We watch the “Church In A Box” video Bible Study every week. After the Bible Study, we have time to share what we have learned.

Jesus’ humility and good deeds for others have always fascinated me. I’m also learning how to be a role model and an excellent example to others from these video lessons. Though people make many wrong choices in their lives, there is always a way to live the right. Jesus taught us to turn to his truth always. Now I know the consequence of sin is death.

Although most of April was spent in strict lockdown, local churches and safe house families held a total of 71 video Bible studies with 494 people in attendance. During this time, 139 people heard the Gospel and 20 became believers. We gave Bibles to 50 people, including newcomers and fellow believers who never owned a Bible before. Our team hadn’t been able to do outreach trips due to the covid lockdowns. It will continue until the 8th of May.

Today, only grocery stores are open in Ulaanbaatar. Even though we are working from home, we are visiting the Safe House every time we get a chance. We were all vaccinated this month. We are praying that God show us how to spread the Gospel if this situation continues for a long time.

During the pandemic, the thumb drive distribution of ‘Church In A Box,’ a house-church video guide, is slowed down due to the restricted mail services. Also many house church meetings are cancelled. However, Church In A Box, Youtube channel will help hundreds of people to continue study the Bible thought the Gospel of John.

The work of spreading the Gospel must not stop. We are planning to continue developing effective digital media strategy for our ministry outreach. Please pray for us.

Our vision is spread the Gospel of Christ to all people in Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Tuva, Buryatia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. We are very confident that we can do this well by the grace of God. May the Lord God save all our nomadic nations and bless them.

Thank you for your prayers,