We stopped along the way for lunch

Have you ever tried traveling without a road or a road map? That was my experience recently. With our truck packed full of books, Bible leaflets, and food to share with the needy, four Bible students and I set out to visit a town in the Gobi desert to do an evangelism and church planting practicum.

Despite a flat tire and the water radiator leaking, we arrived safely after twelve hours of travel. We were given a place to stay at the students’ dorm because it was a holiday for the local university. Tired from the long trip, most of us immediately fell asleep.

Fruitful Ministry

In the morning, we went to meet the government leaders of the town. We shared our purpose for coming, showed the letter from our school and our program during our ten-day stay. She approved it and informed the police of our activities. We went from ger to ger inviting people in the village to attend our English and Korean Language classes.

	Ariel Ceballos with a new friend

About forty-five students came to the language classes. We came prepared to teach Basic English courses, but some students were more advanced. I volunteered to teach English Conversation and Grammar. At the end of ten days, all the classes did a game competition that everyone enjoyed.

At an evangelistic meeting, many chose to follow Christ. On Sunday, around fifty people came back and attended the first worship service. We praised God for His marvelous work. There were already some believers living there who had heard the Gospel when they lived in the capital city. We encouraged them to take up the responsibility of having a weekly worship service. Please pray that a local church will eventually be established there.

Snowstorm!

We anticipated a dust storm, but on our last three days, there was a heavy snowstorm that left people unprepared. The villagers said they had not had a snow storm like that in over twenty years.

When we traveled back to Ulaan Baatar, we encountered many faith-stretching moments. The dusty roads we had traveled before were now covered with snow. There was no clear road. Our truck sunk into the deep snow many times and we had to shovel and push it to a higher level so we could continue. I prayed, “Lord lead our way and guide us till we reach our homes safely”. Later, a Russian jeep came and God used it for us to follow the tracks in the right way.

We reached home at almost two o’clock in the morning, thankful for a fruitful mission trip and for God’s protection in the midst of a dangerous journey.

Pray

• thanking God for his work and his protection.
• for a church to be established in this small town.
• for God to continue preparing these Bible students for their future ministries.

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