"They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favour of all the people."
Acts 2:46b - 47a
Sunday afternoon we invited over a missionary family from another city here in Mongolia for our kids to play, to get to know them better & eat a meal together. We had a wonderful time getting to know them & their kids. The cool thing is that the husband from North Carolina had visited Halifax & spent some time in Wolfville a few years ago with another American friend. God's family of Christian believers is very small even on the other side of the planet. The Robinson Family have been living here in Mongolia for over 10 years serving the Mongolian people in a smaller city north close (approx 75km) to the Siberian border.
Monday most of the day we took care of the Robinson kids while mom & dad went to different embassies for visas. When the kids left we had our friends other missionaries over for supper. We talked with our friend Shawn who spent the last month in the countryside living with a Mongolian family in their Ger. He hate lots of sheep, goat & horse guts (days & days) along with dried meat because so many animals died during the winter. He also helped local missionaries give new animals to herders that lost all of their animals. Aunt Jenna also came because she needed to do her laundry & we love it when she comes over. If we do not see her everyday then all 4 of us feel like our day is not complete. We love Aunt Jenna so much.
Tonight we had more missionaries over for another meal. Our good friends the Krose's YWAMer's from India & Holland (Slovakia should have won against Holland last night, or I wanted them to win beens they are the closest to Ukraine & Croatia.) They also had with them friends from one of their home churches in Holland. They came to visit for 2 weeks to see what life is like here in Mongolia & how they are serving the people here. Teresa & I cooked a great meal together & enjoyed the time we shared with them all.
Tomorrow I will be gone all day with a team of missionaries (my friends) to build some small brick gers (homes) (10m x 10m) for Mongolians who cannot afford housing in a Ger district close to the city. We will be working with Habitat for Humanity Mongolia as it is their project & we are just helping them build the homes. I am looking forward to it, but know I will be tired by the end of the day. We are suppose to start building at 8am & finish close to 6pm.