Last Friday Aunt Jenna & her mum left to go back to the US. Friday morning we shed a lot of tears & shared many long hugs. Jenna's room is clean & empty. Our home is quieter & we miss her a lot. Many times a day we walk by her room & not thinking ask when she will be coming home. But, then realize that she will not be coming home. Yesterday was a really hard day for us. The kids are sharing with people "she is gone & really miss her." I think yesterday was the day we all ralized that Jenna was not coming home ever again.
We had an amazing 2 weeks with Jenna's mum living with us. we did many things together, walking to stores, buying things, showing her around, helping her process the culture shock of coming here, seeing what we accept as normal & learning how to live in this culture.
Teresa lead a group of women in planning an amazing bridal shower for Jenna. There were around 50 women that were present & everyone had a great time. A few men/boys were there & we happly served the women present.
Please pray for us this week as we will be purchasing our flight tickets to the US & Canada for Teresa & the kids, plus my tickets to another country & then back to Canada. This week I will start teaching a weekly Bible study & an English class to the Mongolian men at Teen Challenge.
Please pray for a Mongolian man (& his family) that I have been quietly praying for 3 years. This morning when i was taking out the garbage he called me from our buildings guard shack. He hugged me & asked me to sit down to talk. He was drunk & appologized for being drunk b/c he couldn't handle life. He said his life is so difficult b/c his wife's family has been blessed. His wife's family is running a successful business & deeply feels he is not needed. He feels he has no purpose in life. He kept asking me "Matt how can I live? I don't know what to do. There is no purpose to my life. Matt, please, help me." I asked him (in Mongolian) why he felt there was no meaning & purpose in his life. He told me that his family doesn't need him & that no one needs him. He asked me to pray for him. I told him that I would pray to Jesus for him. A worker from our building came into the guard shack & the man knew he had to stop sharing with me because of the other worker. We stood up & he hugged me for a long time. I could feel his pain & desire to not to feel empty any longer. He asked me many, many more times as we were hugging to please, please pray for him.
The power of prayer & God's timing amazes me. Many times we are too quick to use our mouthes & are not willing to wait for God's perfect time. God is teaching me so much here & we are willing serving Mongolians.
Please pray for us this week as we will be purchasing our flight tickets to the US & Canada for Teresa & the kids, plus my tickets to another country & then back to Canada. This week I will start teaching a weekly Bible study & an English class to the Mongolian men at Teen Challenge.
Please pray for a Mongolian man (& his family) that I have been quietly praying for 3 years. This morning when i was taking out the garbage he called me from our buildings guard shack. He hugged me & asked me to sit down to talk. He was drunk & appologized for being drunk b/c he couldn't handle life. He said his life is so difficult b/c his wife's family has been blessed. His wife's family is running a successful business & deeply feels he is not needed. He feels he has no purpose in life. He kept asking me "Matt how can I live? I don't know what to do. There is no purpose to my life. Matt, please, help me." I asked him (in Mongolian) why he felt there was no meaning & purpose in his life. He told me that his family doesn't need him & that no one needs him. He asked me to pray for him. I told him that I would pray to Jesus for him. A worker from our building came into the guard shack & the man knew he had to stop sharing with me because of the other worker. We stood up & he hugged me for a long time. I could feel his pain & desire to not to feel empty any longer. He asked me many, many more times as we were hugging to please, please pray for him.
The power of prayer & God's timing amazes me. Many times we are too quick to use our mouthes & are not willing to wait for God's perfect time. God is teaching me so much here & we are willing serving Mongolians.