Mongolia #8

Written by Pastor Jon Sunday, 21 June 2009 15:51

It's Sunday late afternoon here in Darkhan, Mongolia. We have had a great time of ministry over the last several days. Friday and Saturday our team held an Encounter and Re-Encounter for Pastor Mark & Ginny's church. It was an incredible time for their church and for all who ministered. They were approximately 60 attendees for the Encounter and 20 for the Re-Encounter. One highlight was that the opening session of the Encounter, 10 people got saved! And it ended with a big bang as well. The Re-Encounter team was ministering "revival fire" and came to the Encounter final session to impart and pray for the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. It was powerful. One thing we have definitely seen and learned first hand is that our prayers have the power to transcend the language. Many times, most of us, didn't have an interpreter so we just had to pray in English and in the Spirit. It was amazing see them weep under the power of God.

Debbie and her children's ministry team did last-minute children's ministry for 60 children! They did incredible as well! Cathy had a great time during all of this cooking for 150 people in her Mongolian kitchen. And in the midst of all of that activity, the construction crew was able to finish the addition to Pastor Moogie's home. It looks amazing!

One of the highlights for me today was praying for the Mongolian worship team after their Sunday service. The Holy Spirit fell as I was praying and nearly all of them were on the ground under the power of God. This is quite unusual for them, but they are so hungry for more of God. I have truly enjoyed working with them. They definitely went to a new level in harp & bowl worship & prayer this morning as our team of John, Andy, Selah, and myself joined them as they prayed and sang. We also had the wonderful opportunity to pray and place Pastor Mark's assistant, Moogie, in place as his associate pastor. Pastor Mark & Ginny, Pastor Dick & Susie, and Charlene and I were able to minister to he and his wife and set them aside officially as pastors and anoint them. It was great to be a part of this as this church is one of our Living Stones Global Network churches.

Tonight we have our final time with the Mongolians over dinner and gift giving. It will truly be a bitter sweet time. Part of our hearts will be left behind here.

Please keep the entire team in your prayers . . . the final leg of the trip often is the most difficult because the intensive part of ministry is over. Please pray for us. We're headed to Ulanbataar tomorrow to catch our flight to Seoul, South Korea. We'll spend a day there and be able to visit Prayer Mountain. From there, most of the team will fly home to Chicago. Our family along with John Staub has a wonderful opportunity to make a short stop in Beijing, China, for three days to take the girls to their homeland! We're really excited about that!

We love you all and can't wait to be home and share all that God has done. This is just a short snip-it and all of it can't be included in one small update.

See you all soon!

Pastor Jon (for the entire team)