through the storm and waves..

Mongolia is fine. It's peaceful here. we just went through the Nadaam festival where they do wrestling n' archery n' horseback racing. Yesterday, saturday, was awesome. we went to the mongolian countryside and rode mongolian horses. yes, they're smaller n' quite fast. they just told us to sit on a horse, gave us the reins, and then, well, let us control the horse. really scary and quite fun.

on other news, one of my students accepted Christ when i told her the Gospel. It was crazy good. God was working wonders through her n' i'll follow up on monday. i also found out two other of my students have accepted Christ and i'm now working towards equipping/discipling them.

God has been teaching me a lot about humility lately. I'm starting to see how sinful I am and how much I pretend to be alright before other people. What's most challenging is that my time is not my own. That is, sleep time is guarded, time with students is guarded, etc. I rarely have time for myself and to do my own things. It's been difficult submitting under leadership and doing what is asked of me when i don't agree.

But all in all, I'm still learning to grow. And the fact that i'm being challenged and disciplined is a testament of God's grace and goodness in working. I pray that, though this is a tough time n' pharmacy school has been giving me many problems about starting, I know God will work things out for good in the end because he promises in Jer 29:11. So long as I am in the center of God's will, I have nothing to worry about.

If you guys are reading this, please pray for God to work his will. That though the storm and waves are coming up at home (pharmacy school wants me to do a lot of things, deadlines are being pushed earlier, and a lot of minor decisions), that I trust that God means good to me. I believe he has called me here, just has he has called me to go to pharmacy school. May I not waver in unbelief but continue to whole heartedly do the work that God has called me to do.

Mongolia hairtai! -(i love mongolia)-UPDATE #2

In mongolia, things have been very interesting. Our class of students is now at 26. Many of them have heard the Gospel but very few understand what it means to follow Christ. So far, we have been spending much time with the students and loving them with Jesus's love.

Some girls have already expressed interest in joining a Bible study that we will start next week. It's very exciting and totally by God's grace.

In addition, some other fun news is that I partially dislocated my knee. I'm fine but when I was playing basketball with the students, I tripped and fell. My knee is back in its socket but still swollen for the last 3 days. I can walk and am absolutely fine. The students help me a lot. lol.

With the injury, I think I experienced a lot of learning how to rely on others. For the first day, people had to help me walk down stairs (our classroom is up two flights, down one, across a long hallway, and then down a couple more stairs). God has taught me a lot about learning how to be weak before him (both physically and emotionally). Especially today, I broke down crying because I was so tired of trying to do things on my own. Yet God is so good and he continues to forgive my mishaps and pour grace over and over.

We are desperately praying for chances to share Christ's love. I hope to do it in a gentle but also deliberate way. There is so much of a need for Jesus here in Mongolia. So please pray for opportunities for us to be able to share about Jesus as well as for health.