In Buddhist Mongolia, the Lord’s Light Shines Through Bible Camps . . . and a Church is Planted!
Alexei T.
SGA-Supported Missionary Pastor in Siberia and Far East Russia
Greetings! It is our joy to share about the Summer Bible Camp ministry carried out by our church team. A part of our team of nine people—eight of whom are our church youth—went on a mission trip to Mongolia. They held two camps in late July. The first camp was run in western Mongolia in the settlement of Bayantes with about 100 children attending. They were from several areas across the region. About 60 percent of the children were from unbelieving families, and they heard the Gospel for the first time. In this camp, 70 children prayed in repentance. Going forward, a local missionary will continue ministering to these children.
The second camp was held in Mongolia’s Uvs region. This camp became special in the way that we saw God’s guidance! In one town there are no churches, and there is not a single believer in Jesus Christ. There had never been any children’s camps there, and all the local people follow Buddhism. We planned to hold the camp in another village, but on the day when we got to the camp, things had to be rearranged so we held the camp in the place where we could.
In total, we had 100 to 120 children who came, with the number of children varying every day. In this camp as well, all the children were from unbelieving homes, and they heard about God as the Creator, about men sinning against God, and about the Lord Jesus Christ and His Gospel for the first time.
We do not know how many repented, as in this camp the children prayed for the first time. After our camp, brother Chimde remained and is going to continue communicating with children, also planting a new church there. One thing that happened in this village—a few years ago, a team from another city planned to hold a camp there, but the locals came up on horseback and did not let them run the camp. But this year, the Lord changed the hearts of the locals and they let their children come to our camp without any hindrances.
Please, pray for the children who repented in these two camps, and for brother Chimde and his family as they plant the new church!