Functional "plumbing" repairs

When the urinal is broken what do you do? In the US, the custodian puts a sign up or tapes plastic across the urinal. In Mongolia, they just add a bucket!

Erik Gets a Dad

I, Liz, attended my first Mongolian wedding yesterday. It was special to see my little friend Erik get a new dad. Erik & I played together 3 days a week last fall until he and his mom moved to their own ger in December. The couple met at church and have formed a beautiful family. I was greeted warmly by this little boy tho we haven't seen each other for a few months. He sat on my lap while we visited. "My mom is wearing a very fancy dress. She looks so beautiful. Soon you'll get to see her . . ." He delighted in helping me take pix of her and loved zooming in on her face to relish her beauty, his mom, the bride.

40-hours of Prayer for Mongolia

"40-hours of Prayer for Mongolia" was the inspiration of Alissa Van Dam, JCS English teacher at the Mongolian Technical College. She shared her idea with other JCSers and a small group made a plan.

They wrote "prayer information sheets" about Mongolian social, spiritual and legal issues. JCS staff and volunteers translated the information into Mongolia, English and German and posted it on the JCS webpage at: http://40hours.jcsintl.org/.

Promotional information was translated into additional languages; Indonesian, Korean and Dutch. We hope that people will volunteer to translate the material into Chinese, Russian and many more languages.

Individuals, small groups, schools and churches around the world have participated in the 40-hours of Prayer for Mongolia. These prayer sheets can be used anytime; devotions, missions conferences, preparation for a mission trip, etc. We hope to make this an annual emphasis.

Let us know if you use this information and where you are from. Thanks.