Well, we made it back safely from Mongolia and China. Unfortunately jet lag is with me. I have been waking up at 4:00AM for the last three days. Today is the first Sunday since I have been back, so as part of my Sabbatical, I went to visit other churches. Today I hit the 8:45AM [...]
Archive for June, 2010
All right, I’ll admit it, for the last two days it has been fun to be a total tourist here in China. We have over the last two days visit the Great Wall of China, The Ming Tombs, a silk factory, a jade factory, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace and the Temple of Heaven. [...]
Yesterday we said goodbye to Duya and Jargal and said hello to China. We had a blessed trip to Mongolia. During our flight to Beijing we met a young missionary, Erin, who was part of a Christian sports camp right where we also ran our camp. God continues to pour out his love on the [...]
The train arrived in Ulaan Baatar bringing the students home from camp and they appeared none the worse for wear. Mongolian passenger trains can be seen coming from miles away. One of the old Russian engines is usually billowing black smoke to the degree that you think that there is a fire burning in the [...]
We were driving to Dulankhan, about 35 miles from the Russian border, when Duya pointed out poles covered with blue silk scarves with piles of rocks around them. They were places where people would pray for good luck while driving. We started noticing them everywhere. It seemed that if there was a high hill there [...]
Just got back to Ulaan Baatar, the capital of Mongolia, from our trip to northern Mongolia, spending an overnight with kids at the first Royal Rangers camp ever held here. I would love to report that it was all fun but I hate camping. I have successfully avoided camping for 35 years but I found [...]
One of the first things you notice here in Mongolia is that this nation is very proud of Ghengis Khan. Not because he was a peace loving man but because he is the one Mongolian known around the world for his great conquests. The missionaries here have a different idea about him. They want to [...]
It is Sunday June 13th and in three hours I take off from JFK to go to Mongolia by way of China. I know the deal on long flights. It is unlikely I will sleep, my feet will swell, the food for be so so and Michel will get mad at me when I lean [...]
My sabbatical began this morning with a phone call from the church – someone needed a key to get in. It felt a little like a false start but I suppose life is filled with those. I jumped on my scooter and unlocked the door. Spent the day reading and having lunch with a pastor [...]
