Hello!
It has been a wonderful summer. But our warm summer days are now winding down. After I returned from my home leave, we had our in country retreat and it was powerful. Our speaker Liz Dickson has an organization called Love Unveiled and she spoke an incredible message to help myself and our staff to realize our beauty in Christ. It was a powerful time and really got me thinking. I returned to Mongolia a bit concerned about my future with two close friends soon leaving (who I work with and who mentors me), but through the retreat I came to realize I need to be fully filled and content in Jesus Christ alone. He will provide all I need. Then I made a quick trip to Seoul with a friend who needed medical attention. We had no medical issues on the plane and were able to get her to a cardiologist in Seoul right away. Her health is better now. We had our third and final heart camp of the summer. Almost 50 children attended. I will have to do another blog to share some life changing stories from camp. I was blessed to attend a retreat in Cambodia for SP's Asia workers. We had several fabulous speakers and time for rest and reflection. I was most moved by a speaker preaching on the Holy Spirit and I am really working on knowing, trusting, and leaning on God's Holy Spirit living inside of me. I have always enjoyed 2 Peter 1:3 "His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness."
This week a family gave me a sheep. Their son had surgery in Toronto this year and out of thanksgiving for how our project helped them, they gave me a sheep. But it is not anything I did, but how God is working through us. To Him be the glory! So the pictures below chronicle the sheep's end. If you are squeamish, do not look to far down on these pictures. This family has 1000 animals. I shared a lot of the meat, the head, the fat, organs, and stomach contents, but what is left (meat only) is in my freezer. Pretty crazy that mid afternoon he was running around and 6 hours later in my freezer. Wow!
September has been a good month. We have had several visitors and my cousin arrived last week to stay with me until late October. She is taking a gap year and is here to help with different projects including spending time at a community center in the ger district, an orphanage, and teaching English. We have one child in Canada now who will have surgery later this month and are preparing several groups.
Thanks for tuning in and remember Mongolia and its people in your prayers.
Blessings,
Emily
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| At Angkor Wat in Cambodia |
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| These temples were built in the 12th centuries, but only rediscovered in the 19th century, but totally overgrown. |
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| The trees had taken over the buildings. |
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| Feeding an elephant a pineapple |
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| Isn't she cute! |
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| I rode the elephant with my friends Lora and Lori |
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| Herding up the sheep in the countryside of Mongolia |
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| Trying to catch one for me. |
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| Here he is. |
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| Skinning it |
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| Taking out the abdominal contents. |
