Mongolia! Going West!
On the train and looking out the window and this place is like a desert. Animals and little huts with some civilization. I walk into a convenience store and there’s three isles of candy, two isles of liquor, and two isles of everything else. Sugar and alcohol addiction run high in Mongolia. Me and Stone are standing there talking and all of a sudden this old man comes and drags Parker’s bag away. We stop him and he just gives it back. It was hilarious. Bless that man. I get the feeling this place is very raw. We are walking on the platform of the train station and a person is looking for Ari. It’s our awesome air bnb host, Gege. She came to pick us up. She’s a 14 year old and speaks perfect English, but her dad doesn’t. We didn’t even know she was picking us up, so that was a great! We get to the air bnb and it’s a beautiful place. I’m still walking out what God told me to do from debrief. It’s hard to focus when my head is wondering what’s going on. I keep chasing after him reading scripture and asking what I should be doing. Doing what I can to connect with him! I keep getting the word “wait”. Mongolia is beautiful and we are in Ulaanbaatar the Capital. It literally feels like the size of Green Bay, WI and if not smaller. There’s only three city’s in Mongolia. It’s all wide open spaces. It reminds me of being the “Mexico” of Asia. Everyone here is friendly and most speak English. There main language is Mongolian, and some Russian. They write in Russian. The young kids are taught English and the older people actually don’t seem to know it. The guys seem tough and strong. Mongolian people like to wrestle and play pool. We eat food but, they have a lot of American food. We have a good pizza place next door and Ramen near by. I really love this place, it’s got a small town vibe. I love our team. We get along so well and God has been at the center of our team! We get a sabbath day witch is a day we get to spend how ever we want. We’re normally very busy so it’s good to rest. God needed to rest, so do we. I learned “Rest to live” not “live to Rest”. I pray and meditate in the morning and he tells me to stay home at the air bnb with him. I do all day. I read scripture and prayed all day. I get food and play pool at the billiard with the locals. It’s hard staying at home because most people ventured the city. I still feel out of my element. I feel comfortable feeling uncomfortable. Waiting for God to fill my cup back up. The next day we meet with our connection that Emily has. Emily is traveling with our team this month! We plan to meet with her and do prayers into the month. I love praying into see what God has in store. This month I want to learn, grow, and God has given me multiple visions. He told me to pray for humbleness and maturity in this season. He is good! I still feel bogged down! We do a feedback session in a fun way. It’s called get off the bus and we all compliment and lift up one person. My team said incredible perks about me. I love complimenting people! God has literally turned our team to family. I get a loving feel and we are turned to get the evening to ourselves. I’m not getting frustrated but, I am wonder what God is doing to make me feel like this. I step outside on balcony. I look into the sky and pray. I know Gods wonders and his power! I keep praying into the sky and I’m giving him all I got. I said God if you want my thoughts you can have them. Everything I have is yours to begin with. All of a sudden I see a Cross form into the clouds! No lie a Cross in the clouds. I keep starring at it. Emily is saying Goodbye to go out back to the hostel she is staying at. I start busting out laughing. I feel my heart start to beat. I feel a voice say “Why? I’ve been waiting” I quickly say goodbye to her. I run back out there, it’s gone. I keep starring. I feel God telling me to keep looking up. I keep praying and I can feel my mind going right back into place. I stay out there for 5-10 minutes and keep starring at the sky. I keep hearing him! I feel like my thought and actions are giving up on my flesh. I always felt like I was in Gods Kingdom but I know now it’s all his. Every thought. Every action. I’ve always tried to connect thoughts on my own. “If I do this” “I’m gonna think this way”. I keep starring up and as I’m staring up he tells me to look down. I see my bible sitting on the balcony. My thoughts connect like never before. There it is! All the answers I’ve been looking for! Why am I looking to myself or man? There is so many parts to Gods kingdom and his love is never ending! I needed to quit handling life for myself. I get so exited I run in and tell my team. “Guys I just had the biggest come to Jesus moment”. I tell them and I can feel the biggest shift in my attitude and posture. It literally felt like I figured out the World Race. I was so Joyful. I go back out and can’t even sit still. I go outside for a run. It’s so beautiful out! I play some worship music by my cousin Danen Kane. Check him out if you don’t know him, great artist. I then start to play the song “Paradise City” by Guns and Roses and it’s like dropping a Harley into second gear for the first time out on a spring day in Wisconsin! That song reminds me of heaven. I felt so peaceful! I run past these people and I start to take pictures of the surrounding nature. A group of kids come up to me and want to take my picture. I tell them to get into the picture. It was so great! I run home and sleep so peacefully. Amazing how God can take you from having a grey kind of day to a bright blue sky kind of day. I wake up to scripture and feel so joyful. We meet our connection and she is so nice! We set up a plan to go see different parts of Mongolia. She is a beautiful Christian women named Silo. She’s got two beautiful kids, that I can’t wait to spend time with! We watch movies as a team and have fun! We plan on meeting with her the next day for lunch. We meet her husband Sochi at the train station to get tickets for the train to go out west to ride some horses and discover Mongolia. He is so nice. We go to the doctor because Heidi is sick. They don’t charge to see people! It’s crazy. I don’t know how there medical system works. We get lunch with Silo’s family. It was so much fun! The food was traditional Mongolian and was so good! The kids are amazing and so much fun to play with. She tells us we get to go visit her hometown for Easter church service witch is so exiting! I can’t wait to see what God has in store for us with this family. Next thing I know where leaving and hoping on the hard sleeper for 12 hour night bus to the West!
Much Love!
