Fourteen speakers and 20 volunteers from eight countries came to Mongolia to preach the gospel at 14 local churches in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia, for UB14 (Ulaanbaatar14) Mission to the Cities evangelistic meetings in September 2014.
UB14 was planned in November 2013 after the Mongolian Mission Annual Council meetings. Kwon JohngHaeng, Mission to the Cities coordinator for the Northern Asia-Pacific Division (NSD), visited Mongolia four times to help with trainings for pastors and lay leaders.
Robert Costa, associate ministerial secretary for evangelism at the General Conference, visited Mongolia to talk about Mission to the Cities. Joanne Kim, Guam Academy principal, and Kim YoungSik, treasury staff of Korean Union Conference, had spent many years as missionaries in Mongolia.
Cyrus Shen and Bold Batsukh are secretaries of Taiwan Conference and Mongolia Mission. Robert Folkenberg is Chinese Union Mission president. Josue Orellana is director of ADRA Mongolia. Kim SeokGon, Kim DukSu, and Jung JaeShin are local pastors. Park KunChoon, Dr. Barbara Choi, and Kwon JohngHaeng are from the division.
Before the arrival of the speakers, under the leadership of Pastor Nyamdavaa, Mission to the Cities coordinator and Adventist Mission director, pastors in Ulaanbaatar did their best together with lay members in training their members, looking for interests, and organizing song service leaders for each church in Ulaanbaatar.
During the meeting dates, the churches were visited by a medical team from Taiwan Adventist Hospital. The team with three physicians, a nurse, and an administrator went around the churches in Ulaanbaatar offering free medical service. They were able to take care of more than 500 patients. Doctors who joined the overseas medical mission trip requested that Pastor Kwon organize another trip in 2015.
On the closing Sabbath morning, 700 members from Ulaanbaatar and the vicinity gathered in the UB Cultural Palace. As Dr. Jairyong Lee, NSD president, spoke for Sabbath worship, he invited all the baptismal candidates to the stage to welcome them to the Remnant Church of God. After lunch, the Golden Angels, a singing group from the NSD; Descendants, a singing group from Mongolian Mission; and Mongolian youth singers gave thanks and glory with their talents.
All the participants traveled to Tyyl River by chartered buses for the baptismal ceremony. Although it was a cold and windy afternoon, everyone was happy because of the abundant blessings from the Lord. That afternoon, 142 precious souls experienced being born again by baptism.
Among them, Markus Keizer was the only foreigner from the Netherlands. His wife Belinda was a born Adventist. For 23 years of their marriage, she had prayed for her husband. The couple had planned for a long trip using their own vehicle from the Netherlands through Central Asia, Mongolia, China, and Southeast Asian countries. Passing through Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, the couple saw an advertisement for UB14 and attended one of the UB14 meetings, which resulted in his decision for baptism. Belinda’s long prayer of 23 years was answered.
Mongolia Mission is planning for follow-up meetings for newly baptized members. Pastor Elbert Kuhn, president of Mongolian Mission, says, “UB14 is not over; it will be connected to UB15 and on.”
Kwon JohngHaeng, Global Evangelism Coordinator