Mongolia Mission (MM) is intentionally following through with plans laid last year to train its families to do family-to-family evangelism in the days to come.
The NSD Family Ministries team, Drs Sally and Chek Yat Phoon were invited to be the trainers for 15 couples plus a few singles who were sent by their churches from all over Mongolia to gain a better understanding of how to reach other families. The Family-to-Family Church Guide was partially translated and used as a textbook. After the main concepts were presented, the group discussed how these strategies could be adapted to the situation in Mongolia.
Purevdulam, Children’s Ministries Director of MM, shared her experience of how her cell group had been working among families, one family at a time. Cleidi Kuhn, Family Ministries Director of MM and organizer of the event, encouraged the group with success stories from Brazil.
Before the end of the session, one enthusiastic attendee, Hishbarl testified about how their little Adventist college started by a supporting ministry in a small village between Darkhan and Edernet are already impacting their community. “We own a well that provides water for everyone around, and this well is closed on Sabbath. We have made friends with the eighty people who live in the vicinity, and are confident that the Holy Spirit will help us reap a harvest from among them.”
The group has laid plans to begin work as soon as they arrive home. The rest of the materials will be translated by the end of October and mailed to all attendees, and they have promised to meet for an update in December. A target has been set to have a reaping campaign in June 2015 by God’s grace.
By Sally Lam-Phoon