Saturday, December 22, 2012

Merry Christmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

This has been a big year for us as we've seen God blessings in many ways. The highlight for this year was, of course, our wedding in July. We have been enjoying our first year of marriage, learning more about each other and are excited about the opportunities God is giving us for the year 2013.
We've spent the last five months in Mongolia, and are excited about how the church is growing and maturing (Christianity is only 20 years old). Manasa had the opportunity to do some teachings on how to teach and study the Bible, as well as some preaching opportunities. We feel God growing our hearts for mercy ministries as we regularly faced the homeless, broken beautiful people of Mongolia. We look forward to seeing where God takes and uses that heart. Being from a strong shamanism and Buddhist background, more people came to experience genuine love and forgiveness through Jesus Christ, and a willingness to lay down their life and follow Him. Many Mongolians took the challenge and answered the called of God to further the Gospel to their own people and also to the nations such as Afghanistan, China –Inner Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Russia – Buriat Mongol, and a heart to reach North Korea.
In October, Alissa faced some health issues, possibly liver inflammation and gall bladder issues. After much prayer, we felt God start to close ministry doors in Mongolia and guide us to take a 3 month break to return to the USA for medical care, preparation for this next season of ministry and family fellowship. This is Manasa's first time to the USA, so we look forward to traveling a bit and being able to support our friends and family. Alissa is currently taking some medical tests and expect the results to lead to full healing to be able to get back to ministry. We are praying about the many upcoming opportunities and would appreciate your prayer support during the next few months. We are also looking to increase our support base. While in Mongolia, we realized that we are able to meet our personal needs (rent food) however we would love to be able to have some finances available to pour into the ministries also (food/blankets for homeless, books/handouts for evangelism etc).
We can't say enough how important it is for us to connect and appreciate our supporters. There are still a lot of people living in darkness and we can unite to reach them, each using the gifts and blessings we've been given. What a great privilege to be used by God as an instrument of proclaiming God’s love through His Son Jesus Christ to the lost and dying soul on the mission field and in our own backyard. Our prayers are that God will continue to bless each of you, and that many people, nations and tribes will be blessed through your faith, love, prayer and generous support.

We wish you and your family a blessed Christmas season~
Email us at : knomads@excite.com or skillet25@gmail.com

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Ulziimaa's Testimony at Times Square Church

New language

Learning a new language isn't easy...when you are over (cough cough) 30.... So we have greatly appreciated our Mongolia teachers who teach with a sense of humor, and using lots of practical everyday terms. Even learning an alphabet that uses different sounds (example the r sounds like a 'g') and new symbols (there is one that looks like a tent that is the "d" sound....) doesn't come easy so having a professional teacher is important! Here is a picture with our teacher Tuya (Tuya Bagsh) at a Korean restaurant ~