It has been a crazy August. We got our girls home and had their wisdom teeth out. While they were recovering, I took a team to Mongolia. While I was in Mongolia, Kim and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary, 13 time zones apart. She is an amazing and loving wife to put up with me! I made it home in time to move our girls into college. Kim and I head to Kentucky this weekend and then lead a medical team to Mongolia next week, and then on to Cambodia. Other than that, pretty uneventful. LOL. 

I had the privilege of taking a homebuilding company, their employees, and families to Mongolia. As soon as we landed, we got to visit an orphanage we work with. It was rated the #1 orphanage in Mongolia! Over 250 kids have been adopted out of it over the years. Seeing these kids being loved on after being abandoned is truly a blessing. 

After visiting the orphanage, we replaced the siding on our feeding center in Ulaanbaatar. It was great to work with the kids and fix up the building. (Even the doghouse got an upgrade.) This building has seen so much. We have seen people saved and ministry leaders grow up in this building. A girl grew up in the project, played the guitar for church as a teenager, and is now married to a pastor. I love seeing the fruit from these projects. 

Once the siding was completed, we put on a carnival for the kids in the community. It sounds simple, but watching the impact on the kids was amazing. From face paint to balloon animals, and hamburgers, it was a blast. We even got to deliver water filters and food to families in the community. This gave us the opportunity to share the Gospel and pray with these families. To get home, we had to fly through Seoul and spend the night. Of course, a typhoon decided to hit while we were there, so that added a little excitement to the end of our trip. But our flights still made it out and we got home, mostly dry. 

Mongolia is a hard place to get to, and I am grateful for those who are willing to go. I am excited to be back there next week with the medical team. Please be in prayer for our travels and team. Kim and I will be overseas for almost a month. I appreciate your support and prayers for our work and family, they are felt.