It would take a whole book to share all that happened on our trip to Mongolia. Medical teams are amazing, and this team was no exception. We knew it would be impactful when we spent 6 hours negotiating with customs for them to release our suitcases of medicine. We had the paperwork, but the agents at the airport didn’t want to accept it. However, the Lord gave us favor and they were released. In the process, we got to meet the head of customs and have a direct line to him now. The Lord uses everything.

We got to visit our orphanage in Ulaanbaatar and love on the kids for a while. It is the only orphanage that takes in babies and was recognized as the #1 orphanage in Mongolia. They even put out a documentary on the news, in Mongolian of course. The team also got a tour of one of the pro-life centers the missionary has.  

Then, it was time for our 10-hour trek into the Gobi Desert. We stopped and checked out some camels along the way. Once we got to the village we got setup into our yurts, which became our home away from home for the next week. From there, we saw a crazy number of patients. We had people the travelled 50 km just to see a doctor or dentist. They were coming from everywhere. We also had the opportunity for some of our team to go to the schools each day and provide health checkups and fluoride treatments to around 600 kids in the village. We even got to put on a clinic in a second village, 3 hours further in the Gobi and see Boldmaa. 20 years ago she was a 6 year old girl, and our very first MANNA kid at the nutrition center. Today she is married, has a son and is a teach in the school. God is good. 

In the evenings the schools hosted us to put on hygiene clinics for the parents. We got to spend time with friends, star gaze at night (the Milky Way is incredible in the Gobi), and make new friends. We even had a famous Mongolian throat singer give us a performance after we treated his child.

Thank you for your prayers and support for our family. I wanted to share some pictures of our trip into the Gobi. In a little less than 2 weeks I’ll be leading a team to Guatemala, then we head to Thailand and Cambodia until Thanksgiving.