Very thankful

Yesterday was a very good day--no nausea and no unusual fatigue. Another gift. Thank you for your prayers.

Our new neighbors have invited us for a cookout this afternoon. Their relatives have come for the weekend, and we're eager to meet them. Tomorrow after church we're driving up to the Blue Ridge Mountains for a "mountain music" concert. And Monday morning some SIM friends from Ethiopia are coming to our home for breakfast. None of these are strenuous, but they make for a lovely holiday weekend.

Want to read a story from SIM's partners in Asia? On a brutally cold day last winter in Mongolia, a little boy named Holston and his father went on a pilgrimage. Arriving, the father commanded his son to worship the land. "Oh, no, Father, you should worhip only Jesus." The father replied, "Then you pray to Jesus. If He appears, I will believe also." Two years earlier a team had traveled there and Holston had seen the JESUS film. He was so captivated that the team gave him a picture book of the film. He had "read" the book every day, explaining it to his father, who refused to listen.

So on this pilgrimage day, as the storm worsened, a team of Christians found their way to Holston's ger (Mongolian round felt tent). Although no one was home, the storm was so terrible that they crept inside for shelter. Finally, late at night, Holston and his father returned home. They made their guests welcome, and asked why they had traveled so far. "We have come to tell you about Jesus," was the reply.

By flickering candlelight, the guests explained the salvation Jesus accomplished for all people by dying on the cross, and as the wind howled outside, the father asked Jesus to be his Savior and Lord. Imagine Holston's joy!

Have a wonderful day.
Carol