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The Next Steppe

Waiting but not IdleAfter 18 months of preparation –

including travel, conferences, training, visiting supporters, writing prayer letters, sorting 33 years of belongings, selling vehicles and home, extricating from business and volunteer obligations, packing, storing, etc. John and I are now in a bit of a holding pattern as we wait for Mongolia to open its borders to foreigners. We want so much to get there, get settled and acclimated, and start working with everyone at V.E.T. Net. But we know that God’s timing is beyond our understanding and is always the best for His kingdom purposes. So…we wait.

That said, we are trying to make the most of our time. During our four-week missions training this summer in Colorado, the staff at MTI helped us connect with a Mongolian couple living in the area. They work with CRU

(Campus Crusade for Christ), have been in the US for three years, and are now trying to get back to Mongolia. He has been helping out at MTI with language practices, so is familiar with the methods we have been taught to learn a new language.

In Mongolia, they live in Ulaan Bataar, not far from where our apartment will be (what are the odds in a city of 1.4 million?). They said that they would be happy to help us with language and culture. As it turns out, we didn’t have to wait until we get to Mongolia to do that.

Through the MTI staff, we were also put in contact with a couple who have a summer home in Monument, CO. Most of the year they live elsewhere and rent out “The Haven” (as they call their

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Drs. John and Laurie Day451 W. 300 South, Jerome, ID 83338

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Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. (Psalm 27:14)

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

(Jeremiah 29:14)

My times are in your hands… (Psalm 31:15a)

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summer home) to missionaries on furlough or otherwise between places, or to ministry folks just needing respite. Their home is available to us this fall until January 15.

God seems to have opened doors for us that we could not have hoped for or even thought would exist. It feels like in Isaiah 31:21 that He is whispering behind us, “This is the way, walk in it.”

So right now, staying in Colorado for a few months working on a bit of language and connecting with a Mongolian church in Denver looks like our Next Steppe. It’s not what we thought we would be doing this fall, but then, a couple of years ago, moving to Mongolia was not what we thought we would be doing EVER.

It is all part of God’s excellent plan, and we are learning to trust Him with our times.

Praises:

• That God kept us here in September, as we had an issue come up that would have been very difficult to deal with had we been overseas

• For the opportunity to do even a little bit of language study with Mongolian Christians while we wait

• For a very nice home to stay in here in Colorado for three months

• For the Zoom meetings we were able to have with supporters

• For relaxing travel restrictions within the country of Mongolia, which have allowed V.E.T. Net vets and teachers to make 18 trips to 14 provinces between August and November to provide sheep to needy families and connect with countryside believers

Prayers:

• For holiday travel for us, our children, and all other families trying to celebrate together

• Continued healing for Annabelle

• For fruitful outcomes from all of the Mongolia V.E.T. Net countryside trips this fall

• For God’s timing regarding our entry into Mongolia

• For our elections: for honesty, for godly people to be elected and for peaceful and not violent responses to the outcomes

Blessings, Laurie (and John)

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