The hills around Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, are covered in brightly colored houses and traditional yurts. A Mongolian yurt is a type of elaborate, semi-permanent tent.

The concept has been used for many generations. Assembling and disassembling a yurt takes only a few hours. They may not seem like they would be very sturdy, but yurts can withstand even the worst storms.

In some areas of Mongolia, yurts are used as places to worship. It’s a perfect space to keep warm during the cold winter months.

Boonoo [bo-NO] is ADRA Mongolia’s chief accountant. She uses her yurt home to host Mongolia’s only Pathfinder club and a small congregation.

Boonoo and her husband Bumchin planted this church as Global Mission pioneers several years ago. They wanted to create a better community for their own kids among the neighborhood children.

Boonoo started a Bible story time, which quickly became popular with both the children and the adults because of her enthusiasm, creativity, and wonderful storytelling.

They used to attend the main Adventist church in the city. As the neighborhood children became more involved in their lives, Boonoo and Bumchin took them along. That soon became a problem because the car could fit only so many children. The solution, they decided, was to start a Sabbath School in their yurt home. The weekly services were well attended with parents often accompanying their children. This led to a growing Pathfinder club and then to church services.

They are a model church-planting team, connecting with their community in positive ways, meeting people’s needs, and then inviting them to accept Jesus as their Savior. The people are responding, and the church is growing in Mongolia.

Since they started church planting in their neighborhood, dozens of community members have accepted Jesus into their hearts and have been baptized.

Please pray for the work in this country in the 10/40 Window. Pray for Global Mission pioneers like Boonoo and Bumchin, who connect with their communities in creative ways and share a message of hope. You can support the work of Global Mission pioneers by donating on the Global Mission website. Thank you for supporting mission.

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The first Seventh-day Adventists in Mongolia were baptized in 1993. Now, nearly 30 years after the Adventist message first entered Mongolia, we are blessed with a new generation of Adventist young people.

Many of these youth have attended the Tusgal Adventist School in Ulaanbaatar. And thanks to your generosity, the school has undergone improvements over the years. Your contributions to the 13th Sabbath Offering helped change the lives of dozens of children who have attended this school. The offering helped add additional grades, allowed new teachers to join the faculty, and built new facilities for staff and students.

This 13th Sabbath, you have an opportunity to support a new project. A portion of the offering will help build an Adventist Lifestyle Center in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar, where more than half of the country’s population lives. This Urban Center of Influence will offer support to those who want to make important lifestyle changes like giving up alcohol.