“P1, The Power of One” in Mongolia

By Jason Parmanandham and Rebeca Aguirre, Volunteer Missionaries in MM

“All the believers were ONE in heart and mind”. (Acts 4:32)

Winters in Mongolia can make you feel like you are residing at the South Pole. Well it does get extremely cold. Actually, Ulaanbaatar is the coldest capital city of the whole world! As summer sets in with all its warmth, there is a lot of excitement and people sparkle to life because it gives them an opportunity to enjoy the wonderful outdoors so vibrant and full of life that God gave mankind to cherish. It’s the perfect time for camping!

The sun sets over the hills as the cold takes over another night in the Ger district in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

From June 23th until June 26th 2015 occurred in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, the Adventist Youth (AY) Camp. There were nearly 70 youngsters present at the camp, which had as its theme “P1, The Power of One”.

After a lot of planning and many meetings later the camp organizers were able to find a beautiful spot to camp out. It was a beautiful place nestled between a mountain and a river not so far away.

Wonderful view of the camp!

The solitary tree, P1!

Beautiful sunset

The river

Praying for our Youth on the top of the mountain

Selfie with my Mongolian best friend, Dash (Даш)

Many youngsters from many churches in Ulaanbaatar were really excited to be a part of this camp. The camp not only had Adventist youngsters but also non-believers which made the camp an even more powerful witnessing tool. We believe that the young people are an integral part of the church and a camp like this helps them to get out of the city, spend time with God and commit themselves with the mission .To stop being distracted by many things and to take moments to reflect of Gods purpose in life amidst the beautiful nature that he created for us to enjoy. The AY team in Mongolia fully believes that the key to keep the new generation (the millenials) in Church is moving them from passive spectators to be active participants!

Social activities

Blue Team

Green Team

Yellow Team

Red Team

Jason, missionary volunteer, from India. I miss you dear friend!

Pr. Sodoo (Youth Ministry Director) preaching during the Sabbath

Bonfire night

My name (Yure) in Mongolian old script. Cool!

The campers

The AY CAMP had many fun and social activities, but most of all taught the youngsters essential Christian values as communion, relationship and mission! We could see the Holy Spirit move the hearts of the young people as we spent time communicating with him in many creative ways. We witnessed the hunger in these young people to know God and connect with him. And one of the highlights of the camp was to witness a baptism of a young man who gave his life to Christ.

Baptism of one young man representing the P1

“The AY Camp was one of the greatest experiences that I ever had as a Seventh-day Adventist church member. God put in our hearts the desire of showing the youth a different way they can spent some days connected to Him and get strength for the Christian battle that we as youngsters face every day. I really feel so blessed with this camp!” pointed Rebeca Aguirre, a volunteer English teacher from Peru and staff member of AY team in MM.

Kauai, the little shepherd boy!

Cold water

Kauai playing with his little friend

Our "palace". During the night, this tent was freezing!

Exploring the nature

Hungry, waiting for the lunch (take a look at his face haha)

By the grace of the Lord, the AY ministries are growing day by day in Mongolia. There is a need like never before for fervent prayers that God could move the souls of the young people to commit their lives to God and His mission. A youngster’s life has many challenges and there are moments where a wrong decision takes us very far away from God. Hence the AY ministries main focus through this camp was to show that we as a church care about them and mainly that God does care and is willing to lead their lives only if they let him to, of course, though the “Power of One”!

We invite you to pray for the work here in Mongolia, especially for the AY Ministry. The challenge here is so big and the enemy doesn't want the youth to get involve in church activities but we know that our Almighty God is more powerful than anyone. That many souls may be won to His cause!

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