I flew to Mongolia with approximately seven days to find an apartment and enroll in language school.  We were hoping a properties management agency would be our ticket to finding an apartment as quickly as possible.  For several days, the man at the agency gave me the runaround, always postponing until “tomorrow”.  My time schedule didn’t have very many “tomorrows” left and we were getting a little worried.  I was out one day at a local coffee shop and ran into a young Mongolian who had studied in England.  Through the course of our conversation, he found out we were looking for an apartment and offered to help.  The next morning the phone rang and Boro said he had 25 apartments for me to see.  One of those was owned by Saya, a young mother who was very interested in renting her place to a responsible, American family.  She came down $200 on the rent and even offered to leave all the appliances for us.  She later invited us over for dinner and expressed a desire to build a friendship with our family.  How amazing to see that God not only wanted to find us a place to live, but also connect us with people to whom we will soon minister spiritually.  Thank you for your prayers.  We now have to wait for our passports and visas to come through.  Please pray for a speedy process, enabling us to leave on target in June.

Chris Ballinger, Mongolia