Missionary David Baker Family Update
The family is now safely back in Mongolia having made the trip in record time – less than 24 hours. This trip has at times taken a day and a half with hours of layovers between flights.
As a reminder, at the last Voters’ meeting the voters authorized a gift of $10,000 to the Bakers from our bequest monies. This advanced our world mission area of emphasis from these generous member bequests.
$6,000 of the $10,000 was used to retire David’s personal expense to secure a permanent place of worship and fellowship for his Mongolian congregation. David was completely surprised by this unexpected gift and very thankful. David asked that the remaining $4000 be held until he could identify a specific need for his Mongolian ministry.
This need has now been identified. His Mongolian partner in ministry, Pastor Azamat, has been using a well-used van to take the Gospel to the scattered settlements of the Kazakhs across Mongolia. Repairs to this older van had become an immense liability. David has asked us to allocate the remaining $4000 to help secure a new vehicle. This amount will be combined with other gifts that were already planned to fund a new vehicle but had come up short due to raising costs. Yes, costs are rising in Mongolia just as we have experienced here. To quote David in an email to us, “This vehicle will be a true blessing to Azamat and the ministry to the unreached Kazakhs scattered across Mongolia.” To God be the glory.
