Mongolia Day 1

Day one started off at 2am. A quick look at flight info before Robby's Daddy and girlfriend gave us a lift to the Charlotte Airport. On the flight I had my first chance to share the trip, our hope and then the gospel. A single mom from Virginia opened up and shared quite a story. Ex in prison after a tough marriage and divorce and 2 teen girls who she couldn't get to sit down at the dinner table without texting the entire meal. Tears and laughter were flowing and in the end He used me to encourage her to join in her daughters new found youth group and begin the process of getting her degree in sociology, a journey she had tried before and lost momentum. On to Dulas where the real journey began. 14, longer than normal, hours to Bei Jing. With our team polo's on we were the talk of the mess area in the back and once again given another opportunity to share our hope...and with Chinese at that. Arrival turned out to be a bunch of uncommon twists which led to an a door opening that we had prayed for. We had been given visa's! We didn't hesitate and exchanged some money and caught the express train Downtown. Our hope was to find the real China and it didn't take long before we twisted down some back allies and found ourselves in the thick of it. We negotiated the cost of cherries and looked for a pair of futsal shoes for me in an underground flea market. We raced back to the airport after a couple hours and made it back for our Mongolia flight with 30 minutes to spare. We passed out in seconds, having four seats to ourselves to finally lay horizontal. In a daze we made it through customs and at the gate we saw Ian for the firsts time. He looked drained and tired so we were are perfect match. Half asleep already we got to the hostel to find our new home for the week. A yurt with mountains as a backdrop. 5 hours of cozy sleep and now I'm enjoying the sunrise with Proverbs 1, a cup of tea and some toast. Look forward to our 1st June day here in our hats and gloves!