Dear Mission Motivators Leaders and Mission partners,
Greetings from Philippines!
For six months that we had been in Mongolia, visa issue had been a problem for us. We only had tourist visa since it was very hard to apply for religious visa and as we stayed and do our own researches, we found out that fellow missionaries in Mongolia are using working visa as a way to stay longer and do the works our Father had entrusted to each one. So for the months that we were there, we prayed, connected to fellow missionaries and looked for a school that we can teach and provide for our working visa. We also exited China twice for us to be able to extend our stay in Mongolia as a tourist. The good news was we were able to find a school who hired us as an English teacher and could provide a visa for us.
The bad news was last December 26, 2010, our Mongolian tourist visa expired and the government didn’t allow us to extend another month anymore and we found out that we can not also exit China anymore because Chinese Embassy didn’t release us another Chinese tourist visa since we’ve been there twice within a short period of time. So the best remedy was to come back to Philippines. During Christmas eve until December 27, it was very exhausting moment for us as we prayed and prepared for our coming back home. Thank God for our leaders, Dr. Kim, Rev. Tito and Rev. Jun who helped us much with our air ticket though it was a holiday season and rush. We believed also it’s because of HIS Divine Intervention.
Now, we are in my home town, Ilocos Sur. And as we are waiting for the school to work out our working visa, the Lord is also using us in touching lives and ministering to churches igniting them for missions. A million thanks to our leaders who never fail to do their duty and to our mission partners who always back us up through their knees. Please help us pray for the following:
1. Release of our working visa in HIS time
2. Finances to go back to Mongolia
a. transit visa to China where we will pick our Mongolian working visa
b. airfare
3. Our health (we just recovered from fever and colds)
4. Our families here in the Philippines
In Him,
Roggie & Louie
Missionaries to Mongolia