Deans' weekly update

It’s simple: without residency permission we are unable to stay in Mongolia. For the past eleven years we have received regular and frequent (maybe too frequent) extensions of our residency permission. Sometimes we have been told that we were near the end of our residency; but the bureaucrats have always extended it.

This month we must renew our residency again. I have been waiting to write a weekly update until after I received word whether our application to the immigration office for the extension of our residency permission had been accepted. This is the last hurdle to receive a renewal of our residency permission. The paperwork once accepted and the extension fee is paid is an indication that the residency renewal is granted.

We thought that we would submit that paperwork today. However, we have been delayed from submitting the paperwork. The plan is to submit the paperwork the first thing tomorrow morning. Pray for the paperwork to be accepted. We do not anticipate any problems, but we should not wait until we have a problem to begin to pray.

We remain grateful for your prayers and know that God uses prayer to align our will with His. Please continue to pray for these Mongolians to grow in faith and in steadfastness.