Tales From the Open Mic: "Pasture"

Every week at the Grain of Wheat Center in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia the microphone is open. In conjunction with UBean Coffee House, our Grain of Wheat staff seeks to connect with the 250,000+ Mongolian students and young people living in the city. From this event, we've seen a small group of young men take steps toward walking with Jesus. These are their stories. 

  

A young man named "Pasture" has been coming to Open Mic Night for over a year now. He sings a smooth tenor and loves to sing American and Korean pop music. After coming to Open Mic Night for several weeks, he and his friends began coming to the Grain of Wheat Center during the week, getting to know our staff and working with the two young men we have hired as music teachers.   

  

"Pasture" soon began attending a youth fellowship and Bible study that is held on Wednesday evenings. He comes from a family with a completely non-Christian background, thus his first night at youth fellowship, he confessed his ignorance of things that have to do with the Bible and the Christian faith. "I don't know much about Christianity," he confessed, "But I love coming to this Center and I love being with all of you."    

  

So "Pasture" continued to come every week and relationships deepened. His mother has told me several times how much she appreciates him coming to the Grain of Wheat, and is thankful for the positive influence she sees our center and center staff are having on his life.     

   

Last week, while at a youth camp, "Pasture" came to one of our staff music teachers and said, "I now believe in Jesus." It's a first, but important step in learning to live by faith. We rejoiced together about that last night at our Grain of Wheat Center all-staff meeting.     

  

We ask that you'd pray for "Pasture" as he begins being discipled and learning more about God and His Word. Also pray for "Pasture's" family, particularly his parents. We don't know what kind of familial repercussions there may be, but we are praying that because of the work of Jesus in "Pasture's" life, complete transformation will take place in his family.