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A small team of six people traveled to a remote village near the Edge of the world! We traveled in a Russian jeep across seven mountain passes for over five hours to get to this remote village. We left at 5:30 AM and reached our destination at 5 PM. We had a picnic lunch on the forest floor, and no one was near us for hundreds of miles. |
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This is one of the farthest and most isolated villages we have ever been to in the mountains of Siberia. The international border out here does not really exist, and as we traveled, we even passed through parts of Mongolia. |
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After we had traveled about three hours and crossed several mountain passes, we saw a yurt—a Mongolian tent house, made from animal skins, and inhabited by shepherds. We asked the driver to stop so we could visit the shepherds. These people were extremely open and hospitable. They seldom have visitors so visitors are always welcome! So, we left the dirt trail and drove across the valley to the yurt. |
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It was interesting, that the Tyvenians will ask a doctor to see the youngest child first, and then if "nothing bad happens", the doctor would be allowed to see mom and dad, and the others! This is very different than our Western thinking! In this case, these parents asked Dr. Bill to check their newborn baby (two months old), which had an umbilical hernia that needed to be repaired. Dr. Bill explained everything to them, what to watch for, gave them some medicines, and recommended that they go to the capital (three days travel from here) to have it fixed. |
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Next we saw the older children, ages four and five. |
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Next Dr. Bill was asked to examine the parents, and finally grandma and granddad. Granddad was 80! His legs were bowed from riding horses, but he had no blood pressure problems. However, he could barely walk due to his arthritis. |
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We brought with us not only medicine, but also Children's Bibles in Tyvenian as well as some toys. We laid a Bible on the floor planning to give to them later but when we turned around, we saw a wonderful sight—our driver had found a spot of light coming thru a hole in roof, and had started to read about Jesus - the true Light. |
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During and after the clinic, we shared the Gospel and left literature in their native language. Dr. Bill marked some of his favorite passages in the Bibles for them to read. After we left this yurt, we went to the next one, and again did another clinic, and shared about Jesus. |
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Currently everything is brown, and grass is hard to find, so shepherds are very scattered, but in July it will start to rain, and these valleys will turn a luscious green color. And then there will be shepherds from everywhere coming into this area with their cattle.
We want to come back someday and go tent-to-tent, doing medical clinics, and sharing Jesus.
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It was in 1997 that Dr. Bill first felt God's leading to go there. More Photos
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Every day we traveled from our base camp to different villages. More Photos
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Even nearby families from other villages were sending their children to our clinic by horseback, trucks, and tractors. More Photos
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A small team of six people traveled across seven mountain passes to set up our medical clinic which helped treat many local shepherds ... More Photos
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Riding this jeep on a dirt road was like being inside a washing machine. You were tossed, slammed, jerked, squeezed, and jolted. Unfortunately, we never got clean. More Photos...
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For many sick people in this remote region, our medical clinics are the only chance for them to be examined by a doctor and receive advice and medicine. More Photos...
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A LOT of people, who knew nothing or very little about God were very interested in knowing and learning more about Him. More Photos...
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