For 2020, Gospel Adventures is heading to the other side of the globe. Gospel Adventures: Go Mongolia! promises to be an exercise in exotic intrigue. This landlocked Asian country, sandwiched between Russia and China, is vast in size and few in people. (It's the world's least densely populated country!) But that doesn't mean it's without a rich history and a fascinating future.
With Go Mongolia! students and teachers get five days of online exploration that touches on numerous aspects of this captivating region. The student adventure of Mongolia takes place through short articles, videos, maps, colorful graphs, hands-on activities, eye-catching charts, identification boxes, questions for discussion, and more. All these pieces work together to highlight the country's ethnic groups, ways of living, religion, economy, culture and customs, government, language, arts, history, and other features that make Mongolia so vast and diverse.
Drawing inspiration from Ephesians 3:17-19 and letting the immensity of Mongolia illustrate it, students will learn about God and "how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love is." For instance, day one of Go Mongolia! opens with a video that captures the breadth of this county. Then there's a look at the population, ethnic groups, languages spoken, and examples of Mongolian script. The country's huge, open spaces are noted in its geography, climate, and topography. Students will love learning about the Gobi Desert, Bactrian camels, and fossilized dinosaur eggs! The day is then capped with a look at how God's love goes beyond even the extremes of Mongolia's unique qualities, with discussion questions directed to the many points learned from the day.
In a country that has a 500,000 square-mile desert (Gobi), the warrior Genghis Khan, the Golden Eagle Festival, and temperatures that can range from 40 degrees below zero to more than 110 degrees above, you know it has a lot to offer! Student takeaways will be a new appreciation for Mongolian culture and its citizens. By the end of their journey, students will possess a deeper understanding of the work of the Gospel in their own lives and how God is at work in people's lives in this exciting—and remote—part of the world.
This is just a glimpse of what this FREE five-day online experience holds for students. If you are a teacher, you can access our grade school curriculum sample now at gospeladventures.org. The full curriculum will be available in January 2020.