Heartsick

This week has been a difficult one.  We have been working with a Bible Study group here on an off the whole time we have been here, Tony has spoken there several times in Mongolian and we have truly tried to befriend and get involved there.  The charismatic movement is very big here, the prosperity movement.... all that jazz.  Anyway, Tony has spoken to the bible study about how dangerous this is, but apparently they have made a their own decision.  Tony attends a weekly, Tuesday night Bible lesson during the week, and everything was normal on Tuesday, and Tony was scheduled to speak on Sunday.  So then Wednesday night Tony gets a text message saying that there was a "seminar" being held on Thursday.  This had never been mentioned earlier in the week.  Then on Thursday he gets a call from the leader asking if Tony could postpone his scheduled speaking engagement until the next week because there was another speaker for this Sunday.  SO on Thursday Tony went to the "seminar" (here seminar is the code word for a charismatic "show") And there it was, a team of 4 Holy Rollers who came to slay in the Spirit, speak in tongues, the whole 9 yards.  Tony was just sick, and left as soon as he heard and confirmed that this was what was being taught.  It just makes us heart-sick that this is the decision that has been made.  Tony has talked so openly about how wrong this is, but this is what draws people, this is what they want to hear.  The men openly said, " If you are poor, Jesus will make you rich."  These people are desperately poor, of course they wan to hear this.  yep if you just fall to the floor, maybe you will wake up with a million Tugrug (Mongolian currency) in your pocket.  So these idiots just come in here, spread their lies and leave, go back to their cushy couches in the States, never caring how many lives they have destroyed in the meantime.  It is infuriating.  We really want to help these people and truly care about them, but will have to separate from them if this is truly the route they are going to take.  Please pray for them and us.  It is draining and depressing to think that all this time and effort has been poured into a group of people for what?