MONGOLIA
THE SOLDIER Who Became
a Missionary B
olorgegee “Gege” Saran was sick as a small boy, and his Mongolian mother fed him heartily, hoping that the food would strengthen him. Gege grew stronger, but he also grew fat. When he entered ninth grade, he was short and weighed 200 pounds (90 kilograms). Even though he was only 16 years old, students mistook him
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for the teacher. That same year, his legs began to ache dreadfully. Gege had to use crutches to hobble to classes. Finally, his mother took him to the doctor, who made a shocking diagnosis: Gege had an illness that required the amputation of both legs. Otherwise, the doctor said, the disease would spread to his heart and he would die.
Gege didn’t wait to hear more. He fled the doctor’s office. Later at home, he told his mother that Jesus would heal him. “What Jesus are you talking about?” his mother asked. “What kind of nonsense is this?” But his mother knew what Gege was talking about. Gege had been going to a Seventh-day Adventist church since he was 10
