Thursday and Friday we went
to Darkhan and Erdenet to attend a Deseret International Charities'
closing. These two cities are North of Ulaanbaatar up towards Siberia, 7
hours away. We donated 3 delivery beds, 1 C-Section bed, 2 neonatal
resuscitation units, and 1 fetal monitor. The local Relief Society also
made 45 blankets to be given out to mothers and new born babies. The
hospital and staff were very grateful. The equipment they have been
using is very old and out dated. There were about twenty people
from the hospital that came to thank us. The 4 doctors showed us the
new equipment and how it works. The church is amazing. We can't do
everything so we choose things we think will help the most people. This
hospital is a regional hospital that delivers most of the babies in a
large geographical area. We will attach some pictures. We are busy and
we think we are doing some good and blessing some lives.
As
we drove up North we went through some Geir Districts. The poverty in
these Geir Districts is unimaginable. They somehow survive. One of the
biggest expenses for the poor people is to buy bags of lump coal or
wood to heat their Geir's. They raise their own food: milk, meat, and
curd and mix this with some flour or rice. They eat everything, the
head, the tail, all the insides including the intestines. We saw lots
of herds: Goats, Cattle, Sheep, a two humped Camel, and occasionally we
would see a lone herder out walking or riding a horse, out in the middle
of nowhere, in the -15 degree weather.
The
gospel brings peace and happiness; it also answers the questions the
Mongolian people have always had in their hearts and minds. Buddhism
left them empty and communism left them confused and troubled. The
restored gospel gives the people purpose and therefore lifts them out of
poverty. It is a long process, even taking a generation or two, but it
slowly happens.
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