History

Today the second Mongolia Stake was created.  It was a pretty historic event.  It has been a little over twenty years since the first baptism.  The first member of the church in Mongolia is in our branch.  He joined the church in Germany and then chased the missionaries down when they came to Mongolia.  There are around 12,000 members now, 2 stakes and a district.  In patriarchal blessings every tribe of Israel has been revealed.  I have not heard any other place in the world where every tribe is represented. 

(There was a choir of Young Single Adults--beautiful singers!  As they were singing I, Grandma, felt strongly that if they remain faithful and raise up good, strong families, then the Church here in Mongolia will keep growing and we'll have more stakes and maybe a temple.  That's a dear hope of these good people.)

  

We are still working on gardening, English, and humanitarian projects. We will send some pictures of our latest projects next week.  An older lady in our branch fell into a manhole this last week.  There are manholes everywhere in the streets, sidewalks, etc.  These manholes are access to the large heating system that comes from the power plants.  The manhole covers often stick up 3-12 inches anywhere.  You have to watch out for them so that you do not trip and fall.  Occasionally the workers do not put the cover back or only back part of the way so a common accident in Ulaanbaatar is to fall into a manhole and get all bruised up or a leg or hip broken. Oh, and another interesting summer event, the city turns the hot water off on sections of the city for 3-21 days to work on things, so right now we have no hot water.  It has only been 6 days for us, but 6 young sister missionaries have been 3 weeks!  We are very grateful we have water! Other than no hot water we are doing great.