1/11/16

We had leadership conference this week.  They are trying to make another stake in Mongolia. There were about 190 leaders invited and 180 attended.  That is a lot better than southern or central Utah.  We have a translator that interprets things for us everyday.  We met with the National Rehabilitation Center.  It looks like we will bring a cargo container of wheel chairs, walkers and crutches to Mongolia in the late spring.  The Mongolian people really like fur.  Their boots, both men and women, are made out of sheep skin.  The wool goes inside and then often they will put goat skin on the outside with the fur out.  We see a lot of mink coats and mink hats as we are out walking the streets. Every car can be a taxi.  You just put your hand out.  They are really cheap.  So, we took a taxi this week.  We have been visiting the young missionary's English teching classes and we have been cleaning up and organizing the Deseret International Charities Office (Humanitarian Services).   

The doctor couple and our friend/helper, Puje, took us for lunch to a soup restaurant. We each had our own special hot plate in the table and we each ordered a pan of soup. Then, together, we ordered veggies and meat.  We each cooked our own pot of soup--interesting:). Then we went to a zack, which is a store with lots of stalls, selling about anything we need.  We bought some fruit and some dried soup.  Puje took us in her car, which was nice because we didn't have to carry our sacks of food home this time:)