Monday, January 18, 2016

1/18/16

This week we finished cleaning out the office and storage closets.  I am meeting with a man that has alcohol problems. We are going through the 12 steps addiction recovery program.  This was the coldest week yet, -25 degrees fahrenheit or -36 degrees celceus. We bundle up every time we go out so the cold is not bothering us much.  There is a new thin layer of fluffy snow most mornings.  It is not snow though it is frost.  When it snows it is usually only 1/8 to 1/2 inch. Most cars do not have frozen windshields in the morning. I think the fluffy frost keeps the windshield from icing up. The car owners just brush of the thin layer quickly and they are good to go. I also do not see windshields icing up as cars begin going down the road.  Maybe it is because the air is so very dry here. Because we are constantly getting a little layer of frost or snow the sidewalks are snow packed and very slick so we wear ice cleats, or shoe grippers. They really help.  We do not want to fall.   

We went out at night 4 times this week, home teaching, going with 2 sister missionaries, and attending English classes.  Laurie went on her first bus ride with some sister missionaries, another new adventure.  We are speaking in church tomorrow.  It will be different for us because we will have a translator.  We sent a couple of letters out this week.  They had to be translated into Mongolian.  I am sending you a copy so you can see what it looks like.  We have started eating some Mongolian food.  We had some soup at a sandwich shop it cost $1.30 for a huge bowl of soup.  Most people drink hot water because they believe you will catch a cold if you drink cold water. We try to help everywhere we can.  We think we will be starting some humanitarian projects the next few weeks.  We also attended a institute class this week.  It is pretty amazing to see the faithfulness of the members here. No one has been a member longer than 25 years and for most it is less than 10 years.









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