The last week of September

This week we continued to work on finding a water project to do. 

We have funding, we just needed to find a water project that fit the parameters 

of Deseret International Charities.

We think we found one or two on Tuesday, September 24, 2013

We visited with some government officials in the Chingeltei area of Ulaanbaatar. 

 They showed us a site that they had already picked out and needed some help with.

The site looks like a good project  :)

Great Need and it is accessible to the water trucks.

 It never fails that when you get a strange vehicle and
 white people nosing around dressed in suits it always attracts a curious crowd.

The people were not hesitant on telling us how far they needed to go to get water.

Some had to go over 1.5 km to get water.
They travel down hill to get it which means they
have to pull their full water carts uphill.
Can you imagine doing that in the winter when it is -40 outside and icy?

 The site proposed is to serve 206 families 1080 people.

The water site that people are getting water from now
had people standing in line to get water.
The water had already been emptied from the storage tank
and they were waiting for another load of water to come..
  

The second site we found was in Songino District

It is way out there.  It is on quite a flat piece of ground.  

Another good lesson to learn....

In Mongolia, the sidewalks and streets tend to get quite dirty.  I can have perfectly polished shoes at home and then walk the short distance to our office and my shoes will look terrible.  I had almost giving up on having half decent looking shoes.  My attitude was why bother, I will be going out again anyway and they will just get dirty again.  

Our translator Muugii taught us a great lesson. She always comes in first thing in the morning and polishes her shoes.  She told us that it is important to always be clean and look your best! 

 And she does. (By the way, she lives in the Ger district and has to haul her water to her home). She rides the bus to work and has quite a walk from the bus stop to our office.

Mongolian's take great pride in how they look. They are a beautiful people.

 Muugii's boots

 Muugii's shoes and my dirty shoes

Our freshly polished shoes

Scripture of the Week: Mosiah 15:18: And behold, I say unto you, this is not all. For O how beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that is the founder of peace, yea, even the Lord, who has redeemed his people; yea, him who has granted salvation unto his people