Another Week, January 13-January 17 2014

This week was relatively warm in Mongolia.  It has been a mild winter so far and we have been grateful.  We are grateful when the Sun shines.  It's warmth makes a lot of difference even though it may be -13 F it still feels warm with the glow of the Sun on on your face!

This week started out with a visit to another kindergarten in the Bayanzurkh District.  This is a government run kindergarten and is for children ages 1 1/2 to 3 years of age who are having problems with nutrition.   These children have to be referred here by a doctor and they attend this kindergarten for 1 year. (From September thru June)  Some of these little children stay Monday thru Friday, and are picked up by their parents Friday evening.  The rest of these little ones are here during the day.  They focus on the children's nutrition also exercise and development.  This kindergarten requested help for their kitchen.  This kindergarten has been around for 50 years and some of their equipment needs to be replaced to bring it up to government standards.  They were asking for a new stove, and pots,pans and 2 small refrigerators.  (They have to store samples of the food that was served for government inspection)

The facility was very clean and the children were adorable.  They explained to us that some of the children could not even walk when they started here, but now all were looking really good to us.  They also provide classes for the parents, to teach them about nutrition and how to fix nutritious, simple inexpensive meals.

I don't think I could leave my little toddler for a week at a time.  Anyway the children were cute.  They were all kind of starving for attention.  We came in and they would come up to us to show us their shirt, or the toy they were holding or whatever.

Here are 2 sets of twins. (So cute and the best of friends)

  In almost every class there are at least one set of twins. 

 I thought this was very interesting.

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The kitchen was clean and sparse. I could not imagine doing 

dishes in the sink that they had.  But they did a great job with what they had

The end of the week we traveled 370 K to Erdenet.  

It was a long trip. It took us about six hour to get there.

Deseret International Charities donated a laptop computer,

projector and a screen to a Local Clinic for the health care classes

that they teach.  They were grateful and very appreciative.

Elder and Sister Groesbeck are serving in Erdenet and

we are so grateful for their help.  

We still have some kinks to work out in the project and

we are grateful for all of the help the Groesbecks are giving us to help resolve these problems. 

 We left before the sun was up and 

arrived back home way after the sun had gone down

 The full moon was still up and beautiful.  

The scenery was great!

Goats grazing on the road to Erdenet.

 This is the local Khorro Governor.  She is a member of the church

and helped to initiate this project

 Setting up the projector

 The screen with a presentation on it and Elder and Sister Groesbeck.

 Hanging the DIC banner

 Elder Nay, Erdenet Branch President, Khorro Governor and the Director of the Clinic

at the turnover ceremony.

 Elder Nay being interviewed by the local Media with Muugii translating

 We are on our way home and the cows are going home also. Notice the blankets on their backs.

It's cold here for cattle and humans.

Scripture of the week

John8:12Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.