They always wear an MEC (Mountain Equipment Co-op) backpack.
Yesterday evening all of us went to the international church as usual & as soon as we sat down Kiel looked at me & I looked at Kiel. There was a lady we had never seen before sitting behind us with the same MEC backpack as mine. I knew she was Canadian because of the backpack & because I had never seen her before walk over to her & introduced myself. She was from Saskatchewan, but teaching at an international school in Beijing. I asked why she was in Mongolia & she responded, I'm stuck here. I immediately invited her to come to our place for supper after the service.
Teresa, Kiel, Esme & 2 of our good friends walked ahead of her & I. Teresa made her amazing chicken curry, daal (in the pressure cooker) & steamed rice for supper, with homemade banana muffins & cookies for desert. We had a great time getting to know her & sharing our story about coming to Mongolia. She shared with us that she was on a weeks vacation with a couple of her friends here in Mongolia. During that week lost her passport & has been stuck here for 3 weeks. She will hopefully be able to get a new passport tomorrow (Tuesday) & return to Beijing by the end of the week.
She told us that the invitation, company, home cooked meal was amazing & thanked us many times. Everyone here is beginning to know us & that "the kettle is always on." We enjoy helping people in need.