Spring Has Come

Over the weekend Kiel & I with his ASU outdoor education class went on a countryside climbing trip. There were 21 Mongolian students, plus Kiel & 4 leaders. We hiked up three quarters of the Mountain & the other quarter attached our harnesses, clips & secured our ropes & rock climbed the rest. It was an awesome time, climbing, camping, playing games with the students, working with the leaders & building relationships with everyone.

Here is the mountain we climbed:

Please continue to pray for our community centre teammates & their family. Their mother, mother-in-law, grandmother has stage 4 cancer in her bones & is in extreme pain. They all have returned to the US to be with family during this difficult time. Some family members will return to Mongolia in late June while the others will return in July or August.

In the meantime the other staff of the centre have to fill the gap to keep things running while they are gone. Next week we will open the little library/computer room to the kids/adults living in the ger district. This room will have a large table, some chairs & a white board for students to sit together while working on homework. We have a large bookshelf full of English & Mongolian books for people to come in, sit on the new couch & read. There are 4 desktop PC's which I have spent many many hours programing for the people of the community to use for homework, research, checking email, chatting with friends & taking computer classes. "But, not for playing games." There are lots of PC gaming centres here for that activity. This is another great way we are going to help serve the community & build relationships with them.

I have been teaching an introductory PC Microsoft Office 2007 class to Nurses & doctors in a clinic located in one of the ger districts. When I met with the head doctor the 1st time she told me that for 2 years they were hoping someone could volunteer teach them a computer class & some English because their little clinic could not afford to pay someone to come. I usually teach once a week at the clinic to my 9 students, all female made up of 3 doctors & 6 nurses. They are so thankful that I am teaching them because they are trying to use computers to keep track of everything required to run their little clinic.

Tomorrow I will be visiting at her home a Mongolian woman who cannot work because she is sick with cancer. Along with visiting her to see how she is doing we will bring a small monthly supply of food (rice, flower, oil & milk) so that she can rest somewhat knowing she has a little food to get her through the month.

This Friday is going to be a great day as Esme & I will be going to the homeschooling year end picnic. It'll be nice to see some of her friends, play games & enjoy the beautiful Mongolian outdoors.