This is Elder and Sister Lee and us doing some sightseeing.  The Lees came from Hong Kong to train us on PEF and ERS for the week.  It has been a full and busy week even though we had the week off from our English classes.  We learned a lot from the Lees and were so thankful to have them come here for us.

                                                               
 This is a statue we saw while sightseeing.  There was a special event going on that day so we did not get to go up close or go inside the building.  Maybe we will get to go back another time when we can.

 We did get to show the Lees some Mongolian animals though.  A steer...

                                          a yak......

 and some camels.  These were in the city at a display advertizing for a traditional Mongolian live show out in the countryside.

 On Saturday we held a reverse MTC.  These young missionaries were all being released to return home after faithfully fulfilling their missions.  Here they are receiving the Career Workshop training.  There were 14 Mongolian missionaries.  There was also two American missionaries going home but they are not required to attend this training.

 Here are all 14 missionaries at the end of the career workshop with us and our secretary, Miigaa.  Miigaa teaches the class in Mongolian for us.  Tonight we attended the farewell fireside for the 16 young missionaries and the 4 couples that are returning home soon.  The young ones immediately and the couples beginning in a couple of weeks til the first of May.  They all bore their testimonies and the room was filled with the Spirit.  It was wonderful!!

 This was a little visitor we had at the office.  He is about 2 years old and is dressed in traditional Mongolian dress.

 And it was not all work at the office all the time.  Elder Shrope found time to play a little soccor with another little visitor to our floor in the office building.  This little one was not afraid of us or bashful at all.  He even threw the ball to me once.

 This is Elder Jolley from Utah.  I put this picture in so his Mom could see how good he is looking.  At a meeting the other night, he translated for us and he speaks like a native Mongolian!  He is trying to give us some helps in learning to sing the hymns in Mongolian.  We shall see how we do!

And then we just had to include this little guy--our first insect!  We had not seen a single bug of any kind here until  Monday when we found this little guy in our bathtub.  He was so small that at first I thought it was a piece of lent.  It must be Spring!!