On Monday before FHE, we went to this new little restaurant in Nalaikh.  It is owned and run by a member of the branch and his brother.

 This is Purevsukh welcoming us to his restaurant.  It is a small place with only about 4-5 tables but it is a start.  This is the kitchen.  Purevsukh is the elder's quorum president in Nalaikh.  He and his brother came a few times to the employment resource center to use our facilities to look for possible locations for their business.  This is only a block from his home.

 Elder Shrope got caught with his mouth full.  We had a great dinner and he was open just for us.  We all went to FHE together after eating.  We pray that his business does well.

 On Wednesday the Sisters had an outing day.  First we went to the puzzle museum.  We were not allowed to take pictures, but it is two stories with thousands of wooden puzzles and chess sets.  The tables had leags that were puzzles and some of the chess sets had pieces that were puzzles.  There were also wooden toys.  The kids would love this place.  Then after lunch we went to this Budhist museum.  We were only allowed to take a couple of photos of the outside unless we paid extra.  This was the big temple on the grounds.

There are 5 temples to tour.  They are all of various sizes.  They have one small one that you come to if you want to pray to find someone to marry or if you want to have a child.  In this scene you can see the contrast of the old temples and the modern buildings that now surround them.  It was very interesting to see how and who they worshipped.
The most exciting part of the week was being able to talk to our youngest son, Chris, and his fiancee, Josie, this morning.  We also got to meet her parents.  They are in Arizona.  They are getting married in October and through the wonder of the internet and Skype, we can still be a small part of this exciting time in their lives even though we are on the other side of the world!  Thank goodness for modern technology!