This was the scenery on the way to Nalaikh on Saturday.  It is beginning to look like it did when we first got here--a lot of white all around.

 And this is President Batmunkh's little son dressed for the cold weather.  This is how they dress their babies to go out when it is cold.  The only thing you can see is their eyes.

 We met with the Young men and Young women to teach them how to cook some Mexican food.  The girls were making flour tortillas.  They already make a dough for hooshures that make great flour tortillas so they did not need directions here.

 The only difference was in the cooking of the tortillas.  Hooshures are filled and then fried, so here they are learning to cook plain tortillas in a heated pan.  They were also learning to cook Mexican rice.

 Deegii is the Young Women's president.  She is learning how to fill the tortilla with beef and beans, topping it with cheddar cheese, and folding it to make a burrito.

 Enkhmuren is the class president.  She got to be the first to taste the food.  It was all very good.

 Some of the girls did not know how to hold the burrito to eat it and some of them were not sure they liked refried beans.  The boys had no such trouble and they all cleaned their plates thoroughly.

 This was our group of young men and young women.  They are a lot of fun to be with.

 This was our youngest young woman.  She is Deegii's daughter.  She enjoyed feeding herself the rice.

 After the lunch, they played a game we in the States call 'bobbing for apples.'  The young women did not want to get their faces wet but most of the young men gave it a try but with no luck.

So Sainbayar, 1st counselor in the branch presidency, showed them how it was done.  He had his apple in less than three seconds.  After watching him, the boys got their apples!  Then they all went about cleaning the church so that it would be ready for Sunday.  It was a great day of food, fun, and service.
Today was the Asia Area Conference.  We met with the other senior couples in the mission home to watch it in English.  All the wards and branches watched it in their chapels at their regular meeting time in Mongolian.  We received great counsel from Elder Osguthrope, Sister Dibb, Bishop H. David Burton, Elder Anthony D. Perkins of the Seventy serving in Asia, and Elder Richard G. Scott.  It was a day of great counsel and great instruction.  A wonderful way to begin the week!