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... who swallowed a fly.Not that I like to refer to myself as an old lady, (but in a way it's true,i mean really, look at my black nylons... and the shoes....) but i did swallow a fly. And let's just say this was not your average every day housefly. It was like the mutant giganto fly you see in the movies. 
You know, the ones that can see everything with their huge eyes, and then they somehow got some power from outer space and they can also read your mind... not that I have ever seen that on the sci-fi channel... (coughnerd)... heh... ok, but that point is that it was completely disgusting. Here I was just minding my own business walking around and having a nice conversation with my comp. It was quite a windy day and all of the sudden I turned my head and- gulp. Then of course I try the recovery cough gag reflex... but alas, there was nothing I could do. And now I must find a spider... you know, to catch the fly...So Selenge has been super duper rainy. Like, it rained constantly for four days rainy. It was pretty funny, we were always soaked. But now it seems to be clearing up a little. But despite the rain we have been meeting with alot of new people, so that has been nice. I think people felt sorry for us and let us standing in our dripping wetness and so they let us in more often. :) Even the dogs left us alone. yay! After the rain we had a bunch of dust storms. My favorite comment was from one of the Elders here. He said, "Sister Warnick, it must be hard for you to have such big eyes, I bet the sand gets in them pretty easily." heh. Elder Humphries and I have been teaching English classes together at the Church here. It's been pretty fun. Last week the students wanted to learn about some American culture and how it is different from Mongolian culture. I started off the lesson by asking Elder Humphries to give me my bag. He threw it to me. Everyone gasped. (you can't throw things here, it's very rude.) Then I said thanks and set it on the ground. Everyone gasped. (you can't put bags or books on the ground here, it's very rude.) Then I stepped over my bag to walk across the room. Everyone gasped again. (you can't step over bags here, it's really very rude.) Then Elder Humphries got up and stepped over my bag. Needless to say, everyone gasped ever more. It was all pretty funny and the students had a great time. The whole class we talked about differences in cultures, and how some things that are ok in Mongolia are not ok in the US, and the other way around. "In America, you may throw things, you may not spit, you may point at people, girls may not hold hands with girls...." etc. We had a really great time and then we fed them all homemade brownies. They were a little afraid to eat them and asked us what kind of meat was in it....Ok, well my time is up again. But we are working very hard and the work is moving forward. ;) I love you all and am praying for you always.Love Always,Sister Warnick
How do you measure a year? In daylights, in sunsets, in midnight, in cups of khram?... tiim baikh aa...
Hi! So guess what, this week I hit my one year mark. Isn't that crazy? It's gone by fast and slow... it certainly is weird to think back on what i was doing at this time last year. I had only a few more days until i entered the MTC, and i was so excited, but i had noooo idea what to expect. I guess that part still hasn't changed much. :) I still don't really know what to expect, but that's what makes it exciting!
This week i will be taking another trip to Darkhan for interviews with President Andersen. That will be nice, he has been super busy and flying to Hong Kong and stuff so we haven't had interviews for a while. Maybe he'll give me a tip about where i will be going next transfer, (in July,) i have a feeling i won't be staying in Selenge... but i don't know.
Guess what, last pday we hiked to the top of a mountain. We could see the whole city of Sukhbaatar, and we could also see Russia again. It still looks the same is Mongolia... and when the Elders were a little ways off and not looking I may or may not have crowed like a rooster, and it's possible they were really confused about where the sound came from.... yeah. And there were these crazy rocks everywhere! They look pretty normal on the outside, like slate or something, but a little shimmeryish... but when you break them open they are full of glitter! Seriously, glitter like you get at a craft store... it was so weird. Maybe those are in Utah and i just never knew it before. Elder Humphries and I (the only Americans) were so amazed! We hiked up glitter mountain! Yay! Now all i have to do is find candy mountain... hmmmm.....
.... or marshmellow mountain....
All the pipes in my bathroom busted. Seriously, all of them. Water was squirting out everywhere. So we called the fixer man. He didn't come. We called him again. He didn't come. I really wanted to shower. We had been walking threw sand storms all day long. Then I used my brain and some duct tape and got the whole placed fixed up better than it was before. Sister Oyunbat was so impressed she said i should be a plumber. So then just as the water was running all nicely and i thought i would take a much needed shower.... the water got turned off for two days. Then I went to Church all grossy gross. Then the water got turned back on and now I am clean. :)
Our work is getting a bit better. It's been hard because in the summer so many people leave the towns and go out to the country. But it's ok, and we've found some really cool people to teach, so we'll keep working working. I say this every time i write, but the people here are just amazing! And the branch is so much fun, I'm going to miss them if i do end up leaving in another 6 weeks or so.
My comp and I are doing fine and I'm even getting more and more used to our 5th floor appartment and the 78 big cement steps it takes to get up there.
:) Sometimes we race up them. heh.
Alright, that's it for now, i gotta get going. But I love you all and talk to you later!
~Sister Warnick
You know, the ones that can see everything with their huge eyes, and then they somehow got some power from outer space and they can also read your mind... not that I have ever seen that on the sci-fi channel... (coughnerd)... heh... ok, but that point is that it was completely disgusting. Here I was just minding my own business walking around and having a nice conversation with my comp. It was quite a windy day and all of the sudden I turned my head and- gulp. Then of course I try the recovery cough gag reflex... but alas, there was nothing I could do. And now I must find a spider... you know, to catch the fly...So Selenge has been super duper rainy. Like, it rained constantly for four days rainy. It was pretty funny, we were always soaked. But now it seems to be clearing up a little. But despite the rain we have been meeting with alot of new people, so that has been nice. I think people felt sorry for us and let us standing in our dripping wetness and so they let us in more often. :) Even the dogs left us alone. yay! After the rain we had a bunch of dust storms. My favorite comment was from one of the Elders here. He said, "Sister Warnick, it must be hard for you to have such big eyes, I bet the sand gets in them pretty easily." heh. Elder Humphries and I have been teaching English classes together at the Church here. It's been pretty fun. Last week the students wanted to learn about some American culture and how it is different from Mongolian culture. I started off the lesson by asking Elder Humphries to give me my bag. He threw it to me. Everyone gasped. (you can't throw things here, it's very rude.) Then I said thanks and set it on the ground. Everyone gasped. (you can't put bags or books on the ground here, it's very rude.) Then I stepped over my bag to walk across the room. Everyone gasped again. (you can't step over bags here, it's really very rude.) Then Elder Humphries got up and stepped over my bag. Needless to say, everyone gasped ever more. It was all pretty funny and the students had a great time. The whole class we talked about differences in cultures, and how some things that are ok in Mongolia are not ok in the US, and the other way around. "In America, you may throw things, you may not spit, you may point at people, girls may not hold hands with girls...." etc. We had a really great time and then we fed them all homemade brownies. They were a little afraid to eat them and asked us what kind of meat was in it....Ok, well my time is up again. But we are working very hard and the work is moving forward. ;) 
