So, this week has been... interesting. They have been having elections in Mongolia for the past two are three months now, and last week they announced the winner... only everyone got really mad cause the winning party cheated... and then UB went crazy. I only heard little bits of what was happening. But I guess there were some huge riots and big buildings got burned down, and people were, well, not happy. The missionaries in the city were not allowed to leave there apartments for four days...
But... here in Selenge, it is the countryside, and everything was just as peaceful as ever. It was kind of weird looking outside and seeing the few cows and people, and knowing that in the city everything was chaos. But things have calmed down a bit now, I think they're going to have a complete re-vote or something. I really don't know much about it right now...
Anyway, I'm sure things will be ok in the city soon because everyone wants to have time to get ready for Naadam, which is this week on the 11th. It's their biggest holiday, and I'm excited to see it. There will be horses and wrestling and archery... :) (you know, there is also an American holiday on the 11th... 7/11 that is, so don't forget to go to 7/11 and get your free slurpee!) Yeah, but i'll let you know how Naadam went next week!
What else, oh, we planned our own 4th of July party. We didn't have hot dogs, so I got these funny sausage things, and we didn't have buns, so we sliced bread... but we did have ketchup. It's kind of weird tasting ketchup, but it is red colored. We also got these little square cookie things that are the closest you can get to oreos.... Elder Humphries and I sang the Star-spangled-banner together, and then we sang it again in a lower octave cause man, that first time it got pretty high! But yeah, it was not like at home, but it was fun. :)
We are still having the crazy rain storms every once in a while. One second it's super hot and sand is flying everywhere... then one minute you're completely soaked! It's pretty funny. My companion had an umbrella last time it happened... but I didn't even bother to grab one cause it doesn't help at all, and there's nothing wrong with getting a little wet. If we're lucky it washes off all the sand that has been plastered to our faces. (if we're unlucky it just turns it to mud... heh)
We have been working so hard in the area, and we have been meeting with some really great people. The branch here has also been working together on a lot of different activities, and that's all very fun. Things here are really great, and it will be hard to leave at the end of the month. I still feel like I just got here... crazy how time is sometimes.
Well that's about all from me this week. This up coming week will be super busy with Naadam, and then next Monday I will probably be in Darkhan for another zone conference, so hopefullyI can find a good email place there. ;)
chadna baikh aa tiim ee? za za, ta nar shuu! khairtai shuu!
Love always! ~Sister Rach W.
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