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
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