Visit from Elder Garn

Hello! it's been another week and it's been a pretty good one for that matter. Last week was zone conference again, they had it early because President Garn from the area presidency came to take a tour of all the branches in Mongolia. It was pretty cool to hear him speak, and guess what else. He had time enough to interview two missionaries in each of the areas,and i was able to have an interview with him. It was pretty amazing. he asked me about this mission and about Mongolia and bunches of other things.He also said he had two daughters serve missions and that they loved it and learned sooo much. I know that that is true.yeah, so zone conference was a good one as it always is. and on the way back the power went out at the train station so we couldn't buy any tickets. we ended up getting to drive home by taxi- which was sooo cool! it was about two hours of driving through the open spaces of Mongolia! So Beautiful! Everything is turning green, and the Elders in my car were laughing at me cause every other minute i was like "HEY! look at the goats! LOOK! look at all the goats! and the Sheep!!!" and then one minute later, "LOOKY! see the baby cows! and the GOATS!!!" ...it seems to Mongolians it's nothing new to see hundreds of baby goats... i'm guessing it would be like driving down I-15 in Utah and every other minute shouting with glee, "HEY! Look at the orange construction cones! LOOK!"... needless to say the furry animals were not all that exciting for them, but i sure liked them! :) Last week we also had the opportunity to do a little service project for oneof the members here. it was pretty interesting- she had a could of wells,and i still can't figure out how they made them- it was a vertical tunnel into the ground made of large tires, and it seemed to go down forever. Ourj ob was to climb down to the bottom and scoop out lots and lots of sand. and when i say "our job" i mean the Elders, for some reason they didn't want my comp and I doing that part. silly silly. Yeah, and it was pretty crazy cause it was super hot outside and freezing in the tire tunnel. Well.... anyway, pretty interesting to say the least.Oh, and the typhoid turns out not to be typhoid, but some sort of hand and mouth disease.... hmmmm....Oh! and there are puppies everywhere! that's right, wild puppies! My complaughs at me cause i name every one i see...Can i just say, i love this mission. I can't even begin to express in wordswhat i want to say. I love this country, as different and sometimes crazy as it is, and i love these people with all my heart. It frightens me to think that i am already one of the "older missionaries" and i still feel like i have sooo much i need to learn. This mission is by far the most difficult thing i have ever done, and the decision to come on a mission is by far the best choice i have ever made.Ok, well i'm out of time again, but i love you all and i miss you so much! Talk to you next week!

Love Always,
Sister R. Warnick