Our Work Here

Now that the first week is behind us, we are starting to figure out what our responsibilities really are.  We have scheduled Medical office hours for the Missionaries to come visit.  We see them for various illnesses just like a family practice office at home.  "Elder Stewart" also will be doing pre-misssion medicals for those from Mongolia applying to serve missions.  All Missionaries going home must have TB tests so he has done 8 of them this week for the ones going home this weekend.  They are all native Mongolians.  We give out regular Vitamins and Calcium to the missionaries serving here.

This week we visited several Hospitals, Labs and Pharmacies to figure out what is available.  There was a missionary who had very enlarged lymph nodes and there was no Lab who could do a "Mono-Spot".  Arrangements were made to have a biopsy done and sent to America to be evaluated but finally the nodes are going down and less painful so will wait and watch!  Most things are available though.

We have a wonderful translator for our Medical Office - Eeggii.  We simply could not function without her.

I am responsible for organizing the Temple trips to Hong Kong for the local members.  One group just went this week - they stay for about 7-8 days if they fly and if they go by train it takes two weeks (three days each way!)  They are devoted and eager people.  Often they will only be able to make one trip to the temple in their life time. Here is the group in Hong Kong this week.  They are able to access the Temple Patron Fund to help pay for the trip.  One Senior couple goes with each group.




Our Major assignment is to teach English.  Our sponsor is the Health Sciences University of Mongolia. We teach a first year class twice a week and a second year class once a week.  There does not seem to be a set curriculum - mainly they want to improve their spoken English.  The second year class does have an "English - BioMedical Textbook" which we will use a basis for the class.  They seem like friendly and keen students - last week we met each class and spent the time with introductions

- us to them and them to us.


This is a sweet Mongolian Sister who has returned home after serving in the
Vancouver, Canada Mission.

Life is still good and All is Well!!