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Mongolia Part 2

I spent quite a bit of time last night trying to upload some more pictures for all of you, so here they are!

The first four is an attempt to show you the view as we saw it from our ger. The fourth picture shows you Lotta and Doljin's ger and the house he's building. Also in that picture are the goat and sheep stalls.





This is our shower. May is peeking her head out of the stall.


Bimba and the kids loved to help us. Here Bimba is bringing us wood for the fence we built. Isn't he cool in his sunglasses?


Kate "The Arm" checking the depth of our post hole. Dani is standing by ready to keep digging with a piece of rebar.

Stess and Howard using the posthole diggers we brought. They were a great help until we got to the large rocks a few inches down.


It got hot during the day so we worked at night on the fence until it was done. This was probably one of my favorite projects because we were all working on the same thing at once.


Bada, one of our translators, worked alongside us for a week before he had to go back to work. I believe he has or is getting his pilot license so he and John had a great time talking planes.


I'm not sure what I'm laughing at... Once we got the fence up, we cut it down to size.


Here is John testing out his "dentist's chair" on Carol, one of his assistants. I was making sure she didn't fall backwards.
I love this shot! Howard took it of Dani as she's digging out the dirt left in the root cellar. The key around her neck is for our ger.We built a shed over the root cellar as a temporary entrance. Kate faced a few fears to saw the roof even.


Marv, James and Justin working on the flooring as Stess and Altai look on. James is holding Marv's belt to make sure he doesn't fall into the root cellar.


This is what the floor looks like finished. It's all the way across the cabin now and nailed down.
This man, Kate's Dad, was an amazing man. He worked so hard for us and while we were there, he got baptized!


Joseph was an orphan found in a dumpster. He is def. The pastor and his wife have adopted him so he was out at the home often, playing with the kids and helping us work. Doesn't he have amazing eyes?


We had several trips to the river this year. Here Stess is chasing Eric. Not sure why, but I'm sure he deserved it!

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