Elder Ford and Batbold did apartment checks...oh, it was an interesting experience.
They made a video and showed it at the mission conference. That was fun!

Batbold, Jiguur, Sister Clark, President Clark, and Buyanbaatar in our office.

Elder and Sister Ford with Sister and President Clark on the day of their arrival in our office. We are so glad to have a mission president at last.

Elder and Sister Ford in front of a tree in the Byanzurkh building.

Clarks, Lassons, Buya's Uncle the throat singer, and us.

At a Mongolia wedding each person greets the bride and groom and personally gives their gift. They then can give a person wish for all to hear. Then pictures are taken.

Buyanbaatar's family. His brother far left, with his wife and son, his mother, his sister (the bride), his new brother-in-law, his daughter, Buya, his wife, his younger sister.










Nasanbold's mother. Otgonchimeg's mother.

Familes of the bride and groom.

Unbelieveable entertainment--a cello quartet, a Mongolian dancer, a contortionist,
a throat singer and the unbelievable part is they are all related to the bride and groom.

For marriage to be recognized you must be married by a government official. Here are the bride and groom each signing the marriage contract.

Here comes the Bride with all the pomp and circumstance.

This little guy was part of the wedding party. They let little boy's hair grown long and shave the heads of little girls. They do it to trick the evil spirits.

The making of the cake. This cake was made without regular cake pans. They aren't readily available here. The baker used boodz pans. They are steamer pans that he lined with parchment paper. What an inventive idea! A cake like this hasn't been done here. He used ribbon and live flowers. It was lovely.

The fellow on the right is Buyanbaatar, our finacial secretary. The fellow on the left is Pres. Tsogt a member of the Stake Presidency. Buya's sister is Otgonchimeg. The little girl in the center below is his daugther. The other children are his niece and nephew.

Decorations and centerpieces. Not a detail was left undone.