Darn... Missed a day!

Hey, hey, hey this is Luke and Steve coming at you live from the flat.... all the way from UB! Sorry for our slacking off yesterday, we had a long day and we were pretty tired. But not to worry, we are about to make up for that!
Yesterday was Sunday and so naturally, we went to church. We were placed at a church with Charles and Anita Jackson, and we were also put in charge of leading Sunday School. It was definitely interesting, to say the least. We had a translator, yet it was really cute listening to all the Mongol kids try to pronounce our English camp songs. Steve and I were kind of worried as we were literally told to just wing it!
Following the service some Lady gave me(Luke) some homemade Mongolian slippers which was really cool, She usually sells them for 19000 Togrogs or around $19 American... I guess she accidentally made them too big for any Mongolian feet and decided to give them to me for free!
The church had no bathroom but a little outhouse was waiting outside! Now when I say outhouse you probably are thinking wood shack with a seat and a hole... you are wrong. This was one ghetto outhouse! It consisted of a wooden shack with no seat and one crack in the floor for you to squat over! To top it off, there was frozen... stuff, all over the floor from where the last people had missed... It was an experience!

Once Church was over, we had the opportunity to visit the Ger of a local family, and they fed us bohds! These are a Mongolian favorite, they contain mutton wrapped in a paroge-like pastry. They are steamed and all the fat is caught in the pastry. When you bite into it, an explosion of melted fat shoots into your mouth! All in all they were pretty good! To see the Ger check out our new videos. (posted soon).

Today we were at JCS International getting an overview of the projects they are working on and an idea of what JCS does. We had lunch with a few of the missionaries who work with JCS and were able to discuss some things about what being a missionary in Mongolia is actually like. Then in the afternoon we had the opportunity to actually see one of the JCS projects called Streams in the Desert. This is a project that works with getting women who are involved in the sex trade off of the streets and training them in skills such as sewing and jewelry making. It was very interesting hearing some of the stories from the people who started and run the project. It's amazing how God can call people to something that they sometimes feel completely unqualified for and He can also call people into something that works so naturally with who they are. After that we visited the Mongolian International University and met with the president of the school who told us all about the university. He was kinda like a Korean version of P.H., haha, it was interesting. We finished off the day at a JCS family's house with dinner and visiting. All in all a really good day.
It would be good to have some prayer for safe travels on the bus from U.B. to Bayanhongor on Wednesday. Thank you for all of your support. God Bless.
Love Stephen and Luke