http://www.remembermongolia.org News, Info, Photos and Blogs From the Land of Blue Sky Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:34:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After a lot of running around and hassle - and a little help from a friend - we have the sign up at our new student center. People constantly ask what it is that we are doing here. Several have wanted to know if we are opening a bar ... http://www.remembermongolia.org/2008/11/18/signs-everywhere-a-sign/ We've had some GREAT Yak Polo Around the World additions over the past months. If you haven't recently, check out the gallery. From the Dead Sea to Reno, Nevada; from Mammoth Cave, Kentucky to Red Square in Moscow - Yak Polo is truly going world wide! If ... http://www.remembermongolia.org/2008/11/13/remember-yak-polo/ Friday was a dark day for Inhay and Bodio. Thursday evening their little girl named Itgel (which means “Faith”) was happily laughing and playing as any four-month old baby would normally do. That evening she began to cry and would not be comforted. She began to run ... http://www.remembermongolia.org/2008/10/27/from-weeping-to-why-to-worship/ This is a tad odd. For a reason unknown to us, a small stage was built in the little plaza/walkway that's just outside of our apartment. The stage features a sort of odd-looking bronzed replica of the Fab-4. None of us have any idea why we now ... http://www.remembermongolia.org/2008/10/25/we-now-live-on-abby-road/ As we approach our third winter here in Mongolia, I am reminded of a dilemma that we face on an ongoing basis. What do we do about the street children? In our family devotions last week, Bernie referenced the verse where Jesus tells His disciples that if ... http://www.remembermongolia.org/2008/10/22/when-there-are-no-formulas/ Two stories behind this picture. 1. For God only knows what reason, we allowed Cori to rescue this puppy from certain death and destruction while on a recent shopping trip. We were assured she could find a home for it, because we are NOT going to have ... http://www.remembermongolia.org/2008/10/06/sometimes-you-just-need-a-nap/ Thanks to the Internet and particularly social networks like Facebook, we find ourselves connecting with people with whom we had long since lost connection. So, for those of you who are new to our website, we’re going to borrow from our friend Kellie’s blog and make our Friday Fotos a ... http://www.remembermongolia.org/2008/09/20/friday-photos-flashback-friday-edition/ This past summer we gave our kids a reading assignment while they were in the States. As a family we are now spending time each week talking about the book “Do Hard Things” by Alex and Brett Harris. Today as we were having our weekly family discussion, the importance of ... http://www.remembermongolia.org/2008/09/16/brimful/ This week we have been working hard to get a building renovated to be used as a student ministry center, in the heart of Ulaanbaatar. We have hired a young lady to manage the center. Her name is Onon (we'll write more about Onon on a later post ... http://www.remembermongolia.org/2008/09/05/stained/ We missed Friday Photos last week due to renovation busy-ness. So our readers get a double treat this week! The recent summer Olympic games were historic for Mongolia and her athletes. A Mongolian heavy-weight judo contender won the first Olympic Gold Medal in Mongolia's history. Later, toward ... http://www.remembermongolia.org/2008/09/05/last-fridays-photos/