We've also been to our team's 4 1/2-day fall training/team building time at a ger camp. It was a great time to bond with our fellow teammates (other teachers with our organization), to enjoy some of God's beautiful creation, and to learn some more teaching techniques and even a little more Mongolian language! I learned how to express north, south, east, and west (I already knew left and right since I've used that with taxi drivers quite often). We also learned another Mongolian song out at the ger camp.
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| We enjoyed the beautiful hills (small mountains!) that were the backdrop of the ger camp. |
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| Here's us in the same spot. |
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| Every morning I hiked up that small mountain to sit on a bench for some quiet time with my Creator. He did an awesome job on this rock, don't you think? |
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| Here's the view from the top of the mountain. The building with the red roof is the ger camp's "hotel" and the brown ger is the dining hall. Note the hugeness of the dining hall in comparison to the small gers which were overnight housing for 4-6 people. |
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| A morning view. |
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| Necessity breeds invention, right? Well, we had a water boiler and we brought our instant coffee, but all that was available in our room for drinking were these water glasses. So, we used "sock insulators" to keep the heat off our hands! My husband is so clever! |
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| Here, some Mongolian ranchers bring their trail horses out for those of us who would ride for two hours. It was a beautiful day, and a great way to see some of the countryside! |
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| Here's me on my gentle, obedient horse. I think I might've had one of the most docile, responsive horses there. It didn't hurt that a teammate requested that for me! I hadn't been on a horse for something like 8-10 years; I count this as my best horse riding experience. |
4 comments:
Your blog satisfied my "blog thirst"!!!
Thanks for sharing a glimpse of the Mongolian countryside and the most unusual camp site. Ger living would be a challenge for us here in the US.
I liked hearing about your 'mountain top' experience (the rock is very pretty!)
and loved the idea of the "sock insulators"!
Press on!
PS.... Oh, yes..... You look good on the horse! Two hours, huh? Were you stiff afterward?
you are truly addicted to coffee if you drank it wrapped in a SOCK!
Glad you had a sweet horse; that's the one I would have wanted, too.
It's nice to see some photos from your days camping!
Mom: Yes, I walked like John Wayne for a few minutes after getting off the horse. And, the sock thing...yeah, I had a little aversion to using Kevin's socks as I thought about his fungus toes (despite the fact that the socks were washed). Does fungus die in a sock when washed?
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