First Day in UB

We're coming to the end of our first day in UB and things have really started off well. The day all seemed really relaxed but it certainly was productive. Kevin and I were both encouraged by some of our discoveries. Not far from the apartment is a shop called The American Shop and it has all kinds of things from JIF peanut butter to root beer and cream soda. There is also a family restaurant from Korea call BBQ Chicken; the offerings there were very good and surprised us. We also went to the school to get registered as well as walking back and forth to the local government building to get residency. The first time we forgot proof of Mr. Dean's purchase of the apartment. We walked back to the apartment and when we got there there was someone waiting to talk to Mr. Dean so Kevin and myself went by ourselves back to government office. The second time we forgot the 400 Tugriks and all I had was American twenties. Finally we went shopping for mattresses. We spent a lot of time in traffic, and you've heard about the traffic here. There is one thing to say about it though: it is consistently inconsistent. It was common place to see (and be in) cars three abreast in a two lane road. Proceeding all that we had an amazing breakfast of pancakes and then had prayer about a Mongolian Bible translation. The weather was very sunny and pleasant but the breeze kept the temperature from rising too high.

John