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| Pres. and Sis. Benson, their four children, and the missionaries from Ulaanbaatar |
President Benson served in Mongolia from 1996 – 98 while his wife Heidi served from 2000 to – 2001. Our daughter, Tawny, was her trainer for two months when she arrived in Mongolia .
After his mission, Pres. Benson lived in Inner Mongolia for a year learning Chinese history, Manderin, and Mongolian script. He was a patent attorney who switched over to real estate law specializing in China and US joint business ventures.
Darlene and I had a fruitful meeting with him upon our return from Murun. He learned about our activities and we expressed our needs. He has a great love for Family History and will be quite supportive of our work. Like all Mission Presidents, he has his unique talents and leadership to provide direction on moving the gospel forward. Even though he is young, he is uniquely suited to serve in Mongolia. We look forward to serving with him.
President and Sister Benson organized a Naadam celebration for
all the missionaries in the Ulaanbaatar area. This is a difficult time for teaching because of
the events of Naadam, family get- togethers, watching wrestling on TV. Also the Mongolian Elders and Sisters want to
celebrate the holiday.
We enjoyed a special program with a talk about the history
of Naadam by Enkhtuvshun , the first
member of the church in Mongolia and a former University professor. 
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| The Mongolians missionaries knew the rules |
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| The Benson children joined the fun The Benson children fit right in with the newly adopted grandmas and grandpas, aunts and uncles and big brothers and sisters. |
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| So did Pres. Benson |
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| Knucklebone shooting is a skill-based game |
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| Apparently consultation improves performance |
We had a wonderful meal provided by the senior sisters: side dishes, catered
khoshuur and banana splits.
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| Three of our servers, Sisters Nay, England and Farmer |
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| These banana splits are good! |
On Naadam, the Mongolians wear their traditional deels and national
costumes.
Many of the Senior couples and young missionaries dressed up for the occasion.
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| What is this? Synchronized swimming? |
I had a new deel that had been gifted me by our sponsor during the week. Darlene's top was also a gift from one of our church members.
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| Elder Amartuvshin joined us for this picture |
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| A great way to celebrate Naadam |
I like you new dell dad. It's a nice color. Mom looks nice in her Mongolian shirt too. That's exciting that the Bensons are now there and sounds like they will be great!
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