We were playing I Spy at a Mexican restaurant here in Michigan because Mexican restaurants, with their brightly decorated chairs, tables, and walls, make for the best I Spy games. It was our daughter’s turn and we’d narrowed it down to something gray or brown, part of a painting, above table level. Then I asked,… Read More “Is It Edible?”

Where are you? We are staying in Michigan. Our home church has a house that is used for displaced people (usually immigrants who are settling in the area or cross-cultural workers like us). It was available when we were heading this way in March for, what we thought, was going to be a few weeks,… Read More 2020 September Update FAQs

Our daughter began her 3rd term at her primary school on Monday, January 6. On Tuesday at 3:23 we got an email with the draft schedule for terms 3 & 4 including holiday breaks and spring break. 18 MINUTES LATER we got an email saying the Minister of Education had told the school they needed… Read More On Being Flexible

You can read about our previous (mis)adventures paying bills here and here. We are over a year in and we’re still learning. Last week we learned you can NOT pay your electric bill for six months with basically no consequences (or notice). Here’s what happend: AS we understand it, our СӨХ (pronounced “suuk” basically, the… Read More Oops (or What Happens When You Don’t Pay Your Electric Bill for Six Months)

We are planning a trip to Singapore over the Christmas holiday. Singapore, like many countries, requires that your passport be valid for at least 6 months from date of entry. Our daughter’s is not. So we are renewing our daughter’s passport overseas. And it turns out is amazingly easy to renew a US passport in… Read More Today We Renewed Our Daughter’s Passport (Overseas)

One of my favorite Authors, Emily P. Freeman, posts quarterly about what’s she’s learned. I thought it’d be fun to share (some of) what I’ve learned this month. #1 Mongolian Embassy in Seoul, South Korea has relocated since March 2019. We’ve gotten used to things in Mongolia moving or disappearing but didn’t expect that to… Read More Things I Learned- July 2019

Cory’s got a camera and he knows how to use it. Our friend Pagma asked if he could take some pictures of her and her fiance to be used in a slideshow at their wedding. He was happy to. They went outside the city and spent about 10 hours driving around, avoiding rain, finding good… Read More Chinbat & Pagma’s Prewedding Photo Shoot

I’m seeing posts of friends at BBQs and pool parties from my friends in the USA. I’m seeing parades and fireworks and flags on Instagram and Facebook. And I’m not there to experience any of it. It’s one of the first times I’ve felt very disconnected from my home country since moving overseas nearly a… Read More Our 1st 4th Overseas

Our language school celebrated the end of the year with a trip to Terelj National Park. We rented a rustic ger for the day (but it did have a flushing toilet nearby so that’s a win) and got to enjoy the BEAUTIFUL scenery, delicious food, and great company. After driving through a couple rivers (there’s… Read More Terelj National Park

Because our normal (sort of Western style) grocery store had a fire a month ago we’ve had the opportunity to explore other shopping venues. After crowd sourcing how to buy meat at a butcher on Facebook, we gathered our diagrams and our courage and went to shop like a local. We went toward the end… Read More At the Meat Market