Visitors in Mongolia
We were absolutely delighted when my mother, Lana, Julie and Robert (two of my two sisters and a brother-in-law) and Dian Thomas (a friend) told us they were coming to Mongolia for five days. We made...
View ArticleDeseret International Charities' Wheelchair Donations
October 11, 2010 – Wheelchair donated to BuyannemekhBuyannemekh was a tall, handsome, college student attending the National University of Mongolia and studying Bio-technology.In 2006, before his...
View ArticleOn Our Way Home from Hong Kong -- Super Sights in Seoul
On the way home from our trip to Hong Kong, we had a 15-hour lay over in Seoul, so we decided to take a 6-hour tour of the Highlights of Seoul. We toured the immense Gyeongbok Palace and the National...
View ArticleDeseret International Charities Completes Five Clean-water Stations for...
Deseret International Charities built and donated five clean-water stations to the people of Bayanzurkh District. The stations were built in areas where people have had to haul water long distances,...
View ArticleDeseret International Charities Donates 500 Wheelchairs to the People of...
On October 20th we held a major wheelchair ceremony at the Children's Palace in Ulaanbaatar. We are partnering with the Ulaanbaatar Red Cross who is helping DIC distribute wheelchairs. At the...
View ArticleAnother Choir Festival
Sign-language choir membersOn Saturday, all 10 wards and branches in Ulaanbaatar participated in a second Choir Festival. It was held in the Bayanzurkh building. There were approximately 355...
View ArticleTeaching English
Carol teaching Conversational English at the Bayanzurkh Building. Richard often joins in and especially likes to teach idioms.
View ArticleDeseret International Charities -- A Week of Wheelchair Donations
At Songino District's 11th Khoroo – Deseret International Charities presented nine wheelchairs to individuals in a ceremony at the khoroo (government) offices.This wheelchair recipient was carried into...
View ArticleWelcome to Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Mission's New Mission President
Sister and President Jay D. Clark at the door of the Mission HomePresident Powell welcomes President Clark!President and Sister Clark visiting Deseret International Charities' OfficeElder Reeve gives...
View ArticleMongolia Ulaanbaatar Mission, Christmas 2010
Christmas Photo 2010Mongolia Ulaanbaatar MissionThis photo was taken after the Christmas Devotional. It included everyone except the missionaries in Khovd, Choibalsan, and Murun who weren't able to...
View ArticleDeseret International Charities Delivers Wheelchairs in Erdenet
Wheelchair Recipient in Erdenet is lifted into his new wheelchair by his sister-in-law and brotherHis legs were paralyzed when he suffered a stroke, andsince then, his family has carried him from place...
View ArticleChristmas Concert by Stake and District Choir
On Christmas day, Christmas music filled the chapel at the Bayanzurkh building sung by the combined UB West Stake and UB East District Choir. The choir had practiced for weeks to be ready for this...
View ArticleThankfully, We Made It Home from Choibalsan
Monday night, January 10th, we returned from a trip to Choibalsan City, which lies 600 kilometers east of Ulaanbaatar (UB). It is on the far eastern side of Mongolia and is lower elevation and a...
View ArticleThe LDS Church Humanitarian Center in Salt Lake City Partners with the...
The container of holding 75 bales of clothing being deliveredOn October 6, 2010, a notification appeared on Deseret International Charities' CHaS (Church Humanitarian Reporting System) dashboard that a...
View ArticleDeseret International Charities Makes a Donation to the Child Welfare Center...
Group of street children at the Child Welfare CenterThe audience at ceremony at the Children Welfare Center included: street children, members of the International Women's Association of Mongolia...
View ArticleNew DIC Country Directors
We received word this week that our replacements have been called! James L. and Anna Richardson from Hunstville, Utah. We are thrilled for them! They will love Mongolia! They are expected to arrive...
View ArticleMormon Helping Hands (Young Single Adults) Help Deseret International...
Another shipment of 250 wheelchairs arrived on Monday, but didn't clear Customs that day. Yesterday was a holiday in Mongolia, Women's Day, and most people were off work, so, today we received a phone...
View ArticleAzzaya and Baatkhand
Azzaya and BaatkhandAssaya, who has been our translator/assistant for about a year, has been accepted to go to school in Hawaii and is planning to go to there spring semester. We have hired Baatkhand...
View ArticleKhailaast Relief Society and Young Women
Young Women presenting Khailaast Relief Society with a Women's Day Poster
View ArticleDeseret International Charities Sponsors Family Gardening in Mongolia
Deseret International Charities (DIC) is partnering with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on a major garden project for 410 families and several community groups in Mongolia.In order to...
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