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Returning Home – Part XII
My trip was originally scheduled to be from July 1st through July 10th. Even from the beginning, though, my wonderful attorney told me that it would take longer than those few days to get my residence permit. She had told me it would longer to get my visa as well, but it happened very quickly.…
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Hoping and Seeing His Hand
Tom is still gone and has been for almost 3 weeks now. This is the longest we have ever been apart since we have been married. I makes me appreciate what we have had and what others sacrifice. He is still waiting for his resident card. We are all hoping to receive word any day…
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God is a God of Miracles
I haven’t written much about our process in moving to Mongolia for a while. There are many moving pieces and I know that Tom has mentioned many, so if I repeat what he has already said, I guess you get to hear a different perspective. There are definitely mixed emotions. I am seeing many miracles…
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Returning Home – Part XI
Okay, this is a long running series. I promise I’ll be done when we move here next month. As the attorneys predicted, the residence permit was not issued prior to Mongolia’s largest holiday, Naadam. Government offices will be closed through the 15th, so the absolute earliest I could go home would be the 17th (if…
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Returning Home – Part X
I’m here in Ulaanbaatar. It’s less than two days before I’m scheduled to fly home. Yesterday, we finished all the paperwork. I got address verification done in the neighborhood government office, then took all of that the the attorney’s office in the town center. We spent about an hour finishing opening up the business bank…
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Returning Home – Part IX
I wanted to write this to keep track of it. There may come a time in the future that I find it interesting. To those reading it in the present, I apologize. It could be boring. Tanan (I wrote about her a couple of times in this series) agreed to come clear out to Yarmag…
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Returning Home – Part VIII
If I had known this was going to be a series, I probably would have chosen a different title, but here we are. I want to do a recap of what has happened since this post. After Michael and I got back from Mongolia, Jenny and Dominik visited. We had a really good time, and…
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Returning Home – Part VII
Tomorrow, we start our trip back to Kansas. This morning Michael and I got a taxi ride to Baganuur. It’s about a two hour drive each way. We got to see the beautiful new (two years old) church building that has been built there. I’ve been amazed at how much has changed in terms of…
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Returning Home – Part VI
Warning: This post is pretty boring, but I wanted to record the events. A lot has happened. Today is Thursday. Michael and I got here a week ago. It’s hard for me to remember all of it, actually. There were many obstacles. We are starting a business in Mongolia. When I first got here, the…
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“I don’t have to be perfect; I just have to be brave.”
Isn’t it an injustice that you can’t type on this in Times New Roman? I don’t know what to do with myself, I’m in unfamiliar sans-serif territory. Among other things. Anyway, this is Lucy, if you couldn’t tell. My parents have been encouraging me to share my thoughts on “the whole Mongolia thing” seeing as…