Headed to Camp

Today we headed out early to the Olympic Center, picked up 110 wrestlers and coaches from China and Mongolia and started driving 8 hours north through Eredent towards the border of Russia.

We stopped for lunch about half way at a roadside cafe. Used the "restroom" and then headed back into the van. We later found out that many of the kids did not eat lunch as they had no money and we basically stopped for the "Americans".  This bothered us a bit, we never want to seem like the typical "rich American" and had we known I am sure the guys would have either pitched in to help with meals or we would have not eaten ourselves. Especially wanting to minister to these guys we really want to show them love. On the bus we sang a few songs..."wheels on the bus" and "if your happy and ya know it". The Mongolians love to sing and as a group are very good it! Our Young Life staff and Hadda who works for Steve B. are doing a great job with the wrestlers so far.

 As we arrived at camp we checked out our new home for the week. It was a very pretty drive. The countryside is beautiful here reminds me of Eastern Oregon or the Dakotas/Wyoming. We saw goats, horses, yak, sheep, and many Ger's as we drove up. We had a coaches meeting to set the schedule for the camp, as well as some Mare's milk tea and some really good cookies and short bread!

Daily Camp Schedule
7:30 Wake-Up and Line-Up
7:45 Morning Run(2-3 miles), wrestling drills, pull-ups
8:30 Breakfast
10:30 Wrestling Practice
12:30 Lunch
2:00 AIA Team Bible Study
4:30 Mixed Team Competiton
6:30 Dinner
8:00 YL Club