DK Orchard

                                              I always wondered where Aaron got his hair.

 We presented our gifts of dental supplies to the dentists of Choibalsan.  There was about $4,000 worth of supplies and they were so pleased.  We told them we would try to arrange for more to be shipped now that we know what they really need.  They are so gracious.  They don't have an x-ray machine at all for dental x-rays and this is something they want the most.  We have access to one.  We just have to work out the details of getting it here.  I could send them a small box of simple tools that would make their lives so much easier.  They use the same things over and over again simply because they don't have the money.  They are at the mercy of the government budget.  They told us today that we are on national TV talking about improving the dental health of the children of Choibalsan, so we are celebrities.

These are the people responsible for the dental care in the Eastern part of Mongolia called Dornod.   The four women to my right are the dentists.  They are very capable but just don't have the time or the means to treat enough people. They are on a tight schedule, 20 minutes per patient.  They use very little anesthetic and often place temporary fillings and have the patient back one or two times before one tooth is finished.
 Imagine only 4 dentist for 60,000 to 70,000 people.  Tim our interpreter thinks the dentist in the shorts is very pretty.  Unfortunately, she's married and has two children.



These are the high school children I taught today.
They were a lot of fun.  I showed them a picture that I recently took of Annie and Madalynn and they said your grandchildren are so beautiful.  They are so surprised that I have 16 grandchildren.  They gasp.  But it always seems to give us a connection.  They really are good kids.