I once asked some male Mongolian friends who were not Christians how they celebrated Women's Day. "Oh, we go out and drink with friends." Their comment was not an unusual method of celebrating Women's Day. Even though it is called Women's Day most Mongolian men get drunk and have a hangover the next day.
As part of our church's ministry we want to strengthen families. Part of that is training men to love their wives as Christ loved the church. Toward that end, this year we planned a lunch when the men were to make and bring the food and serve the women.
Although the entire meal was planned and prepared by men, the food came out quite well. One young fellow arranged for a friend to come and play a morin huur, the Mongolian national instrument. There was plenty of food and good fellowship. Ulzee shared her testimony. We had several unsaved women who came and heard it.Mandaa, Bayambaa's unsaved husband came and helped to serve. He seems to be getting more comfortable being around the rest of us.
I was impressed with the way that the men stepped up to serve the ladies. We took some time at the end to give each husband a chance to honor his wife by praising her. A man praising his wife publicly is not something that you see in Mongolia very often. The whole event was a good way to teach the men more about loving their wives and treating them with respect and honor.
[The picture included in this post is not the young man who came to play on Saturday. Rather it is a generic picture I found on Wikipedia with a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 license.]
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