We are proud to be sent out by Westgate Baptist Church in Tigard, Oregon. Last September our church celebrated its 25th anniversary. As part of the celebration a special 25th anniversary church directory was published with pictures and addresses and some special other things. Being members of Westgate Baptist Church our family received a copy of the directory. Strangely enough, the directory turned up missing not long after we received it.
We wondered where it could have gone. I have a reputation for putting things in odd places, so my wife wondered if I had done something odd with it. Also, about the time that it went missing, I had showed it to a Mongolian friend Enkhamgalan. Kristie wondered if Enkhamgalan might have taken it. I couldn't see why he would but brought it up the next time that Enkhamgalan came to visit.
When I asked him about it Bilgee, who had come to visit with Enkhamgalan, said that often if someone shows a book of pictures to a Mongolian that is interpreted as an invitation to take it. Enkhamgalan laughed, and I took that to mean that Bilgee was joking.
Yesterday, however, Enkhamgalan mysteriously showed up at my house, handed me our church directory, and left abruptly (at least for a Mongolian). I guess they weren't joking.
The moral of the story - don't show your photo albums to Mongolians.
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