Lama Purevbat

Another productive day at the office. Chokka joined us for some discussions as we reviewed the business plan and audit reports from the regulatory body and Khas Bank.

A man was referred by a member and came to inquire about opening a new account. What an experience for him (and us). He was served coffee, had a personal welcome by the Chair and was given a Canadian flag pin by the Canadian consultants. He became a member of the credit union before he walked out of the office (I don’t think anyone would have let him leave without signing the paperwork!). We were meant to meet with the board today but since there is so much going on at city hall with the land purchases, we could not use the meeting room.

Instead, we drove to a monastery in the afternoon. Lama Purevbat designed a gorgeous monastery on a hillside to display his art. It is not open to the public yet but not only did we get to visit, but we also met Lama Purevbat. He is a jovial man who seemed to have a great sense of humour. He had a lot of interesting pieces of art – a lot made from animals…  He showed us around and even allowed us into his private loft that only close friends are normally invited. He senses we had ‘good energy’. After looking around and spending some time with Purevbat, we headed outside to see the outdoors. There was a circuit-like hike that took us to a variety of points where we had to walk around stones, crawl through caves and sit on the ‘seat of God’. We were doing all of this in our business clothes – we must have looked ridiculous. When we finally finished we drove down to a nearby stream and had some drinks and snacks. Chokka pulled out his camping supplies from the back of his truck and we had a great afternoon/evening (until the sun went down and I was freezing).