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| SIX MISSIONARY COUPLES TO HELP WITH MONGOLIA'S HIGHER EDUCATION
Six couple missionaries were sent to Mongolia at the invitation of the Mongolian government to help improve Mongolia's higher education system. These were the first missionaries to enter Mongolia. They went as missionaries in full identity with the understanding that they would teach others about their faith and hold Church meetings.
The couples were chosen because of their experience and educational preparation. They assisted the government and leaders of the nation's five universities and other professional and technical institutes with policy development and planning, curriculum development and other related concerns.
The Mongolian government sought help after the fall of the Soviet Union because the fall left Mongolia without many services that the Soviets had previously provided including the knowledge of how to run a higher education system.
Mongolia declared religious freedom. Atheism was prominent in the country for 60 years.
The couples included a former business college president, a medical doctor who was responsible for post-graduate studies at a university medical center, a computer science professor, a business professor, a professor of curriculum development and administration, and an educational administrator. They will all teach English classes as well.
Kenneth H. Beesley was president fo LDS Business College until he accepted the call to serve as one of the very first missionaries in Mongolia.
All couples were based in Ulaanbaatar, the country's capital, and worked as missionaries under the direction of the Asia Area presidency.
Elder Monte J. Brough, a member of the Seventy and Asia Area president met with top government officials and the directors of five Mongolian universities in May and August 1992.
Including a university adviser who once served as an ambassador to England, Egypt and Japan and had heard of the Church. He was thrilled that missionaries coming to help with their education system. He was also interested in attending Church meetings.
From LDS Church News Archives, Saturday, September 19, 1992
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