Sorry

I totally thought that Mom and Day would be updating this, but since the last post in from January, I guess not.

I will forward a bunch of stuff soon.

Sorry to keep everyone so bored.

Janet

It was a zoo today

We took several orphans to the Yangon Zoological Gardens on Monday and enjoyed the day with these desperate children. They clung to us (probably coxed) and helped us to spend a great day.


Enclosed are some pictures to brighten you day.













The children at the turtle exhibit

mooching hippo

Begging Asiatic Sun Bears

The children singing too us. The little one on the left is Timothy. He is three years old and was a preamy he still is very small for his age. He latched onto Elder Smith and would not let go.

HUMANITARIAN PROJECT

WE ARE JUST FINISHING A HUMANITARIAN PROJECT.

This was the first project that we have had the opportunity to participate in the work.

It is building benches for school children.

The Branch and many of our English class students have helped.

We worked 2 Saturdays to get them all put together.

I don't remember how many we are doing but it is quite a few.

They are going to more than 1 school.

Side notes:

Notice the precision power tools

sanders, nail guns, planer, saber saw, tenon and pin,

Muscle powered that is

How many of our Burmese friends bodies fold and bend

in unamerican ways.

ALL OF THEM!

they are very comfortable in a squating position

I really have wanted to blog

This is my favorite Christmas Tree this year. It is at the American Club.

Our Christmas was great.

We were able to have a Christmas party with the Branch. We had talks and singing and our new Choir did several songs.

We found Silent Night in Burmese. It also had a Romanized version for us Americans.

the Choir and congregation singing Silent night in Burmese

We finally got on the blog (for now)

Greetings from Myanmar. Hope everyone is doing well because we sure are.

200 Foot Reclining Buddah

From Mom

hello to everyone!

We just got in from the Sakura Christmas Party. It was quite an affair. Lots of food and fun. For any of you who know my concerns with music. Here's some good ones for you. Let me see we have been here just over 2 weeks. We have now formed 2 Choir's One that some of the staff here asked me to do with them. We just got through singing for the Christmas Party here. We sang, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, Jingle Bells and Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer. We had 2 practices. We had a good time and the band was a big help. they made us sound great. The other is a Wednesday activity after English class. We started last Sunday after meetings. Some of the young people invited a number of the students from English class and a whole bunch showed up on Sunday. We will be singing in Church when president Smith is here. We have tried to work on parts and sang with the Church Hymns CD's. We will sing ACapella Joy to the World. With the large group that came Sunday and stayed to practice on Wednesday. I hope that there is enough room for the rest of the congregation. When we got them all organized in a group up front to sing there was not much room left. They are so excited and want to do these kinds of things. There is not much for them to do as far as activities. They also put there whole hearts in to singing. In the meetings they sing louder that our whole congregation at home. Even if they don't sing on key they still sing. IT is great.

We will be singing for the LDSC Christmas party and I think they said 5 songs. We will do our best. So even though I struggle with the piano I can still direct choir's and we get the recorded music if we can. In our English classes we sing 2 songs from books that have been made up of popular songs. We have CD's with the words and music. The books have just the words. Things like Grandmas Feather Bed, Sing A Song, Singing in the rain. Purple People Eater. I am not sure how this started put it is good English practice. As well as just plan fun.
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