Wandering Through Wat Phu: Ruins of a Khmer Temple

Have you felt the ancient ruins call

Where looms of time weave moss?

And do you yearn for one small glimpse

Of those who suffered loss?

THANKS FOR GIVING TO LDS CHARITIES AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING

The rice was purchased

Bagged and sent.

Our time was never 

Better spent.

This was in the province of Champasak  in southern Laos.

There was flooding here in September. It was said to be the worst in 35 years.

Their rice crop was destroyed.

Inside the homes you could see the water line that was chest deep.

We were grateful for the young volunteers who speak Pathed Lao

THIS JOINT IS JUMPIN': VISION CLINIC IN LAOS

THIS JOINT IS JUMPIN'

This joint was really jumpin'!

IT'S REALLY JUMPIN'
COME IN CATS, AND CHECK YOUR HATS
THIS JOINT IS REALLY JUMPIN'!----Fats Waller

This is Dr. Anson Call and his wife Kathy being honored for their part in the vision clinic here at the Mahosot Hospital. We were really busy helping with this.

Elder Kyle Wright and a happy patient. She giggled as I walked her over to be fitted with reading glasses. I wonder if she had ever talked to Americans before. She she was really delightful.

We couldn't have done it without our Branch members' translation skills. This is David Burton from Eye Care 4 Kids and his two helpers: Puy and her sister Puy. I'm not kidding. You say one Puy with a different voice inflection than the other. I love these girls.

The whole Eye Care 4 Kids crew and the Forbes family fundraisers and Chandy who brought us such delicious lunches.

We dispensed almost 2,000 pairs of eyeglasses in four days.That is Elder Johnson in the back. 

Have you ever seen a finer bunch of nurses? They were there to have their eyes checked, too.

The chair next to me dropped me to the floor when it broke. 

This is the head nurse with her able assistant.  A laugh a minute, this one.

This is Joseph Carbon of Eye Care 4 Kids hard at work. His able assistant Elder Murray.

E. and S. Singley, E. Murray, E. Johnson, E. Xiong, E. Wright,     S. and E.  Jorgensen

You can see Dr. Anson Call, here on the far left, training hospital staff in Occular Surgery. He also performed surgeries at the hospital each day. We rarely saw him, he was so busy. His wife worked by his side through the day, every day.

Everyone worked so hard and we loved it.
"Every Mose was on his toes. This joint was really jumpin'!"

THREE GRADUATIONS, TWO WEDDINGS, A BAPTISM AND A PRIMARY PROGRAM

There's a party going on right here.

A celebration to last throughout the year.

So bring your good times

And your laughter too.

We'll celebrate your party with you!

This is the party after the hand-over of certificates. These are module 2 students Glenn and I taught together. We're singing, "Yesterday Once More" ----Carpenters. They also love "Country Roads" ----John Denver

These are all our students from Vientiane Capital Education and Sports Department. Glenn taught a Module one class and I taught another.  We team taught Module two. Glenn is sitting next to a representative from the Ministry of Education and I am sitting next to the Director of our school. The other couple with name tags are the Jorgensons, the missionary couple we serve with. These are good people that surround us.

These are the students we taught at our church headquarters, DIC.  Great group.

This is one of Elder and Sister Jorgensen's students.  Priceless.

Jorgenson's school.

 

Our friend Anne at her niece's wedding.

This is the tuk tuk we rode home in.

The next wedding.
 The son of our friends and his bride.

More friends at the second wedding.
Good food and good friends at both weddings. 

The first primary program ever in the Laos Branch. Great job everyone.

Top that off with a baptism and you've got a great couple of weeks.