Dad and I had to go to Tawau this month to check on two projects--one a vision project and the other a water project. I like going to Tawau to see our friends in the Rotary Club. They are so very nice and funny. This top picture is of the Rotarians and the members of a local kampung in Tawau. We are doing a fresh water project for this village of about 4500 people. They have a really good supply of water in springs in the village, but do not have a way to get it to their house. LDS Charities and Rotary are building a dam, running pipes to storage tanks, and then to each of the houses in the village. We had to go get signatures for contracts from the village chief and the lady who owns the property where the tanks will be. The lady was so nice and polite. She had torn her rotator(sp) cuff and her muscle was bulging in her arm. I asked if she had seen a doctor and she said that she was not going to see a doctor, but would wait for village medicine. She signed the contract with her finger print!! (she doesn't know how to write)
The next day we went to see Dr. Adjit, who is our partner for a vision project. We supplied him with some very nice portable optical equipment so that he can take it to the villages for eye exams. Since he works for a government hospital, we had to decide exactly who to turn this equipment over to. The wonderful Rotarians there helped make our decision for us. One of them has an empty shoplot, and the Rotary Club is going to turn it into a free dental and vision clinic to operate on weekends!!! Dr Adjit and the dentist in the club can do free work in their off time. While we were waiting to see Dr. Adjit, we spent time with Sister Gordhamer in the Waiting room. They had been there all day with the family pictured here. The young girl sitting beside Sister Gordhamer was completely blind. Elder Gordhamer took her to see Dr. Adjit who eventually operated on her eyes. Now she sees and was getting her free LDS Charities eyeglasses from the doctor this day. The lady in the blue is her mom and she is pregnant with her tenth child!!!!! They are a lovely, active LDS family!!! They are so thankful for the Gordhamers, Dr. Adjit, LDS Charities, and your Dad for his help with Dr. Adjit!!
These are members of the Red Crescent Society. We call it the Red Cross. The man on Dad's right picked us up at the airport and brought us to this meeting. Tawau is receiving 60 of the wheelchairs that were given to Cheshire Homes in KK. The man on the far right was in KK for the wheelchair assessment training. Remember Dad and E. Brown nicknamed him "Chubby Checker". Bless his heart--he could not remember enough to help train those in Tawau who needed this training. So now they want us to go back to Tawau in February and give this training there!!! Mr Pang called the news media while we were there and had them interview us. Our picture was in the Borneo Post the next day--telling about us bringing wheelchairs and the necessary training that now accompanies our wheelchairs.
Before our meeting with the kampung concerning fresh water, E. Larson and I went to get a quick bite in a little kedai near the hotel where we were staying. As we sat down, the man standing beside Dad went to the register and picked up a newspaper. He started opening it up and kept looking at us. I motioned to him that was us in the paper. He came to the table, pulled up a chair, and started talking to us. He speaks good English. We explained about the article on the paper and about our work. He is Malay and the manager of the Kedai. Or meal was delicious and cost us less than $3.
Our last evening in Tawau, we went to eat with the Gordhamers. In fact, we ate with them both nights that we were there. We went to the same place both nights. DON'T MESS WITH A GOOD THING!!!!! The food was delicious both times. The second night there was a large group of Chinese behind us. They ordered lots of food. This is half of a fish that they ordered. The whole fish costs a thousand ringgits!!!! That $333!!!! So one half of that fish was about $167!!!! Look yummy.
All of their seafood is fresh--you just go pick out of the tanks what you want. Sister Gordhamer is holding up a local lobster. The Gordhamers are going home in January and we're really going to miss them. They are from Minnesota and have been on their mission for two years. The rest of us are just 1 1/2 years. They have 7 children and lots of grandchildren. They are such a funny couple!!!
Our visit to Tawau turned out to be very successful and it was good to return to KK. I took this picture of Mt. Kinabalu from the plane window. Beautiful--HUH??? God is Great and God is Good!!! I'm so thankful for all of my blessings---to meet such lovely people, be able to help in some small way, and be surrounded by a beautiful earth!!!! YEA!!!
These are members of the Red Crescent Society. We call it the Red Cross. The man on Dad's right picked us up at the airport and brought us to this meeting. Tawau is receiving 60 of the wheelchairs that were given to Cheshire Homes in KK. The man on the far right was in KK for the wheelchair assessment training. Remember Dad and E. Brown nicknamed him "Chubby Checker". Bless his heart--he could not remember enough to help train those in Tawau who needed this training. So now they want us to go back to Tawau in February and give this training there!!! Mr Pang called the news media while we were there and had them interview us. Our picture was in the Borneo Post the next day--telling about us bringing wheelchairs and the necessary training that now accompanies our wheelchairs.
Before our meeting with the kampung concerning fresh water, E. Larson and I went to get a quick bite in a little kedai near the hotel where we were staying. As we sat down, the man standing beside Dad went to the register and picked up a newspaper. He started opening it up and kept looking at us. I motioned to him that was us in the paper. He came to the table, pulled up a chair, and started talking to us. He speaks good English. We explained about the article on the paper and about our work. He is Malay and the manager of the Kedai. Or meal was delicious and cost us less than $3.
Our last evening in Tawau, we went to eat with the Gordhamers. In fact, we ate with them both nights that we were there. We went to the same place both nights. DON'T MESS WITH A GOOD THING!!!!! The food was delicious both times. The second night there was a large group of Chinese behind us. They ordered lots of food. This is half of a fish that they ordered. The whole fish costs a thousand ringgits!!!! That $333!!!! So one half of that fish was about $167!!!! Look yummy.
All of their seafood is fresh--you just go pick out of the tanks what you want. Sister Gordhamer is holding up a local lobster. The Gordhamers are going home in January and we're really going to miss them. They are from Minnesota and have been on their mission for two years. The rest of us are just 1 1/2 years. They have 7 children and lots of grandchildren. They are such a funny couple!!!
Our visit to Tawau turned out to be very successful and it was good to return to KK. I took this picture of Mt. Kinabalu from the plane window. Beautiful--HUH??? God is Great and God is Good!!! I'm so thankful for all of my blessings---to meet such lovely people, be able to help in some small way, and be surrounded by a beautiful earth!!!! YEA!!!Love
MOM
I am so amazed by the magnitude of your projects. I think you should be my business partner when I'm ready to start something once the kids are all in school!
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