TRIP TO THE TIP OF BORNEO

The third week in September, we went with some of our fellow missionaries to the tip of Borneo. It's the northernmost ppoint of the island and is so beautiful. It is totally uninhabited except for these little guest cabins wehere we spent one night. This is a picture of E/S Cunningham, E/S Orien, Sis. Lowe, Kate, and E/S Larson. We had such a wonderful time, just laughing, kidding and relaxing. Sis. Lowe had been to KK once before with her companion, S. Clark(Pres. Clark's mom) on their way to the temple in Manila. She suggested that maybe we should take a trip to the tip with the Oriens and Cunninghams also. Dad wrote and got permission from Pres. Clark and we were on GO!! The Oriens are serving in Bintulu, south of us, the Cunninghams are serving in Mukah, a really isolated place only accessible by boat!!! Sis. Lowe is in Miri. All of them live in Alaska--Oriens in Anchorage, Cunninghams in Juneau, and Sis. Lowe has moved to Utah, but she lived in Anchorage for many years. E. Cunningham is a Patriarch like Dad. And, of course, we had Kate who arranged our trip and was our guide.

All of the sisters bought these lovely bead necklaces that are made by the natives. S. Cunningham found this beautiful blue and white one that was so lovely with her white hair!! She is from Sweden originally and just delightful. She and E. Cunningham had to establish a whole new branch in Mukah. They are fabulous.
They were suppose to spend the night at the sister's apartment. In the afternoon, the sisters informed us that the elders had not paid their electric bill on time and they had no electricity, hence, no air-con!!! The sister said that if the Cunninghams did not mind candles and no air-con, that they were ready for them!!!

We arranged for them to come to our apartment to stay with us, the Oriens, and S. Lowe. At least they could have air-con, even sleeping on the floor. Wellllllllll, guess what....... There was a thunder storm, the electricity went off in our apartment and did not return until morning!!! Horrors!! I felt so badly, but our guests were troupers. If they had stayed with the sisters, they would have had a comfortable bed. This is the very tip--beautiful and windy.

This is E. Larson and S. Orien with a bunch of school children who lived near the honey bee farm that we went to visit on our trip.

We just had to have a picture with this little native lady who makes beads to sell to tourists. She just barely came up dto my armpits!! I bought lots of necklaces from the ladies here.

We arrived at the tip about one hour before sunset. It is gorgeous. I could not find my pictures of the Phillipines. If you turn about 140 degrees to the right from this point, you can see some of the Philliine Islands in the distance.

This is Kate sitting on sandstone taking pictures. Our fellow missionaries fell in love with her, too. S. Orien and S. Lowe want her to meet Pres. Jack, one of the branch presidents in Bintulu. He is 36 years old, single, and handsome. When Kate saw his picture on facebook, her first comment was that he is not Chinese. He is Indian. But she is not divorced yet and we can't go there.

More pictures of the happy missionary tourists!!!

Lady showing us the honey bees. I stayed far away!!! E. Larson is braver.

We love you and have lots of stories to tell you when we arrive home.

MOM & DAD