Visitors in Kuching! (Carole Lee and Keith) - January 20th-28th

Learning to shoot a poisonous dart!

 Craig and I spent an enjoyable week with Carole Lee and Keith in Kuching, Sarawak.

 We toured the Sarawak Cultural Center, visited a Buddist cave, and hiked the Fairy Caves.

Buddist Cave Temple

Fairy Cave staircase

 The famous Cat Museum!

 Views from the Cat Museum.

Dancers on the riverboat cruise.

Golfing at Damai Beach Resort

These young students wanted our pictures!

Dec 28 A Moslem Wedding in the Mosque

This is one of the many beautiful mosques in Singapore.

 A beautiful bride and groom inside the mosque.

 Bride's family?

Other relatives?

Special wedding gifts

Wedding Couple

Wedding crasher

More uninvited guests. (They even gave us a token wedding gift!)

Dec. 27-30 Joining relatives in Singapore!

On top of Marina Sands (Ship hotel) with Carole & Keith

The famous trees in Singapore

Marina Sands Hotel- from the bottom

Night view

Singapore at night!

Light show among the famous Singapore trees. It was stunning!

Christmas Day Service!

Christmas morning and early afternoon was spent helping missionaries Skype their families around the world on our computer.
Later in the day we were invited to homes of a few members.

 In the evening we sang at the Salvation Army Girls & Boys Home Christmas Party.

Great way to spend Christmas!

December 23rd -Matang Branch Christmas Nativity

 Elder Wilson and I volunteered to help the branch do a nativity for the branch gathering.  It was the first time any of these children or teenagers had participated in a nativity. 

 ALL wanted to dress up. So we had many angels!

 There was also a skit prepared.
And singing of Christmas hymns.

Dec. 13-21 Christmas Caroling --for a week and a half!

 Many of the church units here go caroling at Christmas time to the homes of members.  They go EVERY night for several weeks!  We went for about a week and a half.  It does get one in the Christmas Spirit! 

There are typically about 12 to 16 carolers. At first our singing is all over the board with everyone singing to their own pitch and timing.  By the end of the week and a half, we were actually better singers!  It helped when we started using our phones to play the music accompaniment.  Ha, Ha!

Elder Wilson and I had the great pleasure of decorating the branch Christmas tree.  They had a tree, but no decorations.  So we purchased the decorations and surprised everyone!

Kuching School Projects Day

 While looking at a project in a special needs section of a school, we were invited to come to the open house for the regular students.  They wanted us to see all the projects they had created.

Their artwork was very colorful and creative.

The children were all so happy to have us come and look at their projects.

 All projects were made from the simplest of materials.

 Elder Wilson and I really stand out as the only "orang putih" (white people) around.  All the the young people want to have their pictures taken with us.  We are such a novelty!

It was fun joining with the students to see their projects.