More Myanmar Pictures

The reuniting at the airport!!!!! Lydia was actually really glad to see me despite the fact we do not have any pictures of her smiling with me, all the pictures we tried to take of her with me she was just so serious. When she saw me she started running to me but then tripped and fell. It was great to see Blair as we are not use to being away that long. Sorry these pictures are all out of order and backwards. That is what happens when the husband tries to do a blog.

Lydia was also very excited to see Lousia and Annie.

Barb saw this elephant in a shop and bought it for Lydia!

These guys were juggling this rattan ball near our hotel. I ended up playing with them later. They were very good.

Buddhist collecting money and they had these strange figures dancing around.

Sidewalk food like this was everywhere.

Phil's family joined us for the weekend.

Our crew with one gentleman who has started a reformed seminary in Myanmar.

This is the wife of a man who works with various leaders from our organization. He pastors a Presbyterian church and heads up another Reformed Seminary in Myanmar.

This is the class that we were with all week. They are seminary students, ministry leaders, and pastors.

The guy in the middle was my translator.

Myanmar

The country side

Seminary Students

The buddhist temple in the center of the city near where we stayed. Supposedly 2000 years old with reconstruction of course.

A mosque beside the temple downtown just opposite is Emmanuel Baptist Church.

Largest Pagota in the world (until recently according to google) measuring at 326 ft. high.

Supposedly the plot of land where Adoniram Judson lived and gathered for worship.

Arnold many decades ago at a bookstore on the side of the road.

Door bell on a string and typical street restaurant below.

My view from our hotel room.

Being in Myanmar (Burma) felt like we had been teleported 30 to 50 years back in time. There were many buses that were from the World War II era and most of the buildings were very old. While this country suffers greatly from poverty, it is a safe place for foreigners. Lonely planet said that Yangon is the most unlikely city for you to be robbed in South Asia, however you are more likely to trip on the bumpy sidewalks or fall into the sewer while walking around.

An after school program

Barefooted Football Downtown

Micah's Back from Myanmar!

View from Micah's hotel

Phil and a pastor translating for him as he teaches a seminar.

The seminars started at 9 each morning and went to 2 in the afternoon.

A pastor of church in a poor village. Many of the members of his church are still suffering from the cyclone last year.

This is an orphanage they visited.

Here is the same orphanage from a distance. This home is made of bamboo and tin roof.

This is a common home for those living outside the city.

More pictures and information to come.