Since my arrival here at Legacy I have tried many new and interesting types of fruit. Some I had already tried in the US but this fruit tasted sweeter and more delicious […]
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Myitkyina is the capital of what is called the Kachin State of Burma. The Chinese want to build a dam on the Meka/Melika River that flows through Myitkyina so they can develop hydro-electric power to feed the power-starved Chinese economy located across the border.
Gloria and I are together here in Taungoo, Myanmar (Burma) with 33 Church of God brethren and children to keep Passover and the Days of Unleavened Bread. We have been able to come together from different parts of Myanmar. One graduate of Legacy Institute in Chiang Mai came all the way from the China border bringing two friends to see us. She had to cross into China via mountain trails and come around into Kachinland by a circuitous route to avoid the fighting between the Burma army and the Kachin Independence Army.
For over 60 years, the king and queen of Thailand have worked almost without a break to raise the quality of life for the poor of Thailand’s rural minorities. King Bhumibol has concentrated on agricultural development and water resource management. It was his idea to teach the opium growing hill tribes to grow peaches and strawberries instead of poppies.
This past school year has already come and gone. It’s amazing how fast the time flies. On March 18th six of the Legacy students graduated. Two were from last year […]
This past year has flown by and we just finalized our last issue of the Legacy Leader. We used a really interesting journalism book hosted here. It outlines the basics […]
Many of us have sat down with a big, yellow banana, peeled back the outside and had a snack. But there is more to a banana than I knew. Last […]
Tuesday Feb 14, 2012 In Bangkok, several men, one of them identified as Iranian, set off bombs and threw bombs at police and a taxi cab that refused to stop. […]
Tuesday Feb 14, 2012 In Bangkok, several men, one of them identified as Iranian, set off bombs and threw bombs at police and a taxi cab that refused to stop. […]
Actually, I feel like there are not so many flowers blooming at the moment, which may be why I am looking to dredge up some color for the blog. I’ve […]
It appears that the Iranian passport carrying terrorists in Bangkok intended to target Israelis in Thailand, but they were foiled by their own ineptitude. News reports are still coming in […]