Tonight the hubby and I were invited by a dear friend of ours, Linda van Wookhoven, to the Council of Aging’s talk on China being given by a gentleman, I forgot his name. Linda is a retired nurse who is an angel. She and two other retired nurse have been sponsors and founders of a nursing school, for the past six years, in Tanzania, Africa. Each year Linda and her colleagues fly to Tanzania for a month and find and mentor a few girls from several villages to enter the nursing school. Stateside, they do a lot of fundraising for their girls that are currently in school and for those that they are grooming for future placement in nursing school. The need is great in Tanzania, Linda gave a talk last year with a visual presentation of the school, the classrooms, the hospital, the clinic and the students. It was an amazing talk and we came away very impressed with Linda’s commitment and cheerful dedication to her girls in Tanzania. So when she personally called to invite us for the China talk, we felt that we needed to attend.
We just got back from the presentation which was given by Mr. Langmoore, who has given interesting presentations in the past, and he didn’t disappoint this evening. His photos of Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and another city of which I can’t remember and I was paying attention, (isn’t it sad) were the highpoint of the presentation. Mr. Langmore made his wonderful pictures of the Forbidden City, Tienemen Square and the Great Wall, come to life with his anecdotal stories. We got to see monks, a visit to a Silk factory, a jade factory and many other place where Mr. Langmoore delighted to remind us that even though China is a communist nation, they are really gifted in the ways of capitalism. I am very glad that we went, it was a lovely evening amongst friends.
laurieanichols 