We spent a week in Butterworth and Penang doing family history training. We went to a bird show in Butterworth but got rained out.

This is a temple with lots of genealogy on the walls of the Khoo clan.

This is a mansion owned by an early Chinese family. When the Japanese invaded they left. It was vacant for 60 years. Someone bought it and restored it with many antiques. The bonsai tree is about 65 years old.

This is the apartment above the meat shop.

local meat shop in Penang

This is the month of the Hungry Ghost Festival. The ghosts are let out for a month. The Chinese feed them and burn money for them. We watched this lady lay out the papers and then put the pile of money on them. Then she lit it on fire. The box at the front represents food.

These are children practicing for the lion dance. They are very good. They crouch down and jump up all at the same time. They do competitions. It was fascinating.

After being here almost one year, I discovered that banana's have a blossom. I took many pictures but didn't notice the flower on the bottom.

When in Ipoh we went to the steamboat restaurant. There is a stove built in the table with pots of boiling soup. You go to the buffet and pick what you want to cook and put it in the pot. They had other food also. Lots of fruit. And an ice cream bin.

The Kuala Lumpur district is the largest district in the mission. Our zone leader had these shirts made.

These are the missionaries in our district.

We went to Ipoh to set up the new firewall. It is much bigger than the old one. This is the new firewall. It is upstairs and the computer is downstairs.

Bruce skyping Salt Lake to refigure the computer for the new internet.

An elder helping Bruce go through the instructions to set up the firewall.

These are the tarts from our new bakery. Friendrich bought the chocolate mouse and penguin and shared. They were very good.

We went with the single adult activity to Crab Island. The houses are on stilts. We walked around the town. We bought a lobster and had crab and other items for lunch. We rode this boat to the island. We wanted an open boat but it was too expensive.

I was a little nervous getting on a bike since by last experience was very painful.

The houses are on stilts because of the water.

Catching our lunch.

This is our lobster lunch.