A Dream Come True!

On Saturday 100 Kachin students from New Generation & Victory Schools and 30 teachers and volunteers were treated to a fun day at the beach. The Methodist Center in Port Dickson gave us a good discount to use their beautiful sprawling premises for the day.

The beach trip was promised to them over a year ago for their great work on My Beautiful Myanmar. Most of the kids have never seen the ocean before so they were thrilled and excited about the trip.

After a yummy breakfast of homemade nasi lemak the kids wasted no time jumping into the water under the watchful eyes of the adult volunteers and teachers. Once in the water it was hard to get them out and the only way was to entice them with a delicious hot lunch sponsored by Jenny Chang who owns a Kenny Rogers franchise.

After lunch was Games time and everyone had a blast watching their friends do Michael Jackson impersonations, breakdancing and singing. All that talent has convinced us to stage a Myanmar Idol contest among the students! One of the girls, Ellie, even did a perfect Tamil song and dance while another sang a Korean song.

There were lots of prizes to be won, not to mention sweets galore thanks to Jenny who brought 2 large pinatas filled to the brim with assorted candies. The kids went MAD!

After more than 7 hours in PD it was time to go home, the kids were exhausted and sunburned but exhilirated from a truly fun day at the beach. I'm sure for many of them it will be a day they'll remember for the rest of their lives!

Thanks to everyone who helped and supported this trip, you can't imagine how big the kids' smiles were that day thanks to your time and contributions.

A BIG Thank You to:

Methodist Center PD (Mr. Poh & Mr. Ng, Lucas & Jenny)

Melani (Munchy's)

Jenny & Isabelle (Kenny Rogers)

Max (Malaysian CARE)

Karen & Joost

Jeanette

Masaki

Marcus & Max

Lee Chin

Janice

Fei

Helen

Ivo

Ai Ling

& to everyone who prayed for a safe & fun trip and sent us their well wishes!