February 20, 2013 we flew to the island of Sulawesi to the city of Manado. We went at the behest of President Groberg on assignment to cheer up and socialize with the missionary couple, Vaughn and Diane Rasband from Heber City, Utah. What an onerous assignment :) The first evening we ate at a hotel restaurant within walking distance of their beautiful new apartment. The 21st was all missionary work of the best kind. We drove an hour and a half to the town of Tomohon where Steve and Elder Steve Rasband taught an all-day seminar on personal and business finances. They did a terrific job and were rewarded with a corsage, a great lunch and some beautiful fabric as a gift at the end of the day. The best part was that the missionaries were able to tell a little about the Church at this Christian university seminar of about 100 people. Then Elder Rasband did an excellent job of giving more information about the Church.On the way back to Manado we saw a couple of interesting sights:
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| This large statue is Jesus looking over the predominately Christian city of Manado. |
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| These school children were singing the Chicken Song. We got to do high fives with several of them and hear them sing another song for us as we walked around the lovely park. |
While visiting in Manado, the Rasbands took us to see some unusual monkeys in the rain forest an hour from their home. The first group was hard to find, but when we found them they didn't seem to be afraid of us and we were able to watch them from fairly close up for quite some time!
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| Crested Black Macaque |
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| This rare monkey, Tarsier, lives only in this one location in all the world. It is the smallest monkey ever found and has a rat-like tail. It only comes out at night, so we had a long and rapid uphill hike to get there just as night descended, then walked back to the car in the dark. What a delightful privilege to see these amazing monkeys! |
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