Jan and Bill Johnton left Vietnam in June 2009 after three years. Jan Johnston was winner of the Charity Rose Award 2008 and co-founder of Rose Charities Vietnam. As part of their farewell they invited kids from an orphanage sponsored by Rose Charities Vietnam to a barbecue party. Band and 'bouncy castle' were kindly donated by supporters
Jan writes..."Quynh & Yen and Thao & Danh (Rose Board members) came to the event and
Quynh presented an official cheque to Sister Vinh for funds raised by
HMS Regina and Albetta, as well as the wife of Consul General of Singapore
and the lady who first introduced me to Be Tho. Mr. Tuan from DAN
Jewelry very generously sponsored the food and we had drinks donated
by Coke . Santa Fe sponsored the very
popular bouncy castle. Bill helped in the pool as you can see,
and while it was not captured on film Sister Vinh and I
also ended up in the pool, both of us fully clothed! . The
press members put on a puppet show for the kids! The children
put on a presentation of their own and when the rains came we all
gathered inside. A well known singer was there, I
think he came with the tv crew, so he sang to them in Vietnamese and
then I taught them the Hokey Pokey and Skinymarink, with Bill on
guitar. It was a fabulous day, bitter sweet because it was the last
day I spent with this wonderful group of children, all of whom have
taken up residence in my heart!
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