A Kinuko Christmas
L to R, Duane, Kinuko, Marcia and Dr. Bina Sawyer at a group meal likely after a worship service. Not sure of the year but in the 1980s Had anyone visited any of the Baptist mission outposts in the 1980s, they would have found a group of people that were great cooks and great singers as well as great missionaries. The group at Mae Sariang carried out some fantastic mission work and likewise, could put out some good food, but somehow, we failed to get the memo about singing. Sure, some of us could carry a tune to one level or another but others had serious tune carrying limitations. As just missionaries put together as a group, our song singing efforts wandered aimlessly nowhere near the melody until we stopped. We were plainly dismal on our best day. To make matters worse, we were working among the Karen who are natural-born singers. I have often claimed that while most babies of the world are born crying, Karen babies are singing harmony as they emerge to take their first brea...
