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 Pagoda in Kunming, YunNan's capital, built in the 800s.   When Anne was a girl, this was the view from her home, which was just to the right of the picture. Mr. Henry Woo, and granddaughter, near their home at Kunming University.  Woo had been a colleague of Anne's father in the early 1940s, establishing a middle school for minority students.
A wedding party in a Miao village in Lu Feng County, north and east of Kunming.  Note the eucalyptus tree in the background, and the scrub growth on the far hill, familiar setting for a less familiar gathering! 

Above, part of the line of welcoming singers, this one at Ganhaizi Village, WuDing County, where Amity teachers went to see the kind of development work encouraged and funded by the Amity Foundation.  This photo, and those below were taken by another Amity teacher, Caroline Sundquist.

 A mountain top village in WuDing County, about 5 hours north of Kunming.   Anne, after receiving her gift of a Miao traditional blouse.  

Above, the view from the top of the church. 

Immediately below, an abandoned iron and copper mine, on the way to the village.

Far below, outside the WuDing Church and Christian training center..  Rev. Yang Xian Guo, far left, president of the county Christian Council, a member of the Yi minority, the largest minority group in YunNan, was  host for visits to churches in his county.  Rev. Zhen Hui, 2nd from right, staff of YunNan Christian Council arranged for Anne to visit these churches and hear their singing.  She conducts classes for lay leaders and pastors at training centers throughout YunNan.

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