Saving Fish from Drowning - Heal Burma

SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
Artemisia annua does have an antibacterial property, maybe even
antimalarial. Where is this woman?” He stood up. And then he and
Heidi hurried off to find the lady with the herbs.
“TODAY, JANUARY FOURTH ,” the Myanmar official announced to
TV cameras and the crowd at the airport in Mandalay, “the unified
people of Myanmar proudly celebrate our Independence Day, our
liberation in 1948 from British colonial rule. Today we will feast,
hold festivals, pay respects, and give offerings, as well as play music
and dance in our native dress. We will visit our holiest of pagodas
and our greatest monuments in our beautiful golden land. And today
we welcome at the new and modern Mandalay International Airport
our honored guests from America, who join with us in looking for
their compatriots and family members.”
An interpreter translated the words into English for Mary Ellen
Brookhyser Feingold Fong and Dot Fletcher. The two women were
staggered by the size of the crowds. Were all these television cameras
actually for them? They made Mary Ellen suspicious, but Dot was
touched by the outpouring of concern from the Myanmar officials.
“Soon,” the speaker continued, “we hope we will be celebrating
the happy whereabouts of your family members, who can resume
their visit of our beautiful country.”
Dot Fletcher’s boyfriend was openly impressed. “Can you beat
that?” Gus Larsen said. And Saskia Hawley was happy to see that
her two dogs had made it past customs without quarantine or even
a glance at their health certificates. “They are search-and-rescue
dogs,” she explained to the interpreter, and the deputy minister of
information exclaimed, “Search! Yes, we want you to search our
lovely countryside. Search everywhere. We will help.” And he pulled
out brochures of some of Myanmar’s most scenic spots, at each of
which a camera crew was waiting.
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