HARMAN GRANT PROGRAM  

When we were at the MTC for training I happened to pick up a paper for this program. Last week, 2 keyboards with a course of instruction in Portuguese, arrived in the mission office. They were lost for a while. Usually, a missionary couple is responsible for teaching the people who are interested in learning how to conduct music for church meetings and in learning how to play the piano (keyboard).  I requested keyboards for Pérola Bastos (13) and for Niobe (18). They are both thrilled. Arthur Bastos will teach both of them and now they have a way to practice at home. If they finish the program in a timely manner, they can apply to keep the keyboards as their own.

Niobe comes from an especially humble home. The first room you enter is very small and is the living room, dining room and a bedroom with a hammock rolled up in one corner. The house is situated behind another house and has a steep alley to ascend before you get to the front door. Niobe has been learning English and can join the BYU Pathways program next year. She is happy and determined.  She loves music and is very good at conducting already. She will change that family. Arthur is not in the photo. He is 16 and plays the hymns in our ward. He is proficient enough to teach these girls. The keyboards have carrying cases so they can be brought to activities or used in Young Women or Relief Society meetings. We are all excited.