13 April, 2008

My Vietnam


WOW - What a chapter!!! Today is our last day in Vietnam after living here for nearly 3 months. So many more memories, tears, experiences and human connections added to our lives. The highlights: Watching two blind people support each other across 12 lanes of hectic Saigon traffic; A H'Mong hill tribe girl offering a buffalo in return for Lina marrying her brother; A child drawing a goatee on himself with black texta to be like Dean; Dean being told he has a son in Hanoi; Eating pho bo to cure our hangovers; Lina improving her Vietnamese language skills to a confident and advanced level; Meeting our World Vision sponsor child; Dean appearing in a Vietnamese newspaper article for the work he did re-building homes; and not least: all the volunteer work we've done (to name a few!). It has all been amazing.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

sounds awsome, sounds like a trip of a life time, I cant wait to be a part of the adventure, 3 and a 1/2 months to go. Oh by the way, its my shout at the bar when we catch up.

butters

Anonymous said...

Wow, wow, wow!! I am inspired by you two. Keep living the dream and keeping us up to date.

cheers
Maria