introduction from binh

Welcome to COPI Mission March 2013 Blog.  It is only less than one month before our departure date.  We know that you are making plans for your loved ones at home, collecting needed items for our patients, reading everything about Vietnam, getting anxious to see old friends and meeting new ones... 

After 17 years of hosting mission trips, I am still getting excited for the day to meet and "re-meet" all of you in Hanoi.  By now, you probably understand that we will be busy caring for over 1,000 patients at seven clinics from North to South Vietnam.  Our team is made of 1/2 non-Vietnamese and 1/2 Vietnamese team members.  Most of us do not speak Vietnamese well and some of our friends speak English well.  You will find that language is not going to be a barrier; instead understanding and compassion will allow us learning from one another tradition and culture.  Regardless of our different backgrounds, in the end each of us will be richer for gaining new friends.

In oder to "break the ice", please send us your introduction and one of your favorite photographs of you to post here.  Your blog will help your team mates to recognize you in Taipei, Seattle or San Francisco.  For example, Gene Morris and Magel Walo will leave the USA from Seattle airport together.  

In a way, Tuan Dam had already introduced himself to  the team a few emails ago.  Thank you Tuan.  I look forward reading more about you on your blog.  To view March 2012 mission team, please go to this blog page:

          http://gettingtoknowyou-march2012mission.blogspot.com

We hope to hear from all of you soon.
Peace to our journey
Raina and binh (aka co binh)