Tuesday, March 26, 2013

I am adding to Raina's blog:  The clinic in Cam Kim was in a village.  A neighbor across the clinic was having their children wedding with the loud music was very interesting.  We had to shout at our clinic so we can hear each other.  Our doctors had a hard time exam the patients with the noises.  I washed the face of a mentally challanged boy about 13 - he had on a Gungam Style t-shirt so I pointed to it and started dancing.  He was so cute - he started danceing also, but no smiles.  Small rewards make the mission so worth while.

When we arrived at our beautiful resort in Hoi An we were greeted by a chorus of frogs.  This town - very old- is beautiful and so is the place that we are staying.  This community and the surounding area has been hit hard with many wars!  I do have a sad story to tell about an elderly gentleman that we cared for in clinic #6. Will tell someday.

Jeanne, Magel, and I walked to "Old Town"   last evening.  It was beautiful!  The town was celebrating the full moon.  No electric lights; only candles and lanterns illuminated the shops, streets, river, and bridge.  What a beautiful walk!

Our suitcases are on the COPI truck on their way to Saigon.  We fly out tomorrow via Da Nang to Saigon.

Love and blessings,
Cleone

1 comment:

  1. Hello from Sandy, UT! I think we must have crossed paths in the air -- nearly! My husband and I just returned from a month long journey to Vietnam and Cambodia, arriving back in SLC on March 21. We had a wonderful time, seeing the countries, meeting the people, experiencing the cultures, and . . . having our hearts broken when we saw the children who were not in school.

    I will be contacting your organization in CO and I will be following your blog! So glad my friend, Shelley Horel, told me about Children of Peace. I am on a "mission" to sponsor a child or two -- maybe one from VN and one from Cambodia.

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