Day 3

Today started bright and early with us heading back out to the church we were at on Sunday night.  We were supposed to put on a program for about 60 children.  That was about all we knew.  We came up with a loose plan that included a story and some games but really were not sure of what was expected of us.  We were winging it for sure!

This time, as we were driving out there, I remembered to take a picture of the graves amongst the rice fields.  I'm just intrigued by why they do this.

 

Not a great picture but you get the idea.  It was really hard to capture anything between the bouncing of the taxi on the pot hole filled dirt road and the trees along the side of the road blocking the good shots.

There are tons and tons of these little "shops" all over the place.  They are so overabundant that we cannot figure out how they all stay in business.  Even in the most remote areas along the most remote roads, you will find them.  Some of them sell the oddest things like stuffed animals or live fish in baggies or birds in bird cages or toy airplanes and tanks. 

We arrived a few minutes after we should have because the cab driver was not sure of where to go exactly but we did finally make it.  The children were mostly already there and they were singing as we arrived.  What a fun sound to arrive to!

We had to walk down a trail to get from the road to the church and we could hear the kids singing the whole way there.

Even though the houses are open to the outside, they always take their shoes off.  I loved seeing all the little shoes as we arrived!

This is how we were greeted.

What a beautiful sound!

After a great time with the kids, we headed back to the hotel where we met with the Awana missionaries for Vietnam.  We had a great time getting to know them, hearing about the last year of Awana in Vietnam and finding out what the next few days will look like.

We had a few free hours this afternoon so we headed out to explore a little more of Saigon.  Wouldn't you know, we ended up back at the Marketplace.  I'm counting my blessings that the smell was not nearly as bad as it was yesterday.

Tomorrow is our most scheduled day yet.  The meetings with all of the Awana churches in Vietnam are all day and then we are heading to an English class in the evening where we will be helping people practice their English.  Should be fun!