March 19 - 23

03/19
Today was a lazy day for the most part. I did some reading and typing to Craig. At 4:30 PM Mung, Sue and Dr. Hang came to the house. We all got on the motorbikes and went to the bike store. We bought 10 bikes to take to the village that doesn't even have electricity. That is are trip for tomorrow. The little girl with the bad heart and back checked out ok at the Dr. Hang visit today. So while we were at the bike store we called and had her come to the store sand pick out a bike. She picked out a pretty pink one. She was all smiles from ear to ear. We got some really good pictures of her riding the bike. It has a extra seat on the back, basket, bell, lock and a little head light on the front. It is a really nice bike and fits her just perfect, plus will still be ok when she gets older. From the bike store we went to the hospital and gave envelopes to 4 different family's. Two of the baby's have bad hearts and 1 down syndrome baby. The other one was a gentlemen that has a 1 month old baby at home. The chain on his bike broke and he crashed into a car. He broke his leg in 3 different places, no insurance, no money and it cost 35 million for surgery. It is so hard to see all these cases because you can't help everyone. We finally had to leave because we were surrounded by people wanting your help.

3/20
We stayed home today. The family had a ceremony today to release fish back to the river. To^ worked on getting the food ready. Hue' did the fruit and the flowers for the alter and the table that they set up at the front door. After the were all done praying they took the fish to the river by the house. It was really interesting.

3/21
Mellow day at home. It is Tina's daughter Ventita 1st Birthday. Party at the house at 6:00 PM. Her birthday cake was huge. He was really cute. Lots of pictures taken. Lots of good food and family to help celebrate her birthday.

3/22
Up at 5:30 am today to be ready to leave at 6:30 am. We had 11 motorbikes and 21 people. We bought 10 pedal bikes and Dr. Hang bought 6. We went way out and got on a boat to take us across the river. It took 3 trips to get us all over. We then rode way out to this village. The road and the last part a trail were a real challenge for the drivers. The bikes were delivered for us. We are not sure how they got out there. The children were all so excited. Three of them got up and sang sole to us while they put the bikes together. One of the students told us that he was so grateful and would make us proud by studying and doing good in school. That he would not let us down. Getting to school was going to be a lot faster and easier for them now. Thank you very much. After that we went back home for lunch and a 10 minute rest. Then in the van and off again. We went to a village by the ocean. We got to play in the water for a few minutes. Then off to give envelopes to 30 family's. We walked part of it. It was really HOT today. It was 92. We got home at 7:30 pm. Everyone was really tired from the heat and up early.

3/23
Up at 7:00am to leave for Danang at 8:00. We went so that Daddy could look for a bell that he made years ago. They didn't want Daddy to build it so they moved it 3 times to different locations and made him fly to Saigon to get supplies. Daddy didn't give up and got the bell made. We found the temple but everyone there was to young to know anything about Daddy's bell. So we didn't find his bell. Felt sad for him it really meant a lot to him. We went and had lunch. Daddy went to visit friends and we went to Marble Mountain and Market. Back to pick up Daddy and head back to Hue. We got home just in time for dinner. They had a surprise for Muriel. BIG HUGE PRAWNS!! Oh so good. Today it was HOT HOT!!! 100