Dong Thap - Day 3

March 28:

Today we travelled an hour to our work site. We spent the morning nailing tin siding on the frame of a house. It was the easiest job of the week. The family brought out fresh fruit for us to eat before leaving. Again we were amazed by the generosity of those who have so little. We finished at noon, had lunch, and departed for Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) around 2pm. We stopped at a beautifl rest area in the Mekong Delta where we ate dinner before continuing on to HCMC.

Zach's team visited another school today and finished their work before us. The distribution team left for HCMC earlier than us and had already arrived at the hotel as we were leaving the rest stop. That has been one of the hardest parts of the trip for me. We are separated for much of the day and it seems like everyone else gets the best part of his day. By the time we get to spend time together he is overly tired and on the verge of a melt down. It made me very nervous to have him traveling on a bus for 4.5 hours separately from me but he did not mind at all since he was with all of his new friends.

Tomorrow the housing team has off and they have arranged a shopping trip for us. Zach has 1 more school to visit. Then we will again travel on separate buses by team to our next destination, a beach resort where we will hold a camp for 300+ underprivileged children who will be bused there to enjoy a day of fun activities with all of the teams.

The hard work part of the trip is now over and we will have a few days to relax before heading back to the US.