INTO THE WORLD

       Hello everyone! I hope you all are enjoying the nice fall weather! We are definetly a bit jealous, but we have had a wonderful time here in Vietnam. We started our trip in Ho Chi Minh City and it was there that we met with our new friend! We immediately felt a great connection and were able to discuss and learn many things about him and the work he is doing in this new place. The next day, the day of rest, we had a great day meeting lots of other new friends and later sharing a bowl of pho together. We also got to try all of their Vietnamese snacks! Later that evening we were invited to go to a lady's shop where they have a  group of kids come and sing songs and learn. We had a great time sharing with them, and they seem hungry for more. They were are so cute and sweet! The next couple of days we went to several college campuses with our friend to meet people and tell them about a new English class they could join. Where hopefully college students would grow closer together

     The time is flying by as it is already October. It feels like Mallory and I just left home. There have been so many experiences in this short time. Leaving Thailand was filled with many thoughts and feelings. We were excited to move on to new places and meet new people that would soon come into our path, but also a sense of sadness as we left. After being there only 5 short months I could already find my self not wanting to leave the people I now call friends. These feelings I knew would happen and this was not really what bothered me with our departure.         Being involved with missions in general, whether national or international, you quite often are asked the question “Did you feel a great darkness or lostness?” This is especially asked about countries that are massively under the influence of Buddhist, hindu, anthisum, etc and where Christianity is largely unknown. A good friend and mentor of mine used a word that, in my opinion is much more suitable CONFUSED. I think conf

                                            We have arrived in Vietnam! We have been busy meeting with our contact here and will update you when things settle down for us in a few days. We are currently in Ho Chi Minh City and will be here until Friday night. Then we will get on a sleeper bus that will take us to Nha Trang which is about 9 hours away! We each will have our own beds as we ride to our next destination! We are excited as this will be the first of many of this type of transportation for us here in Vietnam. We will write another post when we get settled in to Nha Trang!          Love, Mal