We want to thank everyone for their posts, though we decided that many needed to be removed. As you may have noticed, some of our blogs and lists have been updated. We appreciate that so many are "thinking " of us and sending us "best wishes" as we volunteer here in Hanoi.

Today we worked with SS3 orphanage, and though there were fewer kids, the experience was more in depth than yesterday. There are many tangible needs that may easily be met now that these needs have been identified. Our fellow volunteers from Virginia who are coming to Hanoi later in the summer will have to be so kind as to bring another medical bag with basic supplies and instructions. The children are excited about the beach trip!

We went to a Vietnamese cultural museum today. It was very interesting, and from a medical standpoint, I must add that the exhibit on AIDS and HIV is one of the best educational exhibits on the subject that I have ever seen. As in America, the introduction of the AIDS epidemic combined with the ignorance of what AIDS meant and how it was transmitted lead to the same type of social issues that America experienced in the 1980's, though Vietnam's epidemic started only 20 years ago.

There was a Children's event going on in the gardens of the museum, and while both Ashley and Jessica were more stealth on stilt walking, I do think that I was more graceful on the balance beam :)

Fannys is the best and most beautiful ice cream in the world! Sorry that you are on another continent!

Amanda