We have a new senior couple in Hanoi. We were able to meet with them and give them an orientation at a conference room in our hotel: The New World of Saigon. This is a great enthusiastic couple from Maine. They are Elder and Sister Blinn. We are thrilled to have them join our mission. They are here on a humatarian mission as the LDSC representatives in Ho Chi Minh. They also will be a great help to the branch in Hanoi!
May 26th, we went to the airport and picked up Elder and Sister Bednar and Elder and Sister Perkins. Elder Bednar and Elder Perkins had some government meetings the next day. This took some time to get the branch in a group. This is after a special member meeting that was held and Elder Bednar spoke to them. The branch president is the middle man holding his little girl. This was a terrific and special meeting.
This sister received her mission call and opened it with all of her friends there. She will be coming to our mission. I'm pretty sure she'll have an opportunity to serve in her own country! A former missionary, Elder Thinh is standing near the wall on her left with his fiance, also a former missionary, right next to him. He served in Cambodia and Vietnam and was an excellent missionary. He and his fiance will be getting sealed in the Manila Temple in August. What a great contribution all of them including our newest sister will make to the mission. We are excited to have her serve.
While Elder Bednar was in meetings, I along with the Local Relief Society President, Sister Sibylle Slvoboda and the Hanoi District Branch President's wife, Theresa Bird, took Sisters Bednar and Perkins to a member's shop near our hotel. The above Sister is one of the oldest members in Ho Chi Minh. She was a member before the fall of Saigon. She demonstrated a graduation gown they make there in the shop for graduates of children's schools there in the city.
They also make all kinds of toys for children. She made a bumble bee mobile made out of nylons and wire, and tye tied. She gave me one for a gift.
The sister in blue is the owner of the shop, Sister Bird is to the right, Sister Slvoboda is the blond in the back. Sisters Perkins and Bednar, Elder Ly's Mom, and me.
Here is the sister giving a demonstration of her mobiles to Sister Bednar. We had a great time with these sisters. After we went to the Reunification Palace. This is where the last President of Vietnam lived and ran the government and the war with North Vietnam. They now call it the Reunification Palace because both North and South are now one country. Sorry, I didn't get pictures of any of that! :(
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