We left for Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh on April 13th. Elders Frank and Sanford came along to help with the specialized trainings with the missionaries in Hanoi and then Ho Chi Minh. They have been in the Vietnamse speaking program in Cambodia and they are/were quite excited to go with us to the real Vietnam.
We are arriving after dark. I love to see the sunsets from the plane.
Elder Pham, Elder Frank, a member, Elder Sanford, Elder Kim (LeNguyen), and Sister Pham and Ly. We had a great training with them. They are all hard working and great missionaries.
Next on to Ho Chi Minh to the senior couple's apartment for some Root Beer floats Sunday evening after our arrival. Elder Ly was Elder Sanford's trainer and Elder Sanford was Elder Vu's trainer. That is why they are posing in this manner.
Sister Huong and Hung (actually spelled same way but with different accent marks, so this is the closest to the pronunciations) pose with Sister Blinn and I in the Blinn's new apartment.
AFter the training we all walked over to Evita's to eat. All are so happy to be in the picture including Sister Blinn!
I got to help teach these two sisters. The one in the red sweater had been learning from the missionaries 5 years ago, then decided she was too busy. As the years went on, she realized she was missing that special feeling that comes from having the Gospel of Jesus Christ in your life. She walked into the Church and asked to learn again. She has a baptismal date for this month of May. She was taught about prayer from the Book of Mormon.
The sister on the right is learning and will be baptized soon and the sister on the left in black is a recent convert. We were studying Alma 32 to help her see what she needs to do to build her testimony. She totally got it after she remembered she had planted a watermelon seed in a pot. She had nurtured it and watched it grow and it got one watermelon. She was so excited. She ate it and it brought her so much joy and she wanted to share it with her parents. So, after that came out, she totally knew what to do to keep her testimony growing: Pray, go to church every Sunday, serve and Read the scriptures every day. It was wonderful to participate in that! The sisters are wonderful teachers and did so well teaching out of the scriptures.
I remember when Frank and Sanford just came out!!! Looks like they are still as happy as they were when they first arrived! so neat they got to go to Nam!!
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