War Remnants Museum B?o Tàng Ch?ng Tích Chi?n TranhWell this afternoon our class visited the War Remnants museum.It was pretty much what I expected.They had bunches of photographs from the war and the atrocities committed by the Americans and Southern Vietnamese Army.Old relics from the war like planes, tanks, helicopters.I think the exhibit that moved me the most was the Agent Orange pictures and specimens.I could not believe how some of the weapons used d...

Th?o ?àn: My first visitWell this Wednesday was my first day at my internship at Th?o ?àn, a shelter for boys that live on the streets.First I hopped on a xe ôm to take me to the Thao Dan office where I was going to meet a boy to take me to the safe house in another district.When I arrived at the office, it looked like no one was there, then all of a sudden these 3 kids, 1 boy and 2 girls, come out of now where and start to yell in the house for some one...

My Roommate- The first week of classes -CHURCH I know I know?I haven't posted any blog in a long time and y'all are probably wondering if I was captured by the VC, lost in the jungle or maybe I am just not used to blogging. Anyway, a lot has happened.First I met my roommate, Loi, a week this Sunday.He is a pretty cool guy; like me in many respects- easy going and laid back.He his very busy with school and work (he teaches and tutors English most nights) so we ...

Day 2?Waking around TP Ho Chi Minh After meeting with Rylan (the progam's director) for a few minutes this morning, I decided to explore the city on foot.Armed with only 135,000 VND, I walked to the park just up the street from the guest house.Just as I sat down, people started walking up to me?asking me questions and wanting me to hop on the back of their motor scooter.I was very weary to trust anyone.However, I met this one guy name Dung, 20 years old.We cha...

Travel Day- 22 hours and 9057 miles later! I made it into Saigon safely!Man that was such a long flight.I thought that I was never going to make it.DFW to SFO was not that bad, but the flight from SFO to Hong Kong.Fortunately I got an isle seat, so I could stretch out my legs somewhat, and I did not have to bother anybody to move so I could get up.Also, they played some fairly entertaining movies.Lets see they played The Painted Veil, Bridge to Terabithia, Wil...