March 29, 2008
This morning we returned to the convent for a small celebration. The girls that we had been working with for the past few days had prepared a dance and a few songs for us to thank us. It was really sweet how much work they put into preparing the little party for us. They gave us each individual presents as well, the girls got handmade fans and the boys got chopsticks. They were so sad to see us go and it was really hard knowing we wouldn't be seeing them again for at least a year, and that's only for those who are coming back next year.
After the girls did their presentations for us, we had the chance to go to the medical clinic that was started by Sister Bong. We were shown into the waiting room where about 30 people were waiting with various medical problems. We were shown the pharmacy and learned it was only a couple dollars a month for someone to get all of the medication that they need-both over the counter and prescription. We were shown into the dentist's offices, the acupuncturist, and the herbal medicine doctor's office. After we got back to the hotel we were able to either take a bicycle ride or to stay at the hotel. I got down to the lobby a few minutes late for the bike ride so I went back to my room and took a little nap and watched part of a movie. It was actually exactly what I needed to get my energy back.
This morning we returned to the convent for a small celebration. The girls that we had been working with for the past few days had prepared a dance and a few songs for us to thank us. It was really sweet how much work they put into preparing the little party for us. They gave us each individual presents as well, the girls got handmade fans and the boys got chopsticks. They were so sad to see us go and it was really hard knowing we wouldn't be seeing them again for at least a year, and that's only for those who are coming back next year.
After the girls did their presentations for us, we had the chance to go to the medical clinic that was started by Sister Bong. We were shown into the waiting room where about 30 people were waiting with various medical problems. We were shown the pharmacy and learned it was only a couple dollars a month for someone to get all of the medication that they need-both over the counter and prescription. We were shown into the dentist's offices, the acupuncturist, and the herbal medicine doctor's office. After we got back to the hotel we were able to either take a bicycle ride or to stay at the hotel. I got down to the lobby a few minutes late for the bike ride so I went back to my room and took a little nap and watched part of a movie. It was actually exactly what I needed to get my energy back.
Then we headed to the airport once again to head back to Ho Chi Minh city for one last night together. When we arrived it was already around dinner time so the younger group which consisted of Ben, Melissa, Nathan, Blair, and Nathan who are all around 24 and Julie and I went to Pho 24 for dinner. It was nice to finally get to know each other outside of the intense schedule we had been following.
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