Sore Throat

Almost died with a sore throat last night..
(Okay maybe not die.. that's just me being dramatic)

Woke up several times in the middle of the night because my throat was hurting so much.
Opened my eyes around 5:00AM and started to worry.. "how am going to preach like this?!?!?!"
Tried to get some more sleep, and woke up around 6:30AM.
PTL! Felt so much better.

Voice cracked a couple times during my sermon.. but it was pretty okay overall.
But AFTER the sermon..... GG. I felt like my throat was going to rip apart.

Went to the pharmacy after service and told the Vietnamese pharmacist, "Sore throat."
She gave me two medicines - one to swallow, and two to melt under my tongue.
She said "3 times a day. How many days you want?"
So confused. I thought they would just give me the whole box.
So I just said, "One."
Paid 30,000VND ($1.50) and got my day's worth of pills.

She took it out of the box, cut out 3 days worth, and put it in a small plastic bag.

Vietnam style?

Legged Fly

As I was preparing my sermon at Donut's Donuts, I found myself a little friend!

(But not for long..... muahahaha)

It looks like a fly with antlers and legs.

Stared at it for a little while,

then said my goodbyes.

On the Floor

I was invited over for a mini-picnic on the floor, behind the counter, of Donut's Donuts.

Donut's Donuts: Morning Shift

This is what we ate..

It's a type of shell, but I don't know the exact name of it

The chewy texture kind of reminds me of escargot (cooked snail),

which also I tried for the first time in Vietnam.

Looks kind of gross, huh? But pretty delicious :)

Eating a lot of unfamiliar things over here..

But I guess there's always a first to everything ^^

Jesus Messiah

"For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin,

so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."

- 2 Corinthians 5:21

 beautiful.

Oh how beautiful is the gospel message

(Bark)

This is what I go through every night..

listen carefully

One dog barks,

then another dog,

and then another dog.

It's always three dogs.

(perhaps the same three dogs every time

Then of course, there are the other dogs barking from a far distance.

It's a battle every night to fall asleep. 

New Beginning

My momma left today.

The house feels a bit quiet and empty, but I think I'll be okay :)

Feels like a brand new beginning.

Part II of Vietnam, here we go ~

Farewell Feast

Had two lunches today......

(and still managed to eat dinner)

1. Ngon Restaurant

A restaurant located in Ho Chi Minh City, popular among tourists.

 It has an extensive menu of a variety of food from all over Vietnam.

My mom did the treating out on Sunday, and P.Paul Hahn did the treating out today.

He said he always brings guests from overseas to this restaurant, and he wanted to treat my mom out before she leaves.

It's not a buffet, but you walk around and order the food you want. There are stations circling the restaurant that are supposed to be like street vendors selling one or two special dishes. 

Doesn't it look like a family picture, celebrating our grandpa's 70th birthday? LOL.
That's P.Paul & SMN in the middle, and P.Paul's mother on the far left. (She's 90 something, but so healthy. No problems walking, hearing, eating. It's shocking and amazing.)

2. Pho Hoa Pasteur

As we were finishing up at Ngon, everyone looked unsatisfied. We decided to order pho from one of the stations, but P. Hahn suggested we might as well go to a pho restaurant.
They said Pho Hoa's the best pho place in town, and that my mom MUST try it, so we went.

Couple people shared a bowl, but I thought I might as well eat a whole one if I'm gonna eat it anyway.

It was good! The best I've tried so far in Ho Chi Minh City, but I wouldn't say it's the best of the best. 

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We finished lunch and got dropped off back at church. 

A couple of us remained at church just to cool off, but we ended up deciding to eat dinner together.

Domino's Pizza

Tuesday, buy one get one free :)

Ate four slices......

Literally felt like my stomach was going to pop.