Sunday Happenings

Today was a great day at church. Drey is officially adjusted to the new nursery here....the one without a room full of toys and kids. Our first Sunday here Drey was having none of nursery and stayed with me during Sunday school and RS. Last week he went with some serious coaxing and some good mentos candy (I think he ate a whole package). This week he was asking during Sacrament meeting to go to "church" (or nursery). When the closing prayer ended he said "bye dad" and walked straight up the stairs and to his class without looking back....a miracle!

We had a baptism today for two girls. There have been baptisms on two of the three Sundays that we have been here. The church is growing like crazy here. This is a picture of the portable baptismal font (or tank).

Nice refreshing water from the outside hose coming in through the window.....keep your mouth closed!

Full and ready to go

The two girls in the middle are being baptized...the one with bangs hit her head on the back of the tank when going down. I'm sure it was a memorable experience for her :)

Cute Enzo

Our church building...it's actually a house that we meet in...or a meetinghouse...haha

Drey loves running in this foyer, mostly because it is outside and he can get some good laps in.

I tried to get the best picture possible to show the monsoon rains but really you have to see it, feel it, and hear it....it's wild!

Drey inching his way into the rain.

There is a little walk from the church building to the main road where we can find a taxi.  Just this short walk alone was interesting. This is a picture of an animal trap. There is rice under the screen and a string attached to the pole.

The string runs across the street to this home where someone is inside and ready to pull.  Now that's hunting Viet style!

On this road you will see homes like this.....

And no kidding, directly across the narrow street see this nice gated mansion. 

And to top it off we run into a recycling refinery....kind of.

This truck dumped a huge pile of aluminum cans in the middle of the street. Then drove back and forth multiple time to crush them down with his tires....who needs a trash compactor?