Happy Women's Day

On Saturday I was invited to attend a Women's day celebration.  I thought it was just something that this group of ladies was doing but I guess it is a special day here in Vietnam and other countries.  My ride arrived with a beautiful rose and wished me a Happy Women's Day.  It turned out to be a great day of celebration and sharing.  In my picture is a group of ladies performing a dance in their traditional outfits.  I love the hats.  You will see them daily on women on the streets, they really do help keep the sun off of you if you can find a way to keep them from falling off.  My tie was just not tight enough.  They also had a few games they played, one was putting a puzzle together and finding the verse and sharing what they thought it meant.  I think the lunch was in my honor because I have never seen spaghetti served here.  Some of the women were not sure about it.  Many ended up putting some type of Soy or Fish sauce on the noodles.  I enjoyed it and ate the whole thing with my chopsticks, they did provide a spoon but I managed just fine, a little messy but easily taken care of with the toilet paper they use as napkins.  Mark joined us at the end of the day for a special word and we were able to give each a special blessing before the time was over.  It had rained hard during our stay and on the way home we had a beautiful opening of blue between the clouds.  A perfect ending to a blessed day.