Another Mekong trip

This week our pastor Ken Hart came to visit us. We spent the week at a convention and then on Saturday we took him on a trip down the Mekong River. It was a five hour drive down there and then a 40 minute boat ride one way. We landed at the home of a family we had visited before and were able to show him the bridge project we are working on. They are also in need of a new water purification system. It is always an experience taking a long boat down the river. You see people washing, peeing and fishing in the river. We then traveled back the same day. It was a long day but we all enjoyed the great weather and sights. We ended our day at a pizza place in the city. Our young friends here love pizza.

It was a week of going back in time to the dark ages, literally. Our electricity went off for a day on Sunday, our internet went out at the same time and did not come back on so we had to contact the company and have them come out to check it out. We are reconnected again but face book is not to be had here. Our TV cable went out on Friday and the man cannot come to repair it until Wednesday. Then we were going to have our English students over for dinner on Friday night, it was teacher appreciation day here. I was preparing to make a batch of brownies but I noticed that my toaster oven, which is the only oven I have, was not heating up. I guess appliances around here don't last long either. I did make a batch of Chili, in my crock pot, something they have never had before. They seemed to like it. Our friend Sam and his girlfriend Mary brought Mark a new chair for his desk, he loves it. It is so much more comfortable than the hard wood chair he was using.

It was great to be able to hear about all that is going on back home and to be able to share our adventures here with our friend from Calif. We have an extra room for anyone that wants to visit but I must warn you the lights can go out at any time !!!