June 17, 2017
Wheelchair Project:
We have been working on a project, providing a lot of wheelchairs for many people here in Vietnam, lately. There is
such a need for them in every community, which makes it is difficult to know how to distribute
them. The difference they make in a person’s life is amazing.
These photos are of a family living in Ho Chi Mien City -- our partner couple, serving in that city (The MacDonald’s), took the pictures. The wife, you see in the picture, used to carry her husband everywhere they went, and someone else had to come along to carry the baby.
We wanted to include these two, before and after photos in our blog post because a picture truly is worth a thousand words, and these pictures sum up the value of the wheelchair project. For this family, being beneficiaries of this wheelchair project has been life changing for them, as it is for so many others that have been served.
Transfers:
It was transfer day this week and it was sad to see some of
the Elders and Sisters go. Working with these great young people is such a bonus for us and we get so attached to them. I guess that is the
nature of missionary work. We love it and we are grateful for our experiences
with them.
Sister Moss from Arlington, Washington:
Sister Moss’s companion had to go out of the country to
renew her visa, so we got to be Sister Moss's companion on P-day. She had shared with me that
she wanted to see the “Turtle Pagoda” on Sword Lake before she left Hanoi, so
we went to see it.
Sister Moss has a way with animals and immediately, made friends with the cat; the cat is the mascot of the pagoda. She calls herself the “Cat Whisperer”. We also went to the Water Puppet Theater with her. Even though it was scorching 104 degrees outside, it was a fun day.
Elder Pendleton from West Jordan, Utah:
We have worked a lot with Elder Pendleton and his companions in the Long
Bien Branch. He is part Vietnamese and learned to speak the Vietnamese language when he was young. Because
of his mastery of the language, he is an asset to the mission. President Hassell
sent him to Ho Chi Mien City to help with some new Elders there. He will return
home to the states at the end of the summer, when his mission is over.
Playing Chinese Chess with Chu Dong: This gentleman loves
having Elder Pendleton come and
have a quick game of chess with him before the
investigator lesson.
Elder Pendleton will be missed by many.
Long Bien Elders: Last Sunday -- because of so many
meetings in Long Bien, we pooled our resources with the Elders and had a meal
together in the Elder’s apartment.
We were just reading a blog post by another Welfare couple about the wheelchair project in Jamaica. Does the program in Viet Nam include training people to repair and service the wheelchairs so that if one breakdown it can be fixed and not just become junk?
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the photos of the young missionaries...you are making some mothers very happy.