Monday, July 13th

We are now in Seoul, South Korea waiting for our plane to take off about 4 hours from now.
Yesterday was an amazing day! This trip has been incredible and it has been so cool to see the things that God has orchestrated while we have been here!
Kim, a missionary to the Vietnamese, spent the entire day with us. She picked us up at the guest house early Sunday morning. First, we went to Saigon 2 church in one of the Vietnamese villages. We got there early so we stopped across the street from the church for some rice and bbq pork at a little roadside "restaurant." After we finished eating, we asked Kim if it would be okay if we walked around the village a little bit before church started. She said she would meet us back at church. We walked to the end of the street and turned the corner. When we turned the corner, there was Srun Lay, one of the Vietnamese boys we met last year at English Camp! We couldn't believe it! In this large village of shacks we saw someone we knew. All week long, Tom has wanted to go find him. He wasn't at English Camp because he quit school and is now helping his mom with her sugar cane juice stand in the market. When we saw him, he noticed us right away and Tom ran up and gave him a hug. I don't think he was planning on going to church but when he heard we were he went in to his one room house, grabbed a shirt and came with us. He hasn't been going to church but we will be praying that now that he went back with us he will continue to go. That was just one of the totally amazing things God has done on this trip!
At Saigon 2 church, we were able to be a part of praying for the Drummond's as they are leaving the work they started there with New Hope Schools and the Vietnamese kids to retire. More recently, they have been working in Siem Reap with the Vietnamese people there. Kim Ngoc Bui will be going up there to help since they will be leaving. We also had the opportunity to pray for her throughout the day yesterday as she makes this transition.
We went to lunch with Kim and then in the afternoon we went to Kilometer 11 Church. That was really neat! Bun Thoeun, one of the boys we got to know last year at English Camp, taught our family a Vietnamese worship song. He really wanted us to sing it at Kilometer 11 church, so he played the guitar and our family sang it in Vietnamese! He was so happy that we did that! After the church service, we ate dinner with several people from the church. 2 girls in the church have just finished cooking school and wanted to make something for Kim before she moved to Siem Reap. They made breaded chicken strips, breaded shrimp and pizza. They did a great job! We prayed with the pastor of the church and all that he has going on in the Vietnamese village there and we prayed for Kim as she is getting ready to leave in about a week for Siem Reap. It was an amazing day!
We are looking forward to getting home! We really appreciate the prayers too!
Becky