Solar Eclipse

Andy posted some pictures of the May 21 solar eclipse from our front door here taken at 5:20am.  Caleb and Andy witnessed it while I enjoyed my beauty sleep the whole time...

Boggle Time

Caleb's two friends Jimmy and Kevin (yes more and more Vietnamese kids are adopting English names here) come each Saturday morning to play.  Here they are enjoying a game of Boggle for the first time and are doing well.  They are both among the top students in this city who can speak English fluently.

Some banana cake treat for the boys

Death's-head hawkmoth

We spotted this moth on our door mat this morning and Caleb quickly identified it as the Death's-head hawkmoth.  He and Dad decided to add it to Caleb's Bug Collection though I was reluctant...

A Vietnamese wedding

Reception menu

Wedding couple

Prawns in beer

Father of bride

The three of us caught some sort of a stomach bug for the past few days with Andy suffering the most.  However we were invited to a student's sister's wedding yesterday.  So I gave Andy Imodium beforehand.  Click here for some more pictures of the wedding.  Andy's glad he was able to eat!  We are all doing better now.

The work continues

Our employment with ELIC has ended officially on April 30, 2012.  How ironic it falls on the same day as "Reunification Day" in Vietnam.  However the work goes on.  We had a blessed time with our old teammates as well as old students as we gather in both Hai Phong and Dalat.  Here are some more pictures of our time together.  Blessed be His name!

Our pest control

The other day we found our pest control guy stuck near the door hinge as shown all dried up.  Poor little gecko.  He looked like he was trying to escape from the door closing on him...

Long overdue

This is long overdue update of our life in Vietnam! Andy just finished teaching this semester and we will be heading home at the end of the month for summer, stopping by Hong Kong to visit my family for two weeks first. Here are some pictures from our Spring semester. More to come on our recent gathering with old students and teammates in Hai Phong. Stay tuned.