"All praise to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. He is the source of every mercy and the God who comforts us. He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When others are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us." 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 First, I praise God for His love and provision in my life, which inspired me to participate on this mission trip. And second, I would like to thank God for an amazing experience. And I would also like to thank God for blessing everyone on the team with good health, strength to work everyday, patience and comfort in God during our time of troubles, and unity among team members to fulfill our purpose. This mission trip had made me humble because I realized how much God has blessed my life, and made me appreciates everything that I have even more. Not only I am blessed with good health, a nice house, a good job, but also a relationship with a loving heavenly father. Whom I can depend on and find comforts in my time of need. It was heartbroken for me to see that these people are extremely poor, materially, but also spiritually. However, this trip was also rewarding to be able to help people that are less fortunate and show them that they are loved and cared for.  I was told that our team was the best team ever. I think because I was there...hehe.
 Everyday we took more than an hour bus ride to a small villages, and when we couldn't take the bus because of the small road, then we went by boat.
 We had our devotion everyday with Pastor George from Hawaii. This is what I learned during one of our devotions.
"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men," Colossians 3:23  This river is multi-services because people used them for bathing, washing dishes, washing clothes, washing food to eat, and more. It was gross but sad at the same time, because that is their way of life and they don't know any better. They don't know that this river is contaminated and very unsanitzing. Even if they do know, but there is nothing that they can do about it, because they don't have running water to use.
 These are two of the poor shacks that I've seen.
 Everyday, we saw about 250 patients. The government got to pick who get to be seen by us.
 This is our nursing station with Pearl and Barrett.
 I got to work with Dr. Jim Hoover. He is such a good man, so compassionate for his patients.
 My job description is to translate for Dr. Hoover and write down prescription.
 This is Dr. Shirley and Tung.
 This is Dr. Vickie and Lyly.
 This is one of the local doctor from Vietnam.
 These patients are waiting for their medicines.
 This is Dan working in the pharmacy.
 This is Emily and George working in the pharmacy.
 This little girl has a blood disease, I believe is called hemophilia, since she was little. When she came to see us, her gum was bleeding a lot. Her parents have abandoned her, so this guy took her in. He already sold all of his property to seeked help for her, and now, he doesn't know if she will get better and he doesn't have any more money.
 This little baby is so small because she is so malnourished, and she has not stop crying since she was born.
 This little named Linh came in with a cyst on her knee. Because of the cyst, she couldn't go to school or be active. So, Dr. Hoover poked a hole in the cyst and drain the fluid and blood.
 Look how adorable she was after the whole thing.
 This little boy suddenly gone blind in one of his eyes, which caused him to have a headache constantly. Since we didn't have an eye doctor, so Dr. Hoover is going to take down his information and have Bruce asked our representative in Vietnam to help him after we left.
 This man has a cancerous tumour on his neck, which he is about to die.
 This girl has a heart disease for ten years. Her family was so poor that her mom has to save her medicine for worse case scenario.
 We went to visit the the orphanage on our last day. These kids are either mentally challenged or has some kinds of deformities. I believe that this day was very emotional for everybody on the team. It's extremely hearbroken to see kids in these conditions. So, we went around passing out blanket.
 This baby named Anh, whose face didn't develope completely. He was so happy when we came to talk and play with him.
 This guy is 15 or 16 years old, but he looks like a little kid because he his extremely malnourished.
This trip was totally life changing for me. I loved every minutes of it. Eventhough we couldn't help much, but to see a smile and a little hope on their face is rewarding enough for me. I pray that God will open doors for me to go next year. Thank you everybody for supporting me financially and spiritually. Your prayers are extremely vital for this trip. | 
