Tuesday afternoon and a free 2 hours to catch up on email and rest.

Here's a recap of the past couple of days:.

Sunday afternoon we were at a church along the Mekong River.  Here we sang with the people and had communion with them.

                                               I sang to the children "Jesus loves Me"and
                                             they sang back to me in Vietnamese.  What fun!

                                                   Pastor Tin interpreted as I told my story.

                   They live on the metal houseboats.  They use wood canoes to get to them from the shore.
                  They live this way because they are not citizens of Cambodia.  so they have no land.
                            If the government comes, they just move further down the river.

                                      Trinh, Joann and Frank getting ready for a ride on a tut-tut.
                                    It is a Motorbike pulling a cart.  Our group filled 2 of them
                                            and we were off to supper.  What a ride!

Monday found us at a lake 2 hours for the city.  The Vietnamese people here live on a lake in the  houseboats.  They grow their food, vegetables in the water attached to their houses. There were more children's physicals and adults with indigestion, backaches and headaches.  These are the common concerns many of them have.  Headache.... diagnosis...dehydration, drink more water!  Pretty simple!  :)

                                                   I just had to take this young man picture.

Today, Tuesday, we were back to the river and the church where we had worshipped at on Sunday.  We were inside a 30x20' building on stilts.  The breeze was so wonderful we didn't the heat.

                              

                                                   Frank our pharmacist - his real job is IT. :)
                            After 7 years of coming to Cambodia he really has this down to a science.

On the way home we stopped at a roadside stand bought boiled corn on the cob. It was delicious, 

      just no salt or butter.  Notice this women's dress.  Even though it is 90's many of the peopl wear long
     sleeves so that their arms do not get too brown.    

Time to close.  We are packing suitcases tonight and leaving for villages 2 hours away.  Not sure if I will be able to blog until Sat. night when we will be back to the city.