These past two days have been brighter.
Victoria finally pooped. We were feeling very concerned that we'd run into bigger problems without medical insurance for her. No one would cover us because she is not yet a Canadian citizen. Even though she is a Vietnamese citizen, we are responsible for her medical care. We are going to lay off the bananas and rice for a while and introduce new foods slowly.
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| My vegetable soup diet |
My mom was able to drop off my birth certificate to the passport office in Surrey on Friday. I'm hoping to find out tomorrow if our file is moving along according to schedule. We've sent the original with another family who will be arriving in Vietnam this week to adopt their child. Thanks moms for doing all that running around for us.
Despite the colder weather, I found it to be nice today. It was a bit too breezy to swim but we found a nice beach to walk along. It was nice to get out of the busy town and enjoy a quieter spot.
We tried to find a church to go to today but it seems that there really aren't very many in all of Vietnam. We were reading up on it a bit more and it seems that Christians are very persecuted here. Church's need permits to have gatherings and are often not granted these permits. We've read stories of church buildings being destroyed and pastors being imprisoned for practicing Christianity. All printing of religious materials need government approval. Import licenses are virtually never granted. It must be difficult for people here to even have access to a Bible. Most Christians meet in house churches. I feel grateful that I can freely attend church on Sunday mornings.
Did you know Vietnam is only 1 of 5 remaining communist countries? Can you name the other 4?
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| Lanterns in Hoi An |
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