Day 3!

Photo: Red Team! (Afternoon group) This is their idea of a "silly picture."

Photo: This picture is from when some of the boys from school made a surprise visit to the research center today! Haha. All of the children live within a few miles of Hoa An School, so they all walk or bike to school. I guess the boys must know other people at the research center so that is how they knew where it was.

Hi!!

Internet is working again at the research center! Today was another good day at camp! It was really sunny and nice--we played some team activities in the courtyard of the school.

I was pretty exhausted though. I had a cup of coffee at all three meals today eeeeeeks :/ But the coffee is SO good. I am probably tired from lack of sleep but also because playing with the kids is quite a workout! They have alot of energy and are always running around. We pretty much stand up from 7 am until 5:30 pm every day--with the exception of a 1 hour lunch break.

During our lunch break today, Thai and his friends made a surprise visit to the research center?? All of a sudden I looked out the window of our room and saw him! They looked through my photo albums and seemed so excited to see pictures from home and of my family!! Kaitlyn and Ellie--by the way, I found a picture of all three of us from St. Patty's Day our 2nd year in my backpack, and Goo begged for it, so I gave it to her. She proudly showed it to everyone around camp today :)

Red Team was a joy again today. They are SOO happy all of the time. Every time we ask them to repeat a phrase/expression/word in English, they YELL it to show their enthusiasm, in comparison so other teams who dont sound quite as excited.

Tonight when we finished camp we arrived back for dinner at the research center and came across a HUGE surprise....PASTA!! It was sooo nice of them to make it for us! I loved having something other than rice/veggies/meat for dinner. I think that the Vietnamese coaches enjoyed pasta and marinara as well, even though it isnt traditional for them.

Tomorrow is our last day of normal camp and then Friday is test/competition day!! Then this weekend we head to Can Tho!

Lots of love!

PS, mosquito bites are at an all time high right now...