KidsBuildingHope's Guestbook

Hello from Chad and Family
hi jake this is chad!!!!!!im sending this message from Florida!!!!!!!what was in the cave???????send pictures of things you did!!!!!!! have fun and send pictures of the school. was the flight too long?????my mom told us everyday you were still flying.!!!!!!

Amazing!
We've been reading every entry with interest and checking for new ones with anticipation! What an interesting trip you are having!

I've noticed there was no blog entry regarding the flight over! I hope everyone survived. Thanks for sharing your incredible vacation with us. I love finding a new journal entry in my in-box. Gosh, my business trip to Omaha this past week sure does pale in comparison.... HA! Best wishes for continued fun. Safe travels to you all.....

Shopping Protocols Inquiry
First, we are delighted to see your blog. Thanks for taking the time to share. Second, we returned in early March from month in New Zealand and 4 days in Singapore. Re: Asian vendors calling out to potential buyers: We are "big people" and even we were a bit intimidated by the vendors. In Singapore at least, they come out of their store to engage you and really "chat." ("I not pushy...I just old lady needs sell...you like?....what you pay?....and on and on.) Your DeeDee will affirm that Mrs. Hughes makes almost no decisions quickly...always want to think about it. My reaction was really retreat. But here's an interesting thing we learned: Chinese are very superstitious about the first customer of the day. That person should buy something, or the shop owner thinks the day is very bad. A polite shopper should not enter and not buy at least a token. After we learned about this custom...we made sure to return to the "I no pushy"-lady's shop later. We made sure she was told that her customers from two mornings ago when she opened did come back and did buy. The aggressiveness of the vendors and the negotiating of price were very interesting to us. We were surprised at our own discomfort with the shopping experience. Third, I encourage you to write in your blog what food dishes you like. We thought the Chinese, Indian, Thai food was all great. But now that we're home we can't remember some of the very interesting combinations we enjoyed so much. The food chain "Thai Express" had good food, we thought. Wondering if you'll see one of those. Happy Easter. We look forward to the next installment. DeeDee is flying to you as I write this. Please give her a special message of love from Sue and Lee. Bye.

WOW!
Can't tell you how much we're enjoying the photos and blow-by-blow descriptives of your trip. Pieter has alway said he wants to return someday. Your blog may convince me to join him! Thanks for educating us all on this very interesting culture.

We are all packed..So excited
Hi Hoags...What a great last day. The time just flew for me, I suppose it did for you too. Safe travel, David. Tracy, have a safe and wonderful trip to Hanoi and HaLong Bay. We will see you Monday for dinner at the Majestic. Can't wait. Love, Mom/DeeDee

We are loving this trip!
BBQ'd goat sounds great... it's Southern Viet Name, right? I would have a little trouble with the squid! So glad for the picture of the whole family to hang here at hospice. Keep the good news coming!

Wow, you had so many adventures in one day! That "skinny" house is amazing. I'm glad you got to go out to dinner with Neo's family. I completely agree that his mom would be delighted to play host to a little girl after years of all boys! And the thought of Will hosting the international soccer goodwill games made me smile.

That a girl Helen
Thats so cool that you guys all enjoyed holding the python, if you get a snake handling urge when you get back to the states you can get together with Hodge, I just talked to him and he now has five snakes and is about to buy five more, he is starting to breed them! The blog is geat keep the updates coming.

Thank you
Thank you for sharing all these wonderful, funny and heart-warming experiences with us. Each day I look forward to seeing pictures of you and where you have been. What an awesome family you are - "I'm so lucky" !!! Happy Easter from here and lots of hugs and love from me. XOXOXOXO Mom