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Glad you had a great day and met some nice people in addition to my family...I am imagining Will playing soccer with Vietnamese kids. That is so cool. Kids are so great, since they can make friends and like people genuinely. I hope my dad wasn't too grumpy as a host - now you know where my grumpiness comes from...hee hee...

Your blog is great .We wish we were back in Vietnam with you.

Helen you are so BRAVE!!
Helen- I must know, how did the snake feel? Did it feel lumpy? Did it feel smooth? Was it heavy and slimy? I also want to know if you saw any animals on the boat ride. I can't wait to read the next blog and I hope you and Will are having a great time. Love you. Tristan

This is great
Hi Tracy, David, Will and Helen, So glad Aunt Judy sent Sarah and I this link! This is amazing, your accounts of everything are hysterical. Write a book! You'll blow that Eat, Pray, Love woman out of the water! Hope every day is as amazing as your first few and that you all have the time of your lives. We'll be living vicariously through your posts from NJ! Take care! Love, Maggie

Thank you.
Thank you so much for sharing your adventure. It looks like you are having an amazing time! I've been sharing with Jeff, too. We are both learning a lot. Keeping you in our thoughts and prayers for a safe and amazing journey!

python
Did Helen get bit by the python???? Will you bring me a pet python please?????

Addicted
I look forward to each Hoag Travel Fix. Fantastic pics and explanations. Our big kids, Luke and Olivia, have always been interested in Will and Helen. I see a future for them with the Travel Channel! We continue to pray for your safety and wild and crazy times!

Thank you!
We so appreciate your information and the photos are wonderful!

new kid
So have you found a kid you want yet?? When you do let me know, also tell me if it is a boy or girl and when your going to get it. Sincerly, Gracie

hello
Thanks for the updates. Thought you would appreciate this story today from Catholic News: Vietnamese nuns protest for return of property Ho Chi Minh City, Mar. 19, 2008 (CWNews.com) - A group of Vietnamese nuns has inaugurated public protests against plans by the government to turn their property into a hotel and night club. The Sisters of St. Vincent in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) are commencing public prayer vigils at a building they once owned, which was seized by the government in 1997. The protests are an echo of the dramatic prayer vigils by Catholics in Hanoi, which prompted the government to promise the restoration of a building that was once the office of the papal nuncio. In Ho Chi Minh City, the contested property was owned by the Sisters of St. Vincent, who operated a day-care center there. In 1975, when the Communist government came to power in southern Vietnam, the nuns acceded to heavy government pressure to open a kindergarten on the site. But in 1997 the government seized the building entirely, and hass subsequently ignored requests for its return. In recent years the government has leased the building to private owners, in order to raise money to support the local administration. A club has been opened in the building, and last year police raided that club, reporting that it was operating as a brothel. Now under the administration of a different government unit, the building has been slated for demolition, with the administrators saying that they will redevelop the property into a hotel and night club. The Sisters of St. Vincent, joined by the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City, have pleaded for restoration of the confiscated building, and the nuns have begun daily prayer vigils to protest the destruction.