Welcome, Welcome Sabbath Morning

We had a great day today! We played the lazy card during the morning time, then went to lunch. We sought after a dish that our little waitress girl recommended. This dish was called Bun Ba Nam Bo. This was another great local dish. After lunch,  we flagged down a taxi and went to church. The pictures below are of the church building.


Our time at church was amazing. It started out by meeting the missionaries.  Elder Pham and Elder Hue we the two assigned there. However,  they cannot proselyte,  so their title was to be a branch builder instead of being a missionary. Crazy enough, Elder Pham went to Alta High School and knows Marlee Matta (Spike's Cousin). The Senior Missionaries showed up shortly later. Elder amd Sister Jones are 71, had riden over 6000 miles on their bikes since being in Vietnam, and are from Idaho. Crazy enough again, they live near Rigby and know the Cammacks  (Shelley's Cousins). The church service was a lot of fun. We had to wear the translation headphones as a young man translated for us. The talks were fairly short. The Branch President needed to fill in some time, but did very well. The church was located right next to a karaoke bar, so there was super loud music and bad singing penetrating the thin walls of the church. Also, we witnessed one young boy thump another kid on the head with a thick lesson manual.
We went to Sunday School with the youth.  Those kids did so good talking about how to invite others to come to church. Everyone participated and they even role played. It was a great lesson. Below is a picture of Shelley with all the kids and their American teacher Anita. Anita works for  furniture company in Vietnam amd China that supplies to the US market.



In Priesthod I learned that one of the 19 year old youth that was translating for us is also the Young Mens President. Crazy eh?!? A young man named Vuong was a great friend to sit by. He just wanted to talk and better his English. He was baptized 5 months ago and is the only member in his family. He is studying communication at "university". Very nice guy.
There was also a baptism today after church. The water was cold and contained within a portable font. It was a fun experience. After the baptism, Elder and Sister Jones invited us to their apartment for dinner. They are service missionaries who find and work on humanitarian projects the entire two years they are here. Dinner and talking with them was awesome because they have been to every country in Southeast Asia and had so many exciting stories to share. They told us of things to do I  Cambodia, Thailand, Nepal and the Philippines.  We had a great night amd experience at church today.