Kids distribution team and today's stuff

I have not posted much about the kids so far as I am not with them during the day. Martha who is with the kids team was kind enough to give me her camera chip so I can post kid pictures. They have been working hard, very hard. Noah was pulled today form distribution to packaging as they needed heavy stuff done and he is a work horse. Jesse appears to be having a ball during the day with her new friends but when she is exhausted at night she says she wants to come home. I suspect she is having fun but would not be disappointed to leave tomorrow. Here are kids sorting and delivering bikes to the catalyst sponsorship kids.The kids have distributed 250 bicycles to girls in the catalyst sponsorship program along with a months worth of food to hundreds of families.

The building team has almost completed two houses in Kien Giang, and have completed three homes in the Dong Thap province in 1.5.days....go builders. The families who the homes are for are working right along with the team.
Caroline is briefing the kids distribution team.

The medical team I don't have a full count, but today alone we completed 313 medical exams. It was a brutal day, the crowds became ugly as people begged to be seen, stole tickets that had been handed out to those who had been chosen to be seen and numerous other ploys to get in. it is so sad to turn people away however there are only so many of us and so much time. I had a women begging me to get her 5 year old in who looked about 2-3 years old. She put my hand on her head to show me she had a fever. I admit I found myself calculation how to sneak medication out of our pharmacy, but really we just can't as the needs go on and on and we must stop somewhere. It is just so heart breaking. I was on crowd control today and ended up doing comic relief for the waiting masses....the Vietnamese think i am REALLY funny, or they were just laughing at me. Either way, I had a ball, made some adorable little friends who followed me all day. Two girls actually rode home and changed into their best clothing and came back just for me to get a picture. I took their address and hope to get the pictures printed in Saigon and mail them the pictures.

I am eating so much, a big difference from my previous four trips, I figured I was sick on every trip as careful as I was so why starve and get sick anyway. I must say I have had some of the most delicious meals and have no had one stomach issue. many on our trip have not been so lucky. Last night, we were served rabbit, okay, I draw the line and the waiter did not know what to do as I went running off screaming with Jesse screaming at my side. Jesse and I have moved to the vegetarian table permanantly. Above is our kids visiting a school and playing duck duck goose with the kids from the school.