For all of you living in the states, happy Mother's Day.  For everyone else that does not reside in a similar time zone, greetings.  In the morning, we attended a cooking class at a restaurant directly adjacent to a local market.  We were give money and instructed to buy the necessary produce at this market, bargaining if necessary, and upon bringing it back to the restaurant we cooked lunch.

In the afternoon we visited a local water park and spent some time with some Vietnamese orphans.  To say that the experience was incredibly rewarding would be an understatement.  My only contention with the day trip to the water park would be the anxiety of mine and several others directed towards to size of the water slides and their weight capacitances.  Last week we had some elevator problems due to our sizes.  We now know to never reach the maximum occupancy limit of anything here in Vietnam.

Again, the day was very enriching from a personal experience, and I hope that we have more that are similar.  I hope that all is well at your respective home fronts.