We stayed in a quaint hotel, thin and narrow with rooms in every nook and cranny. We got a GREAT deal for our rooms, but also because they were on the 5th floor- with no elevators! Lets just say I got an intense leg workout for a week!
We spent two of our days conducting leadership training for two different groups- and that was a brand new experience for me! Dave has been training in Vietnam for a few years with these groups, so it was great learning from him. Of COURSE we had the usual cross-cultural mis-communcation. This is how it went. We were DRIVING to the training room where we were told it was an experienced group ready to learn book 3...
Us: "So you want us to teach book 3, lesson 1 and 2?"
local: "yes..."
Us: "So, everyone has the books?"
local: "yes. we have 1."
Us: "wait, so you only have 1 book 3?"
local. "yes."
Us: "how many new people are there?"
local: "yes. we have 1."
Us: "wait, so you only have 1 book 3?"
local. "yes."
Us: "how many new people are there?"
local: "about 35."
Us: "Uh...how many are actually on book 3?"
Us: "Uh...how many are actually on book 3?"
local: "....about 4 or 5."
Us: "So you want us to teach book 1 lesson 1 and 2?"
Us: "So you want us to teach book 1 lesson 1 and 2?"
local: "yes."
Dave and I look at each other in the back seat thinking. "....oh boy...."
Dave and I look at each other in the back seat thinking. "....oh boy...."
We walk into a room of 47 students, 4 of them are on book 3. You get the drift. SO...since we didn't HAVE book one, we trained for 3 hours based on our memory of that book- and this is a little how it went:
Dave: While translator is translating, Dave turns back to me and whispers "you ready for the next part because I don't know what comes next!"
me: "Yep! Ready!" I got up and taught for a bit, then give him the blank stare of ..."uh...so....about that training...."
Dave takes the lead. And cycle continued for 3 hours. :) It is by God's grace those students learned anything! :) hahahaha Gotta love it.
By the end of our trip, we had met with some Incredible leaders who are leading house church movements, small church congregations, and Bible student students who are transforming their communities. 
Would I have ever expected to be training in Vietnam? NEVER. And that is why it when I give the Lord the reigns of my life, I am Never dissapoinetd. These experiences are just threads of the tapestry of my life, and I can't wait to see how they all come together....
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where theives break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where theives do not break in and steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." -Jesus
