Da Nang 2006
Meet Mr. Tran Cau
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Prior to our arrival in Da Nang I knew that we were going to be in need of a national to help us make the necessary connections for building materials and the permission needed from the local
The lady of depression
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
We met this lady early on in our exploration of the damage done by the typhoon. When we first spoke with her we were standing outside her home in the middle of a down pour and all of her
A shanty town discovered
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
This morning as I was driving my motorbike to one of our projects, I heard someone shouting at me (for me to hear anything on a motorbike is a miracle in itself). It was my housekeeping lady
We have a failure to communicate
Monday, November 20, 2006
Remember this man? I told you last week in the entry, “A good work ethic” that he was a bachelor, well in reality he is not. He is married and has two children. He still has that vicarious
Starting from the ground up
Saturday, November 18, 2006
It’s 9:30 p.m. as I write this. Part of our work team is in the air right now on the way back to Vancouver. The rest of the work team will depart Da Nang on Monday to begin the trip home. I
After arriving in Da Nang on Sunday afternoon we went to dinner on the original site of the famous China Beach. During dinner we met Mr. Le Huynh a poor victim of the Xangsane store. Mr Huynh will have his roof restored because of the generosity of those who contributed to our relief efforts.
