Location! Location! Location!
It's settled. After some mad international emailing, it has been settled. The kids and I are assigned to Tam Ky, a city about an hour's drive south of Da Nang. We had been hoping to go to Hue, but our newfound friends from New Zealand were assigned there. I'm quite happy with the placement from what I've been able to read from the info provided by GVN. Yeah, I think it is going to be good and is certain to be a 'cultural immersion.'
We had our second Vietnamese lesson today and Vy is a great teacher. A. is picking up the sounds well, S. is being a little grumpy about it, but doing pretty well. Me? I think I'm a lost cause, but I keep trying. At least I can say that I'm American and I don't understand Vietnamese in Vietnamese. I have a feeling it will come in handy.
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"a mother has remarried and her new husband does not want the children from a previous marriage"
Yes, yes, I realize cultural differences, etc. etc. etc., but...BOGGLE and RAGE.
--Lydia
Amen! I can't even imagine and I think that makes me even more adamant in giving those kids a bit of love. Just don't let me near the parents who abandoned them.
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