D21Today was so special. Paul, the Pastor, teacher, orphanage volunteer and Vietnam history buff met us at the hotel and we embarked on our day of tribute to Twila Donelson, our baby girl's great grandmother. Operation Babylift was a mission undertaken by U.S. troops and the government under President Gerald Ford to get thousands of displaced Vietnamese children out of the country. President Ford allocated funds to rescue 2,000 orphans and called it Operation B...

Today we woke early and drove two hours to the Cu Chi tunnels. The drive was pretty awful because Jason and I ate something bad yesterday and were up all night...I'll spare the details. I thought I'd be fine. I wasn't. But I sucked it up like a big girl and made the drive with the family. Although I will say TB was better behaved than I. The Cu Chi tunnels were quite interesting. Spanning three levels from 3-18 meters deep the tunnels were built by hand using s...

D19: Today we packed up with our brand new wardrobe and flew to Saigon. We wanted to wear the new suits but since it was a million degrees outside, we decided not to. Saigon, or Ho Chi Minh City, is the biggest city in Vietnam, with a population of 13 million people in the metropolitan area. It was renamed Ho Chi Minh City after the general Ho Chi Minh in 1976 but colloquially is still referred to as Saigon by most people. Polluted, busy, hot and with terr...

D18 Today Jason and I had the opportunity to do one of our favorite activities in life. We went for SCUBA!!!! Who knew the coast of Vietnam had some of the most beautiful coral I've ever seen?! Mom begged us to go so she could have uninterrupted time with TB. That's a joke actually because TB does not do well being away from mommy for more than two hours. But Grammer offered because she loves us all so much. And TB tested the waters for sure. Grandad says she ...

D17: We started early today heading to Da Nang so I could hit a meeting with a bunch of American ex-pats. Then we went to Sun World, the most random tourist destination one would expect in this area. The place attracts Korean tourists by the busload. Koreans love taking pictures, especially women posing like models and everyone has their own selfie stick. As usual, Twila Beth had a fan club and we were stopping all day so people could photograph her. Sun Wo...