Communism .................... It SUCKS!

To tell you the truth, I can't remember exactly what has happened since I last wrote. All my days seem to fade into one. Yesterday we had another clinic at the Kim Do Compassionate home and we saw 300 children and elderly adults. This home is ran by the cutest and sweetest catholic nuns. We saw some REALLY sick kids! Their were even a couple that if they don't get further medical attention (way more than we can provide at our little clinics) they will probably die. This whole trip has been the biggest wake up call to me. We were there for a total of 14 hours and then the nuns had a little thank you ceremony after the everyone had been seen : )

Can I just say that communism sucks! I mean, I knew it wasn't a spectacular thing or anything, but now I can say from experience that it's no bueno. The whole time we were there, the government officials were trying to shut us down. Apparently there were times when we needed to be guarded (the governors guards) to prevent anyone from being arrested. The government feels that we are making them look bad, because it seems that they cannot take care of their people. Well DUH, we wouldn't be there if they could!!! The nuns will probably be arrested today, to make an example out of them to the village. They know this and they don't seem to care, because they have an unconditional love for the people they serve. It is amazing to me how the people that have the least to give, give the most.

We were suppose to go to the Sweetwater clinic today, but we have already been told that we cannot go. The government officials are already there. It doesn't matter if it is COPI's building and that they paid for it, we are not allowed to visit. We are still negotiating if we can even go and have lunch with the nuns that work there. So right now I'm kinda upset. These people have been waiting since December for us to come. The nuns have been preparing weeks for us and the children need the care that we are there to provide. But because of "the way it looks" and "we did not do the proper paper work" we cannot go. I just found out that we are actually getting kicked out of the Province of Hue. That's new, I've never been kicked out of a city before. The government follows us wherever we go. We cannot escape them!!

On a lighter note though, the hotel is fabulous and it's right on the beach of the China sea. To bad we are getting kicked out : ) The weather is an awesome 80 degrees and I'm absolutely loving that part of the trip.