The Adams' Mission Adventure - Phở real

 This week has come and gone in a blur of busy-ness. We had all kinds of little things each day, and a few bigger things toward the end of the week. They all added up to a major feeling of time flying by, because March is more than half over! Monday was the birthday of Elder Felt in our district, and since it was p-day, he chose to go to a Korean BBQ restaurant for lunch. Vietnam being what it is, we took a Grab to the location, and looked... ...and looked... ... and had to admit that it wasn't there, even though Google maps said it was. So we went to the NEXT mall... ...crossed some dangerous areas... ...and made it safely to the restaurant! (The Mod Squad) I had to decide if I wanted any sashimi... Nope. The REAL celebration came the next day after our District Council Meeting when we had cake and ice cream--homemade banana cake! We filled our week with service and meetings and teaching and preparing...(LOTS of preparing)... Monday afternoon we met a Sister at the dental clinic t...

 We had to change up our week a bit this time, as we had a sister missionary who needed some help at a dental appointment on p-day, and helping missionaries trumps fun days of exploration. Plus, we had a special senior missionary dinner Monday night after the regular missionary devotional. This devotional takes place each Monday at 6:00 pm, and signals that the missionaries' day of preparation and relaxation has now ended and it's time to take up the reigns of missionary work once again. The missionaries take turns teaching the rest of the mission a lesson from Preach My Gospel (PMG) over a zoom meeting.  Today, we watched from the mission president's home with the Howells (mission leaders) and the Bertins, another senior couple who have been acting as the mission office couple, and when it had ended, we all walked to a nearby restaurant for a farewell dinner. The Bertins had arrived just 6 weeks ago. They had been assigned a year ago to serve at the Jerusalem Center, but i...