Yes, that is a sister driving. The convent is building a new chapel, and because they are not rich, it is important to find as much free stuff as possible. There was a large pile of rubble next to the football field. Since the sisters needed fill for the foundation, well, one of them had to learn how to drive the truck. And here is Sr. The showing off her skills (her name is really just The). It took the sisters about 15 hours and seven trips to load the pile. And who helped? Me and Bill, of course. I shoveled, and Bill rode the truck. Since it is a green truck, Bill looked like he was on a float at the St. Patrick's Day Parade.
Here are the good sisters at work on the pile. And yes, they never stop smiling. I got a blister from shoveling, so the next day I got lots of sympathy. It's always a good way to get attention. They assured me I would live another day to help them.
We met with Mother Superior Mai and had some incredible tea. I need to ask her what it was. You can see Fr. Hien on the right. Sr. Hanh is second on the right. She came back last year from studying in Australia, and she's a crack up. Again, everyone smiles.
This is the site of the new chapel. To the right is the new building for the novices. There are no big cement machines, it is all mixed by hand and then applied by hand. All of this is built on former rice paddies.
The sisters have a small store where we stopped before coming back to the bishop's house. Sr. Chieu helped me to select two towels for my shower. Dinh took this picture for me. Let me know if you see anything you'd like me to bring back to the states.
