We were so proud of Sister Loan Pham and Elder Tien Vu, two of our wonderful returned Vietnamese missionaries who were married to each other in late October 2014. They did it right. They went to the temple in Manila, were married, and then came back and had a simple reception in the church building--- Sister Vy managed all the decorations and other members and friends helped with the refreshments.
Yea for the modest dress! She looked beautiful.
We loved Sister Vy's creative decorations, and Sister Ha's wonderful baked creations below for refreshments.
This was a really fun idea-- the "leaves" on the tree are fingerprints from all the guests at the reception-- we got to pick and choose our color, and sign in a matching below on the table.
While in HCMC we were blessed to be able to attend a wonderful baptism-- this is a family of four that were baptized and are very faithful and helpful converts. We are so grateful for them.
What a baptismal font in Vietnam looks like-- set up inside the building or, the case above, in the breezeway of TSN building.
Above and below-- a baptism at TSN branch the same day-- with all the members--so fun to be at two baptism services in Vietnam on the same day!
At Elder Duy Vu's home with his mom and friends-- some visiting from Phnom Penh-- this is shortly after his mission ended.
Above and below-- the next day we traveled about 1.5 hours outside of HCMC to find the home and family of Sister Van, who also just finished her mission recently at this time (she is on far right). They are a wonderful family, all members except the dad who is never at home and works in Ukraine. They made a wonderful meal of pho for us and we had a gospel message together. They run a travel agency out of their home, and also sell beauty products-- Sister Moon was able to buy a sampling. The sister missionaries in Hanoi Sister Tran and Sister Bui also joined us for the trip and helped translate for us. Sister Van's younger sisters and mother are all so wonderful, and treated us so graciously. We were happy we could visit them, and it really helped us realize the significant sacrifice this family makes every Sunday to come to church in Hanoi-- it's an all day trip.
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