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Con không thể đợi cho tết hết rồi (I can't wait for Tét to end)

Xin chào mỗi người 

Hello everybody! How are you all this week? This week has been pretty good in Vietnam. After our super slow week last week, this week has been super busy. We have two baptisms set for February and we had a couple of lessons with 8 different people this week! The hardest part about this week is how much we've been inside! 

I dont really have much to report, actually. The highlight of the week for me was contacting, probably. We mostly do that in the evening, and we meet all sorts of interesting people. For instance, at the bus stop this week, this cô (middle aged woman) started giving me a full on vietnamese lesson in pronunciation. Turns out she's a school teacher, and my vietnamese was so bad she just couldn't stand it hahaha. 

As stated earlier, we had a lot of lessons this week. And each lesson I learned a lot from the questions of other people. Funny how being a teacher forces you to learn so much. 

Anyway, this week was good. I will let the pictures do the talking.
Elder Wilkinson 

DQ with Bạn Bình (yeah they got dq here) 

Landmark 81, the tallest building in Vietnam 

Grilled octopus! Yummy

This puppy we met at a restaurant.  It wanted to play so bad, it was so cute
(couldn't get a good picture  sorry)


The view from the senior missionaries apartment 


Alternate view of 81 from the other side of town


Branch tết party!

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