We landed back in Hanoi late Monday night (11pm,
July 28th). The whole trip went smoothly – from Russell’s parents driving us to O’Hara airport in Chicago, the flight to Seoul, our layover, and our flight to Hanoi. We even ran into someone we met in Malaysia this year while at the Seoul Airport. Everyone traveled comfortably and stayed healthy. All our luggage, including Joseph’s guitar arrived safe and sound. We are truly thankful for all the blessings on this trip.
After arriving back to our house, we were able to get Brittany to bed around 2:15a.m., which she was pretty excited about as she said “the latest I have stayed up is 1a.m.”. Amazingly we have adjusted to the time zone quickly and are just about on Hanoi time.
On Tuesday as we began to settle back in we foundwe had a house guest who had been making himself comfortable while we were gone: a rat. At least I am hoping there is only one - as I caught him today. But the rat trap is set again just in case. We found a whole bunch of candy wrappers in the back of the refrigerator, open and sticky with many pieces of paper stuck together. It had made a cozy nest. Our guest also liked raw pasta, finishing off a whole package and, though there is no evidence of smores being made, a whole bag of marshmallow was also consumed.
As you might guess, it is a little warmer here. We have created rooms of refuge, running the air conditioner on the “Dry” setting and cooling the room down to about 85 degrees. This has certainly helped as we unpack, sweat, and get used to the heat and humidity again. No baking for a while. We are grateful for air conditioning!
This summer went by too quickly: June saw us in 4 states (California, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Colorado). In July, we were in Monee, Lake Villa, Champaign-Urbana, Bloomington, White Heath, Bartlett, Springfield, and Naperville (thankfully all in Illinois.) We had so many great visits with friends and family but still had many more friends and family we wished we could have seen. How rich we are to have friends like all of you! We truly felt your love and support. Thank you!!
We would love to hear how you are doing. Please write us at: rafryer@gmail.com
One last word: Our house is always open for you to visit. Just come on over!
Russell, Ann, Joseph and Brittany
