{"id":1037,"date":"2015-10-29T14:30:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T18:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/?p=1037"},"modified":"2015-10-28T23:09:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T03:09:25","slug":"vietnam-verse-one-a-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/2015\/10\/29\/vietnam-verse-one-a-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on Vietnam – Verse One: A Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

I first posted about the Brittany\u2019s Hope\/Elizabethtown College service learning trip to Vietnam<\/a><\/strong> on April 6<\/a>. After much time and reflection, here is the post-trip summary of the trip [May 18 \u2013 June 3] in Five Verses.<\/span><\/p>\n

Verse One: A Moment \u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Roundboats<\/a>
Round boats on a beach in Vietnam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mid-afternoon on a sandy beach. A brilliant blue sky and intense sun above. The temperature was 101 degrees Fahrenheit. The heat index 112. Before me a group of Vietnamese youth and American college students were dancing exuberantly to a mix of American and Vietnamese songs.\u00a0\u00a0It was their third consecutive dance and I wasn\u2019t certain they planned to stop soon.<\/span><\/p>\n

A long moment of feeling at peace, followed by a briefer moment –\u00a0I was truly there, in Cam Ranh, halfway across the world, embracing the heat, the humidity, a myriad of pungent odors, and a different sense of order and organization. We had come a long way, 8,816 miles to be exact, in a very short time.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"American<\/a>
Still dancing at dusk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just two weeks previously, as we had our final preparation meeting for our trip to Vietnam, we (adults and students alike) had been bemoaning\/dreading the anticipated heat and humidity. And yet, here we were, almost relishing it, well, certainly tolerating it, and preferring to move with newfound friends in the bright sunlight rather than to sit in the shade with fans.\u00a0\u00a0I considered joining the dance, paused, and turned to the water instead. Embrace is a relative concept.<\/span><\/p>\n

[Verses 2-5…to be continued]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I first posted about the Brittany\u2019s Hope\/Elizabethtown College service learning trip to Vietnam on April 6. After much time and reflection, here is the post-trip summary of the trip [May 18 \u2013 June 3] in Five Verses. Verse One: A …<\/p>\n

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