Day 6 - Last day in Dong Thap

While 7 of our crazy and brave team members decided to ride 100 miles
to Saigon, the rest of us finished our day in Dong Thap Province in
the town of Sa Dec. It was another hot day (but we won't complain:)).

The medical team saw an additional 300 people today - that's over 1100
patients in just a few short days. They go in to a site and turn it
over to a "clinic" quite quick and then start moving the hundreds of
people through their stations. We had one short moment of panic when
our lead doctor (Jenn) got lost going to the site on a "xe
om" (scooter taxi), but she was never worried after all we're a pretty
big group that stand out everywhere we go. Our team of doctors also
stopped in at one of our orphanages and checked on a few children
ranging from 10 months to 15 years old.

The home team on their last work day did 2 home renovations - putting
up some tin sheeting for a roof and thatched or wooden planks for
walls. Their team was a bit smaller for the day but they worked well
and was relieved when they realized that they had finished the work
week without major injuries!

At the distribution site it was our craziest day - when the team
arrived they were mobbed by hundreds of kids so curious to find out
why we were there. There was no sense of personal space and all the
"catalyst kids" were overwhelmed. Once we got it under control we had
about 200 waiting to play while another 500 looking on. The fun thing
we added today was a birthday party - one of the catalyst staff was
surprised with a 3 tier cake, song and presents - we served cake to
300 in about 20 minutes - it didn't matter if they had a plate or not!
We were done giving out food and bikes to 30 of our scholarship
program children by noon and got on the bus to go to Saigon.

All of us would make it to Saigon at various times during the evening.
We checked into our nicest hotel of the week for a quick "nap" before
leaving the next morning early for our last work day.