The fourth and final village on our first day

We continued to climb the steep mountain roads.  I began to wonder how long it would take us to get all the way back to the river boat.

The fourth and final village of the day had more Christians in need.    See the beautiful tile floor in the room where they have worship services?  These people are loving, dedicated Christians and they do not fear having services in their villages even though Lao is a communist country.  They make every effort for the place of worship to be kept clean and ready for services.

Again, funds were given to a number of families to help them with their purchase of food.   The old lady in the green shirt in the front of this picture is very old and her 12 year old niece takes care of her.   Their house is the last one in this post.  The front is woven bamboo pieces and the roof is straw.  Ron had a picture of the inside of her house in his power point last year but we did not go inside on this trip.

Taking a boat back across the Mekong River to Luang Prabang after a very long and tiring day.   I think the picture shows we were both having a bad hair day from the wind from our motorcycle taxi called a Tuk Tuk.   But, we are still smiling, safe and wealthy after seeing how the people live that we have just visited.    We were thankful for another safe day and happy, knowing the people had a brighter day because of the loving donations from Christians in the USA.  Everyone was told to thank God and their fellow Christians for the help.   They definitely were thankful.