Vietnamese Culture Camp

Long five hour drive to Minneapolis with lots of traffic slowing us down. Today was our first full day at camp at St. Olaf College in Northfield MN. I do feel like I am camping due to the fact that everyone stays in the dorm. The kids in Jasmine's group (Grade 4-5) learned Vietnamese arts and crafts (sort of), a Vietnamese Amazing Race where they learned Vietnamese names for various foods and colors before moving on to the next station, Jiu Jitsu and Tae Kwon Do and wrapping a Vietnamese roll. The parents day was heavy with discussions on how to talk to kids about how they came to be in an orphanage, racial issues, suicide- which is very high in adoptees, etc. Everyone brings their scooters:) Learning how to wrap the Vietnamese egg roll.