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Back to Vietnam: Tours of the Heart
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R. Bruce Logan (Goodreads Author),

Elaine Head (Goodreads Author)

4.08 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions

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Going Nowhere; Moving Forward

2020: Our Year of Isolation and Inspiration

At this time of the year we are usually planning and packing for another trip to Vietnam to continue our humanitarian work and renew our relationships with family and friends. We are yearning to be there.

COVID travel restrictions have decimated the travel industry and caused widespread loss of income and recent flooding in Hoi An and the Centr

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Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person

by Hugh Prather

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This Is Happiness

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