We left Ban Lung and headed deep into the mountains to the village of Khom Mum (I think that's how you spell it - it isn't on the map).
Once again we saw a lot of military and police presence because the Governor was to be at the distribution.
The drama team set up and about half way through the Governor showed up. The Governor is a woman, which I understand from Jim is rather rare. He said she is the first one he has seen.
The people gathered close to see the drama teams presentation and there were lots of smiles and ahhs at different parts. At dinner tonight, Jim said that there were several people asking if we could stay longer .. they wanted more. Good job drama team!
The government agency took over the distribution of the rice. We did an honorary handing of the bags but the officials and military took over the handing it out. Since we were free from handing out the bags or toting them, I gave the team kids several books of stickers to start handing out to the children.
We also handed out the vitamins and the Gospels.
We packed up and headed down the road. We had an 8-10 hour ride back to Kampong Cham where we are spending the night.
A long trip!
Sali
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