Author archives: Michael Hamerlind
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BLOG POST: Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 – 6:05 p.m. in Saigon, VN
My visit with Sr. Goretti (next to me), Sr. Josephine (end) and the other Sisters from the Good Shepherd order.
Yesterday was February 14th. For many people, it's not just like every o[...]
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BLOG POST: Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019 – 7:35 p.m. Ho Chi Minh City, VN
Lighting candles at Ba Thien Hau Temple
It's 3:30 a.m. tomorrow (Wednesday 2/13/19) and my body clock is operating in 2 different worlds. It's seems to be the perfe[...]
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The earth is not flat!
BLOG POST: Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019 – 9:45 p.m. PST
When I was in 1stgrade, I remember being fascinated with a globe that was in the school library at Nativity of Our Lord Catholic School in St. Paul. I studied it with great wonder,[...]
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My original passport issued January 1975 in Vietnam
BLOG POST: Friday, Feb. 8, 2019 - 11:55 p.m. CST
I've got a bucket list. Many people do (everyone SHOULD). Of all the items on this list, seeing where I came from was always #1 - right at the top. I bo[...]
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I'm heading back to the Vietnam on February 9, 2019. I left when I was adopted at the age of approximately 20 months and this will be my first trip back to my country of origin. The fact-finding mission over the past 9 months has been emotional. I plan on bl[...]
