VHMM Day 5, Part 2 - Mission Complete (Barangay 105)

Vietnamese Houston Medical Mission
Day 5, Part 2

VHMM Day 5, Part 1 - Going Awry (Barangay 12)

Vietnamese Houston Medical Mission
Day 5, Part 1

VHMM Day 4, Part 2 - Deep Appreciation (Barangay 70)

Vietnamese Houston Medical Mission
Day 4, Part 2

VHMM Day 4, Part 1 - Storm Surge (Salvacion, Sagkahan)

Vietnamese Houston Medical Mission
Day 4

VHMM Day 3, Part 2 - Sad Pasko (Costa Brava, Ship Graveyard)

Vietnamese Houston Medical Mission
Day 3, Part 2

VHMM Day 3, Part 1 - Dead Bodies (Sitio Kataisan, Fisherman's Village)

Vietnamese Houston Medical Mission
Day 3, Part 1

VHMM Day 2 - Getting in the Groove (Alangalang, Santa Fe, Dulag)

Vietnamese Houston Medical Mission
Day 2

VHMM Day 1, Part 1 - Drinking from a Firehose

Vietnamese Houston Medical Mission
Day 1, Part 1

The first half of the day felt like we were drinking from a firehose. There was a lot going on at one time, but we all pulled together to help out around 350 patients in the town of Tabango.

My Visit to Agape International Missions (AIM)

During our most recent visit to Cambodia, I went on a tour of Agape International Missions' facilities in Svey Pak. When it comes to fighting sex trafficking and creating a strong program for rehabilitation and reentry into regular society, AIM is absolutely killing it. Here's how this visit and our day unfolded.

Update on Medical Mission Trip to Tacloban, Philippines (Part 3)

We're only a few more days away from the start of our medical mission trip to Tacloban, Philippines.

We're excited for what is shaping up to be a well-organized and coordinated outreach effort to assist those still very much in need of help after Typhoon Haiyan.

Here's an update from Fr. Anthony.

Difficult Changes, Situations Facing the OBV Vietnam Girls

The closer I get to girls of the OBV Vietnam house, the more privy I am to their personal stories, which in turn makes me feel that much more responsible for their safety.

It's a bitter pill to swallow when I find out that a couple of the girls are taken from or decide on their own volition to leave the OBV house, or when I hear that the father of one of the girls who sexually abused her is about to be released from prison in a year.

Here are a few updates on some of the lives of the girls of the OBV Vietnam house. Names withheld for obvious reasons, etc. etc.

Update on Medical Mission Trip to Tacloban, Philippines (Part 2)

Here's an update we received on our upcoming one-week medical mission trip to Tacloban, Philippines.

Prostitution Investigation Recap (HCMC, Dec 30, 2013)

My report to Fr. Martino and OBV leadership about my undercover prostitution investigation in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, conducted on Monday, December 30, 2013.