Johnny, Me, Thao, and Dan. My Mother’s side of the family.

Now starts the second week of my adventure in Laos. This summer marks my second time visiting Laos since I was 13 years old. It was such a blessing for my cousins, Thao and Johnny to come all the way from Pakse to visit me. I would say that Thao, although only 26,  is like an Aunt to me the way she always makes sure I do my homework, brush my teeth, etc. I have not seen these two sine my last visit. They have been helping me to figure out the alphabet with its many tone rules and pronunciations. I must say, that learning the alphabet is a little difficult for me to pick up quickly since the Lao language is a tonal language, but that’s not stopping me from trying my absolute best to perfect my speaking skills!