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19 July 2015

Linh's New Beau & Church!?

I finally got to meet Linh's new "friend" = Thomas (Investigator, WV Department of Revenue) - top pic from l to r = me, Thomas, Linh, Long (Linh's 15 year old brother).
I also finally had a chance to go to Linh's favorite church (City Church). They always have a 5-piece band (bottom pic), lots of songs/music, short sermon with short, small-group discussions interspersed throughout the sermon. The congregation = 60+ and the service was very interactive and interesting!.
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Linh Awarded Tuition Waiver & Her Brother "Long"

For "meritorious student achievements" (graduate GPA = 3.88), WVU awarded Linh a 6-credit (= $7,000) tuition waiver for Fall 2015. To date Linh's WVU scholarships & grants have totaled almost $15,000! I am very proud of her!
Linh's brother, Long, arrived in the US on June 11th. He will be returning to Vietnam on August 8th.
Long spent his 1st week attending a 4H summer camp near Morgantown - he and 7 other teenage Vietnamese students were given "grants" to attend the 6-day camp located near Morgantown.
I visited him and Linh this weekend. We took Long to Kennywood amusement park (see www.Kennywood.com) on Saturday - it was Long's and Linh's 1st visit to a US amusement park (top pic)!
The highlight of our Kennywood experience was the Phantom's Revenge roller coaster (see https://www.google.com/search?q=kennywood+phantom's+revenge&biw=1205&bih=535&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CCgQsARqFQoTCMDJyrKW58YCFcLUgAodYDwFtA&dpr=0.85 and http://roller-coasters.wanderbat.com/l/292/Phantom-s-Revenge-at-Kennywood) - they were terrified (235 feet/75 meters drop, 85 MPH/136 KPH) - note my reaction (see bottom pic)! This was Linh's 1st roller coaster!
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