In a Rocket Made of IceBy: Gail Gutradt In 1997 Wayne Dale Matthysse, a former Marine Corps medic who served in Vietnam, returned to South East Asia offer his service . With Vandin San, a brilliant young Cambodian aid worker, he transformed Wat Opot, a haunted scrubland behind a ruined temple, into a place of healing and respite. Here children with or orphaned by HIV AIDSthe first generation of children to grow up with AIDScould find a new family, and live outside of fear