I was asked at the end of my stay in Laos to write a summary report of my findings of the maternity waiting homes. When it came time to me sitting down and writing it, I was politely asked to write it in a diplomatic and polite way. Of course that is reasonable, I felt somewhat awkward providing suggestions and criticisms of the program anyways. Nonetheless, it was strange because I essentially could not be honest. I had to evaluate what criticisms were appropriate before I typed them. It really got me thinking, how is progress going to happen if the people writing it are just being diplomatic and not being realistic about the conditions? I do not think the purpose of this work is to shock people once they get to the field. I think people need to be prepared well ahead of time so they can make the steps to remedy these less than ideal conditions. Nonetheless, you always have to keep in mind who your audience is. In my case, it was a very powerful NGO, a strict national government and a lot of funders who would most likely not want to hear what some white Canadian girl had to say. It just was a bit of concern that I could not be fully honest with what I saw and worried me over the nature of reports that emerge out of projects.