Jesus in Vietnam Ministries

We are so excited to have 22 children signed up to attend our VBS Camp from the Montagnard village of Tanh Linh. This is new ground for us. Please pray for God’s protection on their families and He will give them the strength to stand firm against any persecution that the enemy might use to discourage them from attending.

A few years ago, we met Pastor Hai from Da Lat, a city in the central highlands of Vietnam. Pastor Hai is also a music teacher, both in song and instruments. In 2018 he brought several of the youth from his church to lead worship at our VBS Camp. Pastor Hai and his group will be returning again this year to serve at our VBS Camp. We have 3 Worship sessions each day at VBS Camp, morning, afternoon, and evening. Please pray, as Pastor Hai and his youth lead us in worship, every one will experience what is written in Psalm 34:3 “Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt His Name together.”

Break out sessions at this year’s VBS Camp will be taught by Pastor Tu (non-believers), Pastor Tu’s wife Thuong (children 7 years and under), and Pastor Hai (believers 8 years and older). Please pray each teacher will be led by the Holy Spirit in a way each child will understand the truth of the Gospel and be drawn closer to God.

We held our meeting to ask for volunteers to help during our VBS Camp. Praise God as every position was taken, except no one volunteered to clean the restrooms. So, we volunteered to do it. Plus, we’ll oversee any area that needs help. Please pray for strength and endurance for us as during VBS we get up at 4 am and in bed at 10 pm.

We praise God and thank each of you who have given to our building fund to build a 2nd orphanage/love house to be able to separate the boys from the girls as many are entering their teenage years. Plus, this will give us the room to take in many more children. Please pray God will provide the remaining funds needed so we might start construction after our VBS Camp is over.

Please keep Mr. Ba Phuoc in your prayers that God would continue to strengthen him and protect him from developing any more blood clots in the future.

Please pray also for Mai’s sister, Nga, who shared with Mai she has a large lump on one of her breasts. Nga is very fearful of going to the doctor. God gave us favor with Nga and she agreed to go to Saigon to get checked out. Please pray God will comfort Nga and she will not have cancer.

Please pray God will open the door for us to publish Mai’s Eternal Way Gospel message on our next trip to Vietnam by providing someone in Vietnam to edit her presentation in Vietnamese.

Over the years God has drawn people to the church through our VBS Camps, Christmas Evangelistic Outreaches, School Program, Mercy Ministry, and weekly witnessing teams. We are always looking for new ways to attract people to the church. As we discussed this in a recent meeting, we discussed 2 possibilities. First, would be an expansion of our mercy food box program. We would give members of the congregation a card/invitation to give out to any family they know who is struggling to put food on the family table. They would let this family know they can take this card to the church to exchange for a mercy food box. Second idea was to hold a community outreach once a month or once a quarter where families could come to receive clothing and household items. One of our nephews in Saigon has a connection with an organization that sells bags of clothing at a very cheap price. We want to explore this connection more as a possible way to provide clothing to needy families in Binh Chau. Please pray God will grant us wisdom and discernment in any decision making as we look into these 2 ways to draw people to the church to meet a physical need, but also have the opportunity to show them the love of Jesus while they are here. And, most importantly, our Lord would provide many opportunities for us to tell them about His love, mercy, and grace for them.

Please pray God will bring a person to Binh Chau with plumbing skills to resolve our ongoing water issues.