{"id":23456,"date":"2025-07-08T02:11:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T09:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesusinvietnam.com\/?p=23456"},"modified":"2025-08-08T02:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T09:12:11","slug":"june-2025-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jesusinvietnam.com\/?p=23456","title":{"rendered":"June 2025 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"

VBS CAMP 2025 PRAISE REPORT<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We praise God and thank each of you who prayed and supported us to
\nhold our 17th VBS Camp last month. God surly answered ALL our
\nprayers (even with no rain for 3 straight days). The children were
\nshown and shared the love of Jesus over the 4 days with teaching
\nfrom God\u2019s Word on our theme Bible verse of John 3:16. <\/p>\n

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Each morning, afternoon, and evening session started with group Worship,
\na Bible devotion, and then breaking into age group Bible studies. In
\naddition, throughout each day there were plenty of games and crafts
\nfor the children to play. Plus, they were fed 4 meals a day (children
\nhere want a bowl of soup before bedtime) and plenty of snacks
\nthroughout the day. <\/p>\n

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The highlight (as always) of our VBS Camp was when 31 children and 7 adults came forward to ask Jesus into their heart as their Lord and Savior. TO GOD BE THE GLORY!<\/strong> And, God blessed us with a \u201cbonus\u201d as 31 people were baptized on the last day of VBS Camp. WHAT AN AWESOME GOD WE SERVE!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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VBS CAMP LABOR OF LOVE<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We want to especially thank all the kitchen volunteers who prepared and served 4 meals
\neach day to 148 hungry people. Hard work and long hours in a hot, humid kitchen. All with
\nsmiling faces.<\/p>\n

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VBS CAMP BY THE NUMBERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

God blessed us with 148 people here on the church property during the 4 days of our
\nVBS Camp. The breakdown is as follows:
\n90 Children attended.
\n11 Pastor Hai and his youth leaders.
\n23 Adults from Tanh Linh.
\n24 Binh Chau church volunteers.
\nPlus, it\u2019s worth praising our Heavenly Father for again:
\n38 professions of faith.
\n32 Baptized.
\nTake joy in knowing God is using your faithful prayers and financial support to
\nimpact many lives for Jesus here in Vietnam.<\/p>\n

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VBS CAMP FUN AND GAMES<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We thank God for blessing us with the space to have a lot of fun games for the children to
\nplay at our VBS Camp, including our soccer field where we held our bonfire one evening.<\/p>\n

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VBS CAMP BIBLE STUDY CLASSES<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We divided the children at our VBS Camp into 3 Bible classes this year (under 7, 7 to 12, and
\n13 years and older). Some of Pastor Hai\u2019s youth leaders taught the little ones while
\nPastor Tu and Deacon Quang taught the 7 to 12-year-old children. Pastor Hai and his youth
\nleaders taught the older children. All the lessons were Gospel-centered, emphasizing who God is, our disobedience\/sinfulness from the beginning, our need for a Savior, who God sent in His Son Jesus. The lessons were structured where non-believers could understand the Gospel and believers strengthened in their ability to share the Gospel.<\/p>\n

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TANH LINH DISCIPLESHIP CLASSES<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Of the 23 adults from Tanh Linh who attended our VBS Camp this year, 19 of them had already asked Jesus into their heart at one of our previous VBS Camps or Christmas Outreaches. This presented a golden opportunity to hold discipleship classes for the group during the 4 days of VBS Camp. During the second day of training all 4 of the non-believing women came forward to ask Jesus into their heart as their Lord and Savior. Praise the Lord!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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BABY DEDICATION\/BAPTISM<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Pastor Tu and his wife Thuong asked us to perform a baby dedication\/baptism of their one-month old son, Gia Khuong. We believe this act is more about the parents and the church committing to raise Gia Khuong to know the Lord and God\u2019s Word so at his right age of
\nunderstanding of the Gospel, he will be ready to ask Jesus into his heart as his Lord and Savior to receive the gift of Salvation.<\/p>\n

PRAYER REQUESTS<\/p>\n

Please pray God\u2019s protection from persecution will be on the 38 children and adults who accepted Jesus during our VBS Camp and God will give them a desire to grow in their walk with Him by attending Children\u2019s Church and\/or Sunday Worship.<\/p>\n

Since our first outreach to the Montagnard village of Tanh Linh almost 3 years ago, around 120 have now asked Jesus into their heart as their Lord and Savior. Please pray God will open the
\ndoor for us to be able to disciple these many new believers in Tanh Linh by one of the families there willing to open up their house for small group meetings.<\/p>\n

Please pray God will raise up a missionary or missionary couple willing to move to Tanh Linh, be immersed in the community, disciple new believers, and in God\u2019s timing, start a house church there. We are getting ready to start construction on a 2nd orphanage\/love house soon. We are in the process of interviewing\/getting bids from different contractors (our original contractor was not available to start until much later in the year). Please pray God will give us wisdom and discernment in picking the right contractor who will do quality work at a fair price.<\/p>\n

We are still praying and searching for 2 more people to add to the church property
\ndeeds. Please pray God will give us wisdom and lead us to the right people that would
\nhave a heart to oversee God\u2019s work here when the time comes for us to \u201cretire\u201d. Hopefully, many years from now.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you.\u201d I Thessalonians 3:9<\/strong><\/p>\n

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VBS CAMP 2025 PRAISE REPORT We praise God and thank each of you who prayed and supported us to hold our 17th VBS Camp last month. God surly answered ALL our prayers (even with no rain for 3 straight days). The children were shown and shared the love of Jesus over the 4 days with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter","category-website"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesusinvietnam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesusinvietnam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesusinvietnam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesusinvietnam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesusinvietnam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23456"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jesusinvietnam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23476,"href":"https:\/\/jesusinvietnam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23456\/revisions\/23476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesusinvietnam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesusinvietnam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesusinvietnam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}