Will you find hope in 2022?
Greetings!

A new year of 2022 has come! A word that comes to my mind for this new year 2022 is HOPEFUL.

  • I remembered a new year when I ended up in a hospital on February of 2017, due to my second son’s health and he passed away in a hospital.
  • I remembered the year that my twin girls were born.
  • I remembered the year that I graduated from college and moved to Ho Chi Minh City to be trained by Campus Crusade for Christ of Vietnam. It has been 20 years of my full-time serving as church a planter, a pastor and a bible teacher.

Many years ago, I had a desire of serving God in my hometown. Several times, I tried to return home, but I failed. I understood that God had better plans and ways for me as He allowed me to start ministries in southern Vietnam. Recently, my passion of returning home has been kindled. My family is willing to follow the plan that God has put forth for us. We are waiting for God’s provision and ready to return for long-term settlement at any time.

Psalm 65 “You crown the year with your goodness; your footsteps drop prosperity behind them.” (ISV). This Psalm is considered a Psalm of praise and thanks to God for His goodness. It was apparently sung after the spring rains came and refreshed the earth. 

I had been through a particularly bad and dry season. This year is new hope for me personally and ministerially. But as Henri Nouwen said, “Hope is not dependent on peace in the land, justice in the world, and success in business. Hope is willing to leave unanswered questions unanswered and unknown futures unknown. Hope makes you see God’s guiding hand not only in the gentle and pleasant moments but also in the shadows of disappointment and darkness.”

I am excited to see God’s plan open for this new year. I am grateful for your companion in this new journey ahead. God is always with us, His promises are true, He is at work all around us.
Thank you for your prayers and your support,
CCI Vietnam National Director
Praise God! After several months of waiting for meeting restrictions to be lifted due to covid-19, this January there were three CCI’s classes that graduated. One class graduated on January 11, a central Vietnam CCI class organized the graduation ceremony online with 16 graduates. January 12, the CCI’s class for Stieng tribe graduated with 13 graduates. The last one was on January 18 for CCI’s class in a southern city with 14 graduates.
Graduates of Stieng tribe
Graduates in a south Vietnam city
Graduation Online (central Vietnam CCI Class)

Faces blurred to protect identities
Testimonies
From a CCI Graduate:
“I would like to thank the Lord who opened the door for me to be trained by CCI during more than 2 years. Being a leader of a pastor’s group, I was really concerned for my followers who need to be trained and equipped. I met the CCI Vietnam National Director and listened as he shared the curriculum, and I said this is what we need.

This training has helped me built a solid foundation of the gospel. It increased our biblical knowledge and consolidated our ministry skills. Personally, I was challenged to stay close to the bible by reading it daily and expository preaching better.”
Pastor D, Lead pastor
From a CCI Student:
"My name is Miss K and I am 20 years old. It was my first time attending the seminar on Love and Biblical Dating. This course helps me understand technically what true love is and learn to recognize Mr. Right (right person). It is wrong to think that a Christian can date a non-believer for the purpose of converting them over to Christianity. It is called missionary dating. I learned that the Bible says our most important relationships should be with fellow believers."
Miss K
Prayer Requests & Praises

1.     Pray for all churches to return to normal activity and that all CCI classes will start teaching in person again, especially in central Vietnam and the northern Vietnam areas.
2.    Pray for Pastor N’s son, who is in the second year of college. May God provide him with the tuition fee so he can finish his studies at the college.
3.    Pray for a new class to open for the Hmong tribe.
4.    The CCI Vietnam National Director and his family are planning to return to their hometown in central highland. To do this, they are asking God to raise someone to lead his church and pray that God will provide around $40,000 to build a house. His vision is for this house to be a training center for church leaders.
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