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June 2021 Highlights

Dear ministry partners, Vietnam is facing the most severe 4th wave of covid-19 ever. Almost all activities are frozen. All churches across the country are not allowed to gather more than 20 people. Particularly in Ho Chi Minh City (HCM), which is the hardest hit because the number of cases increase the most in the country every day, the churches are not allowed to gather more than 3 people. CCI classes everywhere have been suspended for more than 2 months now, only the CCI class in Hanoi continues to teach online and shortly HCM will open an online class for some working people. We are designing lesson plans suitable for working people.

At the end of June and the beginning of July, we are going to open 2 seminars on “Love and Biblical Dating”. This seminar is going to be taught every evening of the week and last 8 weeks (2 months); a fully online seminar. The first online Seminar opened on June 30 with 48 attendees, exceeding expectations from many provinces. By doing it this way, many young people will know about CCI. Pastor Y and Ms. H will take turns teaching this seminar.

Society and public issues are sensitive in Vietnam. In hoping to contribute instructions to church leaders and Christians, Pastor Y wrote a short paper of “Bribery: How should the churches in Vietnam respond theologically and practically?” It is available on acamedia.edu HERE.

Thank you for your prayers and support. CCI Vietnam National Director

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Testimony from a God's Financial Principles Seminar (GFP) student "I have been a Christian for many years, but lacked understanding about the gospel. I thought that I should not give anything to the Lord, because He is the Lord of the universe. I thought that the teaching of giving is man’s idea. After learning this course, I recognized that Christians are given the privilege to give, to contribute for God’s work. By the teaching of brother Than, I steadily understood that giving is God’s teaching, and it is also a blessing. My wife and I started practicing to give to the church’s ministry. And I recognized that my heart is so happy to give more than receive from someone." From Mr. M, who is the CCI Hmong’s Coordinator "All our Hmong students are living in remote places where the internet connection is very restricted. When Covid-19 is hitting everywhere, it means all CCI’s classes for Hmong people are also closed. Sadly, members in rural areas are unable to connect to other believers on Sundays because most of the church leaders are not able to utilize internet technology to keep their members worshiping. We are just passively waiting for the pandemic to end to return to normal activities. Besides, assisting a pastor at a local church, I am spending my time teaching English to some children in our church. This is a good opportunity to lead these children to understand more about the bible and to pray for them before we start the session. The rest of my time during this season focuses on translating Book#5 into Hmong and designing books before it is sent to the printing company."

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Prayer Requests & Praises 1)     In response to the need of church workers, our team decided to start our very first CCI online class. This class is designed to synchronous learning. Students will meet 2 hours a week to listen to lectures. If the situation gets better, we are going to meet in person. 2)     Pray for our translation project, we are going to finish translating Bible Centre for Pastors (BTCP) books into Hmong. One of the challenges with the Hmong language is lack of technical terms. 3)     Pray for the health and protection of every CCI teacher and staff. Vietnam is facing very difficult times due to the 4th wave of Covid-19 hitting our country, especially Ho Chi Minh City which has more than 400 cases every day. 4)     Pray for God’s provision for everyone. The necessities in big cities are showing signs of running out.

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