| Love Of Vietnam Expressed by | 1 John 3:16-18 NKJV: By this, we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. |
Official Newsletter of L.O.V.E. | March 2019 |
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A letter from Mark Smith, a longtime sponsor of LOVE: “My name is Mark Smith, I am from Australia. I have been sponsoring a family through LOVE for 12 years now. For a number of years now I have travelled to Da Nang during the TET holidays to visit my sponsored family and to also support a humanitarian day with the assistance of Phuong from LOVE and my friend Thuong.. Phuong and Thuong go to a lot of effort to organize these humanitarian days, many things need to be done including selecting a needy area, identifying individuals in need, organizing with local authorities and arranging the purchase and distribution of gifts. For those that make this happen I know there is much work and I greatly appreciate the efforts of all those involved. For me it is a fun day going into the countryside to a rural town called Que Loc on the back of a motorbike with Phuong and giving out the gifts. Que Loc is a very beautiful place in a valley covered by bright green rice fields and surrounded on all sides by mountains. Life there is difficult for most who barely earn enough to eat. On arrival to the local town hall we waited for the recipients to arrive as we set up the gift packs and organized the paperwork. Once everyone turned up we proceeded to give out the gifts. For me this was the real fun part because everyone was so happy to receive their small gifts just before TET. The result of this day was the distribution of 80 gift packs to mainly elderly people which included a small amount of (lucky) money and cooking items. The staff of LOVE do a wonderful job helping the needy people of Vietnam. I strongly recommend sponsoring a child or family and getting involved as much as possible.” | |||||
Thank you, Mark! | |||||
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Gift packs are ready | LOVE’s staff welcomes people | A group pictures of the local recipients, ward cadres, staff and Mark Smith | |||
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Many of the recievers are poor old ladies. | Another group picture | ||||
EXTRA DONATIONS IN FEBRUARY | |||||
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Phuong with extra class fee | Ngan with new laptop | Hoang’s mother was helped with medical cost. | My’s family got a basic basket. | ||
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Many children were happy to celebrate their birthday by the cash gift from sponsors. | |||||
(Luke 14:13-14 NIV) But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."
(Prov 31:8-9 NIV) "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy."
God bless you for your prayers and financial support for the children!
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