Here is a summary of that interview:
Q: Where has
God called you to work now?How
long have you been there?
A: God called
us to work with the Vietnamese people in Vietnam & Malaysia, and we have
been in Malaysia as a base for two and a half years.
Q: Describe
the people and places you serve.
A: We are
reaching out to the Vietnamese workers that work in Malaysia, and sometimes we
also take teams into Vietnam (like the medical missions team we took
recently). Poverty and health
issues are severe in many areas in Vietnam, and for the Vietnamese people in
Malaysia.
Q: Tell me
more about your recent medical mission team?
A: The
purpose of medical trip was to reach out to the communities that need
help. We hope that our outreach will
help the local church to have a voice in its community and with the local
government, hoping that the church can build a relationship with the community
and that the church will be known by the people in the community. We try to evaluate the needs of the
people in the communities we serve, and we try very hard to show them God's
love. We often are able to show
them how to do things in more efficient ways and how to help themselves. On the recent medical trip, we were
able to help many people in those communities, and were able to share with them
in their own churches.
Q: In what
ways do you see the presence of a medical missions team in your area furthering
the Kingdom?
A: We try to
work with the local pastors and churches.
When we take a medical (or other) team to their area, the presence of
the team opens doors for the local church, allowing them to reach out to the
people with a focus on evangelism.
Q: Other
comments or thoughts...
A: Our
medical team members really enjoyed the mission trip.
Editor's note: Here
is a wonderful video of the recent short-term medical mission team trip, put
together by Julia, and set to music by her ("You Are Awesome in this Place,
Mighty God").
