What began, seemingly ages ago but really less than a decade, is coming to fruition.  Yen and One (seated at the table) are two of our students who have graduated from school and are now going to college here in Vietnam.

Phuc, who was among our earliest graduates, is about to be married to a young man she herself led to Christ.  Phuc graduated from school and went to Four Seas College of Bible in Singapore.  I remember so well Phuc's conversion story.  They were my early days in Saigon.  I could not speak Vietnamese and she could not speak English - but she could read it.  I bought her a cell phone so we could text one another.  That meant I had to learn to text.  I also bought her an English/Vietnamese dictionary.  At night, after she had finished her homework, we would text one another.  We did this for a few months and she finally said she wished to be baptized. We set a day, her only day out of school. It was on Sunday and Frenchy had to preach so I asked him to come take her confession and explain things to her early that morning.  Then, we drove four hours to the beach for the baptism.  Our work has come a long way, and so has she.  With her training at Four Seas, and her more recent additional training in Childhood Education in Saigon, she is the prime candidate to head our school in Can Tho when we begin it next year.  By the way, if you would like to give her a wedding gift, mark it for "Phuc" and send it to the Texas Address below.