Grace and peace to you our brothers and sisters in Christ our Lord and Savior. God’s love flows into our hearts and we rejoice in the ministry for His glory and want to fulfill His mission.
As we reported before, my wife and I moved to the Northern Part of Vietnam (Nha Trang, the capitol of the Khanh Hoa province) to get to know the culture and habits of the population. Very close to our house, around 650 feet away, we saw a territory that was fenced in with a playground on it.
We began to wonder what this place was. After asking around we found out that this is a home for orphans. We started to pray for this home. Every time we passed by, we prayed for this home so that we would be able to serve this home. When we were preparing for the Christmas Service, our first thought was to go there. We went to the orphan’s house and told them about what we were organizing a Christmas service for children, but we were not able to understand each other because we didn’t speak the same language.
We decided to visit another home for orphans as well that was around 12 miles away. However, on Dec 24th, when we arrived for the Christmas service we were surprised to see them here arriving on their bicycles. Again, we were not able to communicate (our interpreters were supposed to arrive later) and we thought how can they come with us driving 12 miles on the bicycles. It turns out that God had heard our prayers and had opened the doors to the orphan’s home in our neighborhood that we were praying about. Halleluiah! We had 16 people in our group, eight from our team and eight from Vietnam. Two were unbelievers but seem to be on the way to find the Lord. One of them, her name is Nyam, burst out in tears when we prayed for her and gave her the Gospel. When we arrived at the Orphan’s house the children were standing outside and waiting for us. They are abandoned by their parents. In this home, they live within a group that simulates a family with around 8-10 children with one mother who is the head of the group and also responsible to nurture them.
Dear friends, we were able to bless around 60 children with a toy, candies, and juice. I am not able to put it into words how greatly God blessed us. Thank you very much for your prayers and your sacrificial hearts.
We visited them to see how they live and saw that according to the circumstances the conditions are good. But what they need is love – the love of Christ. We promised to visit the one family that we met, every week and have discussions with them. Please pray for us and the family, they have 8 children. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your eagerness for the Lord, the prayers and the support of our ministry in Vietnam.
Ministry in Vietnam – Aleksandr & Irina Kulpin