Thu, the 16 year old girl featured in the last 2 blogs is still on our hearts in a big way…as I mentioned in the last blog, we (that is  myself, Joni and my wonderful staff of Vietnamese people at our center) were delighted that Thu told us she had STOPPED working at the coffee shop and started coming to our Sunday cell church again. However in the last few weeks she has suddenly stopped showing up again. My staff coordinator, Trang went to her house and met her older brother, a drug dealer….he refused our help to have Thu registered in a special job training project and insisted that “Thu’s family would care for her”…However, looking at his occupation, we have serious doubts about that! Vietnamese families are bound by confucian ethics, and no matter how desperate they are, they will never admit that they need help. Battle with us for Thu’s life that she will come to a truly realization that she must break free from the dysfunctional family ties that will turn her life toward darkness..

Stand with us in the battle!

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