Tag: Refugees

Vietnamese boy becomes a believer

“God, please let my brother be waiting in the bay when we pass by.” Though not a Christian, 12-year-old David* offered up this prayer the day he and Tom*, his 16-year-old brother, were trying to escape Vietnam. It was 1980 and hundreds of Vietnamese refugees — known as “boat people” — were fleeing the country in search of a better life.

SIEM REAP, Cambodia

–“God, please let my brother be waiting in the bay when we pass by.” Though not a Christian, 12-year-old David* offered up this prayer the day he and Tom*, his 16-year-old brother, were trying to escape Vietnam. It was 1980 and hundreds of Vietnamese refugees — known as “boat people” — were fleeing the country in search of a better life. Continue reading “Vietnamese boy becomes a believer”