Victoria speaks: "The Vietnam Brothers II"

Victoria, a fresh psychology grad from NUS, is a full-time teacher in a secondary school. She enjoys cooking and that makes many of us in Campus very happy indeed!

Thanks brother Lingpin for sharing such an inspiring story!

By the way, I also wanna sae a BIG THANK YOU to the young ones for making the retreat such an awesome and fun and spiritually inspiring retreat. I love the lessons, the games, the food, the location and most importantly the FELLOWSHIP! I took away many many memories which I will continue to hold dear to my heart.

I was going to type about another interesting conversation I had with a cab driver today. I was going home today in a cab as I was running some errands with yet again too many things to carry. So while I was travelling home, this uncle started talking to me about whether I believe in the gift of the spirit aka like speaking in tongues, etc. I had a lively conversation with him (note I sae conversation; NOT DEBATE!) I alighted the cab and came home, bathed, prepared my lesson plans and my contact time with the students (I am now promoted to be a form teacher... Please pray for me) and then I read Lingpin's email.

I must admit, I was quite blown away by the perseverance of the Vietnamese brothers and sisters...

If I was born in that country, I think I would never have the amount of faith and love to endure such persecution man! And it's not a one-off incident nor a just-in-the-workplace persecution. It's a DAILY persecution. At the moment I was happily chatting with the cab drivers about Christianity, perhaps some Vietnamese brother/sister is going thru some interrogation by the police. This example might be a bit extreme but I felt that this was exactly the level of taking-for-granted I have reached.

To me, talking about Christianity to strangers is no longer a blessing or a golden opportunity by God. I have seen it as a given right. It made me think what other things I have perceived as a given right, and it's a LOOOoooooOOOng list. Which I might share another day but I got to sleep soon.

Nights everyone! :)