How NW9 was established : Our Saviors - Repost with photo courtesy of Ysa Cosiem

Ông Leon de Riedmatten là người hăng hái và tích cực vận độngđể đưa hơn 300 bộ nhân rời Nong Samet đến miền đất hứa NW9 giữa rừng già ngày 4/18/1980.    Here we are in April again.To most people it is just another month, but to some Vietnamese land refugees April 18th and April 20st, 1980 are the most memorable date in their life, besides the black April 30th, 1975 when the communist took over the South Vietnam and forced them to escape the country On April 18th, 1980, about 300 Vietnamese land refugees were rescued from Nong Samet and moved to NW9 camp. Two days later, another 600 were rescued from Nong Chan in similar...

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Fr. Tom Dunleavy, M.M., Reflections | Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers

Venture deeper. Travel farther. Discern properly. Be a Maryknoll Missioner! The Maryknoll FB Vocations Ministry Group welcomes Fr. Tom Dunleavy M.M. Having served his whole career in Asia, he answers the question, “what do missioners do all day in the missions?”   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYl3YxwZ10A &nb...

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Fw: mot nguoi ngay xua o trai nw 82 than chao Hung/cam on

Than goi Hung, hom nay toi len blog va thay tho goi cho Hung hom truoc da duoc Hung cho len mang de moi nguoi xem.  Doc lai toi thay minh hoi duong dot di xin phep xung chi voi Hung co le vi luc viet tho cho Hung toi qua xuc dong, neu Hung ko thich thi cho toi thanh that xin loi nhe.  Va xin cam on da giu dung loi noi tren blog la se tu dong dang hinh anh va truyen ve trai ti nan duong bo len blog, mac du tho cua toi ko phai la hinh anh ma cung ko phai la truyen. Than chao. Mot nguoi giau ten o Cali. --- On Sun, 6/27/10, nhatoi cho <chonhatoi99@yahoo.com> wrote: From: nhatoi cho <chonhatoi99@yahoo.com> Subject: mot nguoi ngay xua o trai nw 82 than chao Hung To: hungfng2.ttnbg@blogger.com Date: Sunday, June 27, 2010, 5:09 PM Than goi anh...

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Denyse Betchov Gabioud - the savier of Vietnamese refugees

"When the ICRC people came, the women and girls used to run up to them, crying and begging to be rescued. One such morning, a Swiss woman named Denyse Betchov came to visit them. Seeing the girls had been gang-raped repeatedly and many were hemorrhaging, Denyse ordered them put on her truck and sent immediately to Khao I Dang, about fifteen km. away, for treatment. The Para protested and ordered the camp closed, refusing to let her truck inside the fence. The driver of the ICRC truck felt there was nothing he could do and watched the Para guarding both sides of the gate, wielding their guns threateningly. Without hesitation, this courageous...

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