Trước thềm Hội Ngộ: Tâm tình của Cha Mark Raper gởi đến VNLRs và vài hình ảnh mới nhất về Cha Pierre Ceyrac... ~ TRẠI TỊ NẠN ĐƯỜNG BỘ VIỆT NAM TẠI BIÊN GIỚI

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Somewhere along the Thailand border, we arrived, lived and anguished in one of those refugees camps...We existed among many thousands other Cambodian refugees, in a Vietnamese refugee camp among other huge refugee camps, like a tiny island in the vast archipelago, a floating debris in a sea of inhumanity. There we lived, prayed, and survived probably one of the harshest time in our lives.

These are only the pictures in our possession, and our stories. If you stumble across this blog site, please post any pictures, stories for our children to understand how their parents escaped, have lived, and are building a life as they have today....

Send stories and pictures to hungfng2.vnlr@blogger.com and they will be posted here for all to see.

Transit Camps

The refugees at the border camps eventually got interviewed, accepted, and settled in a third country: Australia, Denmark, Malaysia, French, Sweden, and many others. Many got accepted by the US. All the refugees who were accepted for resettlement were transported to Panatnikhom transit camp for a month or so to complete the paper work, and to be screened for health before flying to the final destinations.

For those who went to the US, they had to go to either Bataan or Galang to study English and to learn about the life in America

Below are the links to the stories and pictures of the camps that had become part of our journey to freedom. Gaylord Barr captured those moments at Pulau Galang and Bataan when he worked at the camps as an English teacher. Trinh Huy Chuong, a refugee from border camp, had the luxury of a camera to capture the pictures at Panatnikhom during the short time he was there.

Thank you Gaylord and Chuong for sharing these priceless memory.

- Pulau Galang Refugee Camp - Indonesia
- Bataan - Philippines Refugees Processing Center (PRPC)

- Panatnikhom

May 22, 2013

Trước thềm Hội Ngộ: Tâm tình của Cha Mark Raper gởi đến VNLRs và vài hình ảnh mới nhất về Cha Pierre Ceyrac...

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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Cha Mark Raper.SJ. là Cha bề trên của Cha Pierre Ceyrac chúng ta, có gởi những lời thăm và tâm tình đến tất cả anh chị em trại tị nạn đường bộ, ngài cũng gởi kèm vài tấm hình với Cha Pierre , xin đăng nguyên bức điện thư như sau:

Dear friends,

Peace. Yesterday I came home from long travels in Myanmar and Timor Leste to find your email and also your card inviting me to the amazing reunion on 22 June in Montreal. How I would love to be there. It is a joy to know of the memories and solidarity we share and to hear from you after so many years. It is fantastic, a thrill. You bring back so many wonderful and poignant memories of those years.

In the last years I visited Fr Pierre in Chennai and last year went to see his grave in a quiet corner in the grounds of Loyola College that he loved so much. A great friend. Here I send you some photos.

Unfortunately my duties here are huge and I cannot take the time needed for a trip to Montreal, let alone the cost. For the moment I am involved deeply both in Myanmar and in Timor Leste apart from other roles for the Jesuits in Asia. We are building a teacher training college for Timor and for Myanmar preparing for the return of the refugees.

Please remember me to so many friends at the gathering and assure all of my love and solidarity of prayers.

Mark