MinthThanhs Husband Xuân Hoáns background

Hi!
My name Xuân Hoàn. I'm Minh Thanh's husband. I'm used to be a catholic. My big family and all my relatives are in Catholic. I'm in the way alone. I am happy to have my wife and two children accompanying me on this way.

I tell you a little about why I followed on this way.

I was born and raised in Catholic. I was very zealous with my belief. Since my childhood, I studied and lived in a school belonging to catholic with many priests as teachers. some teachers were French. My mother loved me and taught me to say prayers. My mother and the seven brothers and sisters went to church every day.

In my heart I wanted to know more about God, but going to the church attending the services and listening to the preaching of the priests, I didn't understand much the Bible. 

 In 1973 I was studying at the University of Dalat. One day the class was over and I came home. When I passed through the exit gate, I saw two ladies, one American the other Vietnamese. They were distributing the inviting cards. I received one. I read on it. They invited to the gospel meeting at a rented room in a private school in Dalat.

I didn't go to any preaching places of some denominations because the priests said to me that it was not good to go there. 
But in the inviting card, besides the gospel meeting, there was a Bible class in English. So I chose to go to this Bible class with intention to learn English, not listening to gospel meeting according to the advice of the priest.

At the first time of Bible class, I was impressed of an American speaking Vietnamese extremely beautifully, fluently. We began with book Luke. The servant (at that time she only introduced herself as servant of God, I didn't hear the word worker) asked each student to read one phrase, then she explained fully the meaning of that sentence. We rotated to read from this chapter to another. and after a few months I felt very interested because I understood any part of Bible I had learnt.

I uttered that I had seen Jesus as if Our Lord was present somewhere and I had courage to have another step - going to the gospel meeting. She preached in Vietnamese clearly, concisely, full of meaning with Hanoi accent (the most standard Vietnamese accent). If we hadn't seen  her, only listened to her voice I am sure we would have confused her with a 100 per cent  Vietnamese. Her name Bonnie Dahlin. And after some months, auntie Phillis Mun added to them. Auntie Phillis spoke Vietnamese the same as auntie Bonnie, she was gentler.

You can imagine how excited I was. I professed at that time and a few months later the liberation day came. All the foreigner servants left the country. I was only believer in Dalat, it is far from the main city of Saigon 300 km. Before auntie Bonnie left, she wrote me a letter to the effect that "Don't be afraid of death but afraid that whether we will still keep our faith to the end"

On the liberation day, all foreigner servants left Vietnam. I was a newbie believer then. I was thankful to two brother local servants and three sister local ones sometimes visiting me. Some friends in Saigon took notes in the gospel meetings (the new government continued permitting the gospel meeting lasting some years later) and sent through post office to me. Every year I went to Saigon to attend convention on three first days of new lunar year.

Ah! by the way, now I am typing is the first day of new lunar year. I would like to wish all of you a new year full of health and grace from our Lord.

On this occasion, I encountered Minh Thanh and made family with her. She left Saigon and moved 300 km to Dalat. Although we didn't have any servants of God as often, our Sunday morning meetings happened between both of us and a few friends later.

In 2002 we moved back to Saigon, after more than 20 years together in Dalat. My wife had an optimistic view to say that we returned Saigon after an honey moon trip of more than 20 years.

Through the posts of my wife, you can know the rest of my story.

I always thank God for keeping our faith, our little family until today and heading towards future I would ask God to continue keeping our faith and our little family to the end.
I cherish the word from Edgarmassey :" the only thing necessary is the genuine and beautiful spirit of Christ"

Nowadays, I can't ride motorbike because 3 years ago I had a stroke. My wife instructs me to use the bus. One time, at the central bus station, I got on a bus. I didn't know whether the bus pass by the place A where I wanted to reach. I asked the people surrounding. There was one man eager to tell me "the bus not passing by the place A" and he enthusiastically guided me what bus number to take. I was very grateful to him. And I related to spiritual things.

I used to be on the bus of Catholic, and someone told me that the bus I was on could not take me to the destination. Now I was on the bus of Two by two. Once more I didn't see the signs that led me to Heaven, and I thank to Cheri Kropp with the website Telling The Truth which discloses many truth, saying to me loudly that the bus two by two doesn't take me to Kingdom of God. I can confirm this alert through the Canadian workers and overseers behaviour. I didn't see the Spirit of God in them.

That's why I value the utterance of Edgarmassey: " The only thing necessary is the genuine and beautiful spirit of Christ"

May brothers and sisters everywhere pray to God for us to have the beautiful Spirit of God, and wisdom for us to choose a true bus to the Kingdom of God

Written by Minh Thanh

Many thanks, for your understanding our situation.
My parents was in the 2x2 fellowship more than 50 years with many experiences and good memories with F&W. For you can imaging how hard for them to leave.
Back to beginning, seeing my Dad not satisfied with some pastors in Protestant church. Uncle Châu had introduced to him a very true way of God, from the beginning with the workers laboring the same as from Jesus's time till now... My parents came to the meetings, seeing the very simple and friendly workers.
My mother said: "I saw Jesus in their life.". My parents served and loved F&W with all their strength and whole hearted. After the liberation day, there were some doubts from the authorities about our local workers's activity (companion with foreigners). The policemen in charge of religions called my father to their office secretariat many times, asking about uncle Chau & Hoa activities.
His answer was: "If you find out any wrong actions against the government from Châu & Hoa. You may cut my head first."
I am, their daughter. I do know the cost they had to pay. They better hearing the call from God in. 2 Corinthians 6:17 Therefore,

“Come out from them

and be separate,

says the Lord.

Touch no unclean thing,

and I will receive you.”

 Now we are happy in being received by God.

Another picture from my husband, he B&R in a very religious Catholic family. His grand uncle was the first Bishop in the South of VN, many priests and nuns among his relatives. He used to help the priest in their services at the biggest Catholic chuch of the City. 

He received the invitation card at the gate of The University, seeing the workers teaching Bible in English, he wanted to come for he loved to learn Bible and English as well. Hearing this was the only true way of God from Jesus (the Galilee), apart from his family and Catholic church, he professed and joined  the 2x2 fellowship.

Then I met him at a convention time. Being his wife, I could share with him hard treated and much complaints from my parents-in-law family, because of our faith.
 

Never mind we cooperate to serve with all our heart, and raise our children in faithful way. We are always thinking that we are serving God (not man). But the result we get was terrible, at last God has revealed to us that it was not His True Way and we must continue seeking our God and His Kingdom everyday . For we just seeing the lie & untrue in their words or action. Treating badly to the old workers... and my family too.

We are being here just for telling the truth for friends over the world can see clearly the whole image, maybe it not the same as people speaking or hearing. We don't want to dispute in this board for wrong or right, or judgement. Just only God knows from the bottom of our heart.