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Dear Partner in ministry,
God often begins big things in small ways.
The Savior of the world – born in a small stable in Bethlehem. The feeding of more than 5,000 - a few loaves and fish. The beginning of the world wide church - an upper room with a handful of believers.
And now… a small home in Vietnam.
In Hanoi—where the streets buzz with motorbikes and the pace of life rarely slows—there lives a young pastor with a quiet but unshakable calling. He doesn’t stand behind a pulpit in a large building – but in a living room, in a small rented space. He doesn’t shepherd hundreds—yet. But he loves fifteen with all his heart.
Fifteen people. Fifteen stories. Fifteen souls discovering that Jesus still meets people right where they are.
(not actual names)
I want to introduce you to Dan, and his wife Carla
God has placed a burden on their hearts to plant
a church in the heart of Hanoi.
He didn’t start with a building. He didn’t launch with a crowd.
He started with a burden—a deep conviction
that his city needed a life-giving church.
Those rooms? They’ve become front-row seats to transformation.
Students arrive looking for a place to stay.
They find a place where they are known.
They come for affordability. They encounter authenticity.
They expect a landlord. They meet a shepherd.
Conversations happen. Questions are asked. Seeds are planted.
And slowly—sometimes quietly, sometimes unexpectedly—lives begin to change.
Meals are shared. Conversations linger. Questions about life turn into conversations about faith. What began as rent has become a relationship. And relationships are where the Gospel often does its best work.
They have been blessed with the opportunity to share a small space for worship. They meet on Sunday afternoons in a church that rents space in an office building in the main part of the city. They are developing their core team and inviting others to join them. Some of their renters even join them.
It’s the kind of church planting you don’t often see on a stage or hear about at a conference—but it’s exactly the kind that changes a nation.
In a country where Christians are still a small minority—only a few percent of the population —every new church matters. Every gathering is a light in the darkness. Every believer is a testimony that the Gospel is still moving forward.
And this pastor carries a vision:
Not just for a surviving church… But for a thriving, life-giving, multiplying church.
He sees a church filled with life… A place where young people find hope… Where broken stories are rewritten… Where leaders are raised up and sent out to do it again.
A church that reaches. A church that multiplies. A church that becomes a light in a place where light is desperately needed.
Every future has a starting point.
And this is one of those moments.
So here’s the question that matters:
What part will you play in this story?
Because stories like this don’t move forward by accident. They move forward through people who choose to care… to pray… to engage.
Would you join us in lifting them up?
· Pray that God would strengthen their courage in a place where faith can be costly.
· Pray that He would provide daily needs, turning what little they have into more than enough.
· Pray for those fifteen—that their faith would take root and grow deep.
· Pray for the students passing through their home— that what begins as a temporary stay becomes an eternal turning point.
· Pray that God would open doors in the city, the kind no one can shut.
It’s easy to miss moments like this. They don’t make headlines. They don’t draw crowds.
But heaven leans in close.
Because this is how God works.
Somewhere in Vietnam tonight, in a simple home filled with faith,
a church is being born.
You may never visit that home. You may never meet that pastor.
But don’t miss this:
Your prayers can travel where your feet cannot.
And when they do, they become part of a
ripple effect you may never fully see this side of heaven.
But one day… you will.
And you’ll realize what seemed small… was anything but.
Remember, ONE MORE!
Thank you for your prayers and your support – you are making a difference around the world.
