The Calm Before The Storm

Vien Doan, July 4, 2011

It's all quiet at the Good Samaritan's base today. It's the calm before the storm!  This storm will build in crescendo starting Noon Tuesday and peak on Thursday evening at 8PM when it boards the bus, fly across the Pacific carrying showers of love to the people in Hue for 2 weeks.

In this moment of calm, we reflect on the blessings that came our way for that past 7 months.

We thank every one of the 87 members of this team who had poured their hearts out, sacrificing your time, talents and money for a cause greater than yourself.

We thank every individual who crossed path with us and left something precious in our hands.

We thank our family for standing behind us. You worry, you are scared yet you let us go in love.

We thank every pastors, every churches for taking us into your homes and made feel blessed, at home. You prayed for us and send us out with your generous gifts. There had never been a year where our churches gave so much, thousands each churches we visited. We will use your gift wisely to bring healing to the people.

We thank Riverside Community Hospital for your generous support over the years and this year was no different. You had filled everyone of our requests for supplies costing tens of thousands of dollars,  allowing us to bring surgical healing to 80 patients that are waiting.

We thank the directors, nurses and staff at Riverside Community Hospital for the wonderful Toy Drive. These little gifts will brighten up so many faces of our little children. It will take away their fear and know you love them even across the ocean. This big box here is just one of the so many. Blessings back to you!