Chia Se Thanh Kinh - Duc Cha Nguyen T. Hoan

Chia Se Thanh Kinh - Rev. Nguyen K. Hy, S.S.

Cam Nghiem Tu Doan - Yeu Thuong va Phuc Vu

--Planting & Processing Traditional Medicine

--Assistance to Lepers, Drug Addicts, the Disabled and Elderly

"And the king will say to them in reply, 'Amen, I say to you,

whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me"

(Matthew 25:40).

Some of the elderly are waiting to receive their portions
of the 2008 Christmas Smiles Foods.

This past Christmas of 2008, we received about $2,000 from the parishioners of St. Ambrose in Annandale, Virginia.
We were able to purchase 200 portions of foods for 200 families in Nghe An, North Vietnam for Christmas.
Though each portion was $10 worth of foods, the people were deeply grateful,
because we care enough to reach them from this part of the world.

Each portion of foods includes:

25 lbs. of rice

1 box of 30 instant packages of noodle

1 bag of sugar

1 jar of cooking oil

1 jar of fish sauce

1 box of cookies

Fr. Joseph Linh Dinh Nguyen, Pastor of Phi Loc Catholic Church in Nghe An,

stands before the Christmas Smiles Foods to be distributed to 200 poor families.

THANK YOU to our priests and to the St. Ambrose parishioners

whose prayers and generosity

help us reach out to God's poor half a globe away in Vietnam.

Thank you for helping us

share the JOY of CHRISTMAS with them!

2007 Christmas Smiles

In December of 2007 we were able to distribute

300 portions of Christmas Smiles Foods

to 300 poor families living in Binh Thuan Province, which lies southeast of Saigon,

thanks to our benefactors who generously shared their blessings with these families!

See pictures below.

The recipients are waiting to receive their Christmas Smiles foods

with their tickets ready in hand!

Brother Minh waits with the recipients

as they get ready to receive their Christmas Smiles foods!

This will be the first time they receive

such a large portion of foods to celebrate Christmas.

Bishop Paul Nguyen Thanh Hoan and

Fr. Mathew Nguyen Khac Hy (visiting from the US)

are helping the Sisters distribute Christmas Smiles foods to a grateful recipient!

Bishop Paul says, "This year Christmas gifts are much bigger than the previous years."

Can she carry all of them home? Yes she can, and yes she will.

Fr. Joseph Tran (visiting from the US) is helping Sr. Duyen

with the distribution of our Christmas Smiles foods!

Her grandchild is standing nearby and will help her carry these home.

Sr. Ngoc offers a box of noodle to a young girl receiving

Christmas Smiles foods on behalf of her family!

Thank you, Sister. We can truly celebrate Christmas this year!

Sr. Huu hands over the Christmas Smiles portion to a happy recipient!
These will nourish her family for a while.