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May 2002
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Maryknoll Lay Missioners Tawny Thanh and Hiep Vu
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 Maryknoll Lay Missioners Tawny Thanh and Hiep Vu live in Chiang Dao, a city in northern Thailand located near the Burmese border. Here they are offering their skills, friendship and compassion through several ministries. |
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The
couple teaches in a Catholic school, provides teacher-training courses in
computers, and assists the Burmese refugees and ethic tribes that have
migrated from southern China and Burma.
They
also spend a lot of their time at an orphanage that is the home to many
children with HIV/AIDS. And while the children take delight in the joy of a
friendly smile and a comforting hug, it is still a place of unbelievable
sadness. " ‘Maybe I’ll die soon,’ " Vic said in a very weak voice to me today, after having been bent over by the severity of his coughing. He is in pain for the last few months fighting with AIDS. He looks small for a nine-year-old. Death for Vic and other kids in this orphanage is so near. A few months ago, he was so healthy, playing happily like all kids should be. After catching a cold, he can never go back to his normal state of health again. Vic is now skin and bones, his shoulders hunch and our ‘walking stick’ begins to talk about dying.
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Hiep and Tawny can share love and joy with these children, hugs and smiles
because our Maryknoll benefactors also care. Your support and prayers keep
our lay missioners where they are needed in 14 countries around the world.
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