Vietnam Evangelical Covenant Church – In 2025, the Community Development Ministry walked alongside a small house group in neighboring Laos: from prayer for chairs, to 10 million dong for a chapel door, to two standing fans for services in the sweltering heat.
See photos: photos of the gifts on the Community Development Ministry fanpage
A Room With No Chairs and No Door
In May 2025, the team visited a small house group temporarily borrowing the facilities of a sister church. The bare room did not have enough chairs and no door had been fitted yet, but it was full of sincere prayers and trust in God. Earlier that year, the place had still been an abandoned house, with buffalo and cows wandering in, trash everywhere and bird nests on the roof.
God Answers Prayer
After the visit, the ministry and the believers at the house group prayed together. One believer was moved to give money for chairs. Just as the ministry was preparing funds for 100 more chairs, good news arrived: all the chairs needed had already been given by many generous hearts.
Seeing this provision, the house group leaders shared their hope for help with a door for the chapel. On a later visit, the team gave 10 million dong on behalf of the ministry for this purpose, to the joy and emotion of many believers.
“And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:19)
A Cool Breeze in the Hot Season
At the end of October 2025, the ministry also gave two standing fans worth more than 6 million dong. Most people here live from farming and cannot afford items like electric fans, while the weather is hot all year round. The two fans bring a cool breeze to the small meeting room, and a breeze of love from God’s people in Việt Nam to the brothers and sisters there.
From an abandoned house, the place has become a cozy, clean house group, thanks to perseverance, faith in God and many hearts joining hands.
Let Us Pray Together
- For the house group to keep growing and become a bright light in its community.
- For the believers to be strengthened in faith and renewed in heart.
- For the love between God’s people in both countries to grow ever closer.
Read more in Community Development and Church News. Contact the church office: 0942 248 688 (Zalo available).
