Vietnam Evangelical Covenant Church – In November 2025, thanks to a donor’s gift through the Community Development Ministry, Bru villagers came together to build a new roof for a mother and daughter: Ms. P. and her mother, a family living in the mountains of the border region, where the elderly mother is blind and the daughter had carried a large tumor on her back for more than 20 years.
See photos: photos of the roof rebuilding on the Community Development Ministry fanpage
Ms. P.’s Story
In early 2025, through local villagers, the ministry learned about Ms. P. The tumor appeared on her back when she was a child and grew over the years, becoming a burden both physically and in daily life. She cannot speak. Her elderly mother is blind and unable to care for herself. On the first visit, the team held her hands and prayed together, asking God for healing.
When they returned in May 2025, the team was amazed to see her step out of the stilt house with a radiant smile: the tumor had been removed. Though she could not speak, her joy shone clearly in her eyes and her tight handshake. Her elderly mother also reached out with trembling hands to touch her daughter’s shoulder, as if to be sure the burden of so many years was truly gone.
A Leaking, Broken House
Yet life for mother and daughter was still very hard. The stilt house was old, the roof full of holes, and every rainy season water soaked the floor. That noon, there was no sign of a meal in the house. The two lived on rice and vegetables from kind neighbors; some days they had enough, and some nights they went to bed hungry. The team left hoping to help them re-roof the house and have some capital to raise livestock.
The Whole Village Rebuilds the Roof
When the story was shared, many brothers and sisters were moved. One donor, stirred by God, gave through the ministry. The ministry worked with local representatives to involve the community. The 10 million dong was sent to the community, and villagers together bought materials, carried them in, laid the roof and rebuilt a shelter from the rain and sun for mother and daughter.
“Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:2)
The new roof is simple, but it holds God’s love and the unity of His body. It is a sign of new hope: in every circumstance, God still watches over and cares for His children.
Let Us Pray Together
- For Ms. P. and her mother to have peace, enough food and good health.
- For the villagers to keep loving and supporting one another.
- For this story to become a testimony of God’s love.
Read more in Community Development and Church News. Contact the church office: 0942 248 688 (Zalo available).
