The Mesaonger
With a feehne of dread the Tran funehy alternately prayed
and stared at the clock as the sun set and the point of no return
approached Unable to deaide, Prerre told Loan to tbe the tao
children and vo: he would rematn. she refused to go without
tom Finally, in desperation, Perre tuned to his wie and told
bier taomake the decision, and he would acree After alony. tense
stlence she quietly rephied, We wall say
Life in Vietnam was very difficult after that tor the Tran
Cunily and other church members. The State exercised strict
controls on religous activities. There wis ne opportunity to
preach outside their own communtiies, to say nothing of the
north" Tithe slowed toatnckle and the church leade costraee led
to survive. Loan worked tor several vears wsan Bnpelishiteacher
ma goverment school After mony educated people led the
country in boats, creating ashortage of Eaglish teachers Loan
was told to been reach on Sabbah Reluctantly, she quit the
job rather than work on Sabbath,
Another urgentdecision had to be made aboutthien chaldrens
education. Therrchildren were told toattend schoolon sabbath,
which they would not do Also, there was no possibiho that
they could attend collece m Vietnam, because pastors” children
were not allowed that privilege After further soul searching.
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the Trans decided to send then 12-venr-old son awa ona boa
tomy to reach the US owhiore he would Trve with Tas aunt and
attend church schools Aes vers Tater whe nshe wos TF then
daughter also fled Vietmam on about Loan remembers the
torturous want of nearly Jmonths betore they finally rece ed
word from ther danghter thar she had made the vovage satety
(Both children are currently enrolled in medical programs at
Loma mda University
Prerre served as the Vietnam Mission trewsarer tor 7 ears,
Atter Loan stopped teachime English, =he began trunalanne the
Sabbath School lessons and other documents for the Mission,
and she started a translation class to tran tie vouth ol the church
todo ts work, She hasal:o been very active aa Dorcas leader
and has imvolved the focal church mmany outreach projects i
the community to help orphanages, leprosy centers, ete
When times were severe, Prorre and Loa were tempted to
think that they had made a bie nustake in choose toreman in
Vietnam. One ofthe greatest sacrifices hus been the separation
trom their children. But when they recall the teadership roles
they have filled in the church and the countless times they hie
consoled discouraged church members, they know that they
made the nght decrsion on April 23, 1975.
As Prerre and Loan leave, there 1s no doubt that their
departure will create abig vacuum bothin the church's leaderdip
and in the hearts of the church members in Veta,
— Messenger Staff
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