Westlake, 10am Speaker: Jan Drayer Worship leader: Michael Walls Announcements: Pastor Jacob

My Dinh, 10:30am Speaker: Robert Hartzell Worship leader: Trevor Announcements: Jimmy

Finance

May Month-to-date

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Upon request by Hanoi city gov-ernment, Pastors Jacob and Jinggoy went on an exploratory trip to Ba Vi commune in the Ba Vi district. The city has heard HIF talking about Love Hanoi and in response asked us to help with the economic devel-opment of the poorest commune in the poorest district of Hanoi prov-ince. This commune consists of about 2500 people of which 100% are from the Dao ethnic minority.

We were first welcomed by the District People’s Committee, who then escorted us to the more distant commune. Bordered on the national park, much of their previous land has been annexed to the park. As a result only 70m2 per person is left for agricultural use. This is enough to grow vegetables and livestock for their own consumption, but leaves little to produce extra for sales. Res-idents live below the poverty line at only 500,000vnd per month.

The tribal people, in particular the women, have an inherited knowledge of herbal medicines. Now that much of the land has become

park land, it is illegal to harvest wild growing herbs. They need to start growing their own herbal farms, yet many plants need the ecosystem of the park to survive. Some cows, pigs and chickens are farmed for their own consump-tion. Yet, their frequent festivals require them to sacrifice too many animals, more than they would eat.

The director of ethnology at the district level presented the idea of building on the existing strengths of the community: to develop an eco-friendly commune producing herbs, preserving tribal culture, expanding husbandry, and creating an attractive spot for local eco-tourism. At the same time, they are requesting help with job creation by introducing production, businesses or factories to the area.

Because of the high unemploy-ment rate (300 out of the 950 able laborers), many end up leaving the region to look for work. Re-cently as many as 200 men crossed the border to China to find work. This often ends up in abuse or disappointment as prom-ises for work and pay are not kept.

We would like to assist this commune through cross-sector collaboration with gov’t, NGOs and businesses. If you are inter-ested in helping, please contact Pastor Jacob or Jinggoy directly.

Ba Vi Community Development

seeking NGO & business partners

PRAYER Join us for pre-service prayer every Sunday, 30 minutes before the start of service at both

service locations. You can also get

prayer request cards at the information table and, after filling it out, drop it in the offering bag or hand it to an

usher. Prayer requests can also be emailed to

prayer@hif.vn.

HIF Calendar 11 May Partners vote for

new elders during the

service

11 May Robert Hartzell Conference, Sunday afternoon, 2:00pm— Fathering Leadership,

with Q&A

17 May Elders’ retreat

17 May Afternoon with the Annan’s @ 2:30pm-4:30pm, HIF Center,

Detech (CANCELLED)

24 May Workshop with Pastor Bernard– Free-dom from Baggage &

Bondage

28 May Workshop with Pastor Bernard—Power to be the Person, Power

to be the Servant

31 May Workshop with Pastor Bernard—Raising the Next Gener-

ation

Pastor Bernard Chan is a Singaporean servant of God with a God-given passion to see Christians grow in discipleship and de-velop Scripture-

based and Spirit-empowered ministries. He and his wife Lee Hua also have a vi-sion to help Christian families heed God's call to raise up godly generations. Bernard first served full-time for 20 years with the Navigators, an interna-tional disciple-making organisation. Since then, he has continued in full-time ministry working with professionals in the marketplace and discipling families. Over the last 9 years, Bernard has la-boured under His Greater Works, a min-istry focused on equipping believers, empowering families & enabling commu-nities. On May 24, 28, and 31, Pastor Chan will hold 3 workshops in HIF: May 24 (Saturday), 2-4pm—Freedom from Baggage & Bondage; May 28 (Wednesday), 6:30-9:30—Power to be the Person, Power to be the Servant (workshop about ministry gifts); May 31 (Saturday), 2-4pm—Raising the Next Generation (Parenting).

Furniture & Household Item Sale.

All items need to go. A list of furniture and house-

hold items for sale are posted on the bulletin

board at the foyer. Please check it out and if you

are interested, you can contact Birgit Schmidt

directly at 090.429.1035.

3 Workshops with Pastor

Bernard Chan

Partners Confirmation Vote Today Today , our partners will vote to confirm the appointments of 3 elder nominees: Jochen Fiebrantz and Jake Valle for Westlake and David Durance for My Dinh. Partners are requested to stay behind after the service to cast their votes. Correction Notice: David Durance, our elder nominee for My Dinh is Canadian and not American as published in last Sunday’s bulle-tin, 4 May 2014.

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UPCOMING

Alpha Course Training Introduction to Alpha, Skills to run an effective Alpha small group; includes training to develop skills on Alpha Practi-calities and planning for your upcoming Alpha. Happening in June 13-14 at the HIF Center, Detech. Details will be given in future announcements.

Volunteers from Georgia, USA is coming to Ha-

noi this summer to help teach the Donkey

team. They need a good space for them to stay

while here from 27th June to 27th of July. If

you’re travelling on these dates and looking for

housesitters while you’re away, please email

admin@hif.vn