Vietnam Visit Photo Gallery - Institute for Global Engagement, June 2006

HOLDING DISCUSSIONS WITH LAI CHAU PROVINCIAL LEADERS - MR. VU BINH, CHRIS SEIPLE (PRES. IGE), JIM LEWIS, HOANG CONG THUY (SEC'Y. GEN. OF VIETNAM - USA SOCIETY), BOB ROBERTS, DANG PHUC.	PLANNING THE NEXT DAY'S 225 KM TRIP BY VAN, BOAT AND TREK TO VISIT PASTOR MUA CHO THU IN MUONG TE DISTRICT.
TREKKING EIGHT KILOMETERS TO THE FEILDS OF PASTOR MUA CHO THU TO TALK ABOUT CHURCH-STATE RELATIONS AND THE REGISTRATION OF 1200 HMONG CHRUCHES	FARM FIELD OF HMONG PASTOR, MUA CHO THU AND OTHER CHRISTIANS IN LAI CHAU
PROVINCIAL TV PHOTOJOURNALISTS RECORDED THE AMERICAN EVANGENICALS WHO CAME TO INQUIRE ABOUT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ISSUES FACING HMONG CHRISTIANS	IGE TEAM MEMBERS PRAYING GOD'S PROTECTIVE AND ENABLING HAND UPON THE CHRISTIAN CONGREGATION THAT MEETS IN RURAL AND ISOLATED LAI CHAU.
HMONG TRADIIONAL DRESS IN LAI CHAU	HMONG VILLAGERS SCATTERED ACR0SS THE SCENIC BEAUTY OF VIETNAM’S NORTHERN MOUNTAINS - LAI CHAU PROVINCE.
CROSSING THE NAM NA RIVER AT FLOOD STAGE TO GET TO THE PATH TO MUA CHO THU'S VILLAGE - LAI CHAU PROVINCE	DISCUSSING WITH PETER PHAM THANH BINH, FIRST PERMENANT ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST (2006) IN SA PA SINCE 1950. LAI CHAU PROVINCE
CHAPEL IN THE HOME OF CHANG A KANG, YOUNG EVANGELICAL PASTOR IN TA PHIN COMMUNE - LAI CHAU PROVINCE.	CHANG A KANG, AGE 22, PASTOR OF EVANGELICAL HMONG CHURCH IN TA PHIN TOGETHER WITH IGE TEAM MEMBERS JIM LEWIS, DANG PHUC, CHRIS SEIPLE, JARED DAUGHERTY, BOB ROBERTS, AND VU BINH (BOARD MEMBER VIETNAM-USA SOCIETY)
PASTOR Y-KY EBAN'S FATHER-IN-LAW WAS THE FIRST BELIEVER (1950'S) IN THE SANCTUARY HOLDING 2000, INADEQUATE FOR ALL WHO WANT A SEAT.	PASTOR Y-KY EBAN OF THE RHADE CHURCH NEAR BUONMETHUOTE EXPLAINS THE RECENT HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY'S PHENOMINAL GROWTH IN THE DAK LAK PROVINCE.
REV. SIU Y KIM INTRODUCES THE ECVN-SOUTH PROVINCIAL COMMITTEE WHICH HAS OVERSIGHT OF PASTORAL CARE FOR 80,000 JARAI CHRISTIANS.	MR. VU BINH, BOARD MEMBER OF THE VIETNAM-USA SOCIETY WHO ACCOMPANIED THE DELEGATION THROUGHOUT ITS' VISITS TO EVANGELICALS IN LAI CHAU, LAO CAI, DAK LAK AND GIA LAI PROVINCES.
REV. HUYEN, PRESIDENT OF THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF VIETNAM-NORTH WHO EXPLAINS THE URGENT NEED FOR PASTORS FOR VIETNAM'S 1.2 MILLION EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS, MOST OF WHOM ARE ETHNIC MINOROTIES.	PASTOR SIU Y KIM'S CHURCH, PLEIKU, GIA LAI - SINGING PRAISES TO GOD AT THE COMPLETION OF OUR CONSULTATION.
HANOI: VENERABLE THICH THANH NHIEU, VICE GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL OF VIETNAM BUDDHIST SANGHA REVIEWS THE CURRENT STATUS OF HIS BUDDHIST COMMUNITY.	QUANG SU TEMPLE - HANOI