When she was 21 years old, she married our father, grandfather, Mr. Cho Van Nguyen, an officer of the South Vietnamese army. Together they had 10 children, of which 3 passed away. After the fall of Saigon in April 1975, her was imprisoned as P. O. W. Therefore; Mrs. Ha Cao had to work hard to raise their 10 children. The political turmoil and hardship in Saigon brought her and the children back to her hometown in Ben Tre, and there she awaited for the husband ’s returning home.
In 1991, through a friend, she came to know Jesus Christ. A year after, she was baptized by Rev. Tu Van Pham from the Vietnamese Christian Church in Go Vap. In her walk with Christ, she had always shared the gospel to her relatives.
On April 20th, 1995, Mrs Ha Cao , with her husband and their 6 children resettled in Dallas, TX through a humanitarian program. From then on, the family joined the Faith Vietnamese Baptist Church led by then Rev. Hue Nguyen and now by Rev. Peter Le.
In the years that she lived in the United States, she has faithfully attend to church every Sunday and serve the Lord at Faith Church. Along the way , she had never once forgotten her beloved homeland. She reminded herself that there are Vietnamese who have never heard of Jesus, and from there, she devoted her time and prayers and gather all supports to fund and to establish a church in Chau Hoa, Ben Tre. The Lord answered her prayers, and the church she once hoped to be the mouthpiece of the gospel flourished and brought many native Vietnamese in the arms of Jesus. As of now, her son Pastor Liem Thanh Nguyen is currently pastoring the church, the Faith Baptist Church of Chau Hoa.
In the early 2018, after returning home from Vietnam, she fell ill. In April, she was diagnosed with leukemia. During one session of her chemotherapy, she had a stroke that paralyzed the right side that irreversibly changed her life. During her time in and out of hospitals and Rehabilitation Centers, she never lost her faith and hope in our Lord, Jesus Christ, our Healer and Comforter. She has been well taken care of by her children and grandchildren for the last 1 ½ years. We were blessed to receive so much encouragement and prayers from pastors and the brothers/sisters among the churches in the U.S. and in Vietnam. In the Lord’s good and perfect time, our grandmother rested in His Kingdom on August 15th, 2019, at the age of 79. Our Mom, Grandmother was a fighter through and through, and while on her bedside, she has never failed to remind us the love that God has given us. Her life lesson to us was to love God and to love His people.
To God be all the Glory! Amen
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