Nguyen On Earth

Monday, August 15th I had just spent my first weekend in my new place.  First night I kept waking up.  You have to get used to new normal sounds when you're somewhere new.  Second night I slept all through the night.  It was great.  I was excited about Monday morning because my friend Laura was coming to see my apartment and then go to the opening pep rally on campus with me.  She was so sweet to get up so early on her day off.   Laura and I among the student body. (pic credit: CFNI) I love confetti!  (pic credit: CFNI) The pep rally actually lasted a while and Laura had to leave during the break.  I was hoping she was able to stay.  Now I had to go back by myself with people I didn't know!  Eeek.  When I went back to my seat, I saw a girl in the aisle and we struck up a conversation.  Her name was Madison and she was from San Antonio.  She dreams of having her own coffee shop one day so it can serve as a place of worship and support new musicians.  I told

Week 1: CFNI "It's happening.  It's getting real."  I wrote this in my journal on Tuesday, August 9, 2016.  Before I started at Christ For the Nations Institute, I made a commitment to document my experience here because I knew it would be quite the journey.  Perhaps this will be incorporated into a book one day.  Or perhaps someone will be inspired to go where the Lord leads them after reading my entries.  A week has passed since school started and I have no more journal entries.  The enemy tends to do that.  He tries to keep you from doing good works for God.  So today, I was determined to get active and write. My friend Crystal gave me this journal.  I decided to use it for my CFNI journey. My first and only entry. I checked into school Wednesday, August 10th.  My good friend Crystal went with me.  After getting the key to my apartment, I was excited to check it out.  Yes, I decided to move on campus.  Some were worried about me living in Oak C

I've been so behind on writing since I've started school at Christ For The Nations.  I told myself to document because I know this experience will be memorable and filled with many Godwinks.  Tonight, a few of us students went to have dinner at a missionary's house in Carrollton, TX.  The husband, Steve, has been to so many countries.  It was amazing to hear how God opened doors for him.  He loved being a missionary in Chiang Mai, Thailand but God called him and his family back home to Dallas.  Faith, from Hai Phong, Vietnam, is the one who connected us to the family.  While Steve was in Vietnam, he baptized her parents when they were teenagers and not yet married.  Faith's roommates joined us this evening as well.  Kasitie is from Ardmore, Oklahoma and Sarah from China.  Duong from Hue, Vietnam also came along.  I am loving connecting with the students here at CFNI.  I get to meet people from all over the world!  This is one of the reasons why God told me to live on