The letter below was received from Father Hieu and translated to English. Footnotes at the bottom were added for clarity. When we met Ky, she was holding a two-year-old child in one hand and had the other arm around her older child who was sitting in her lap. It was after an afternoon rain and everything in Kon Tum was wet. Ky’s tent sat idly in the wind. We were on our way to Read more…
I had previously written a post talking about a child we met with a broken rib. Father Hieu recently sent us the following letter giving more detail. We met Thục in the family’s front yard. He was about four years old, small for his age, and had dark skin. All the children playing looked similar, but Thục was different. An open swollen wound on his side caught our eye. The wound was festering, and we could recognize an abscess forming in the child’s small Read more…
On our last mission trip in January, we were walking around a small village and visited a family with a boy who is a very good student. The family doesn’t have enough money to pay for school supplies, so we were talking about finding a sponsor to provide educational assistance. While we were talking with the parents outside of their house, Father Hieu decided to walk in through the back door into the kitchen to Read more…
This is the first post ever from the White Rice Foundation, so we have a LOT to cover. As of late 2019, we are now recognized as a 501(c)(3) non-profit by the IRS and a tax-exempt organization by the great State of Texas! That means that all donations will be tax-deductible and we will lower our operating expenses because we will get discounts on things like credit card processing, web hosting, etc. It also adds Read more…