An uplifting tale of overcoming hopelessness and adversity, searching for faith and freedom.
Its a memoir and part historical read that tells a story of a young man named Viet who suffered terribly under the Communist government and has experienced the ugly faces of war in his homeland. As the pages unfold, you will follow him as he struggles with his broken homeland, and flee Viet Nam to journey into America where he experienced along the way, hunger, thirst, heat, sickness, waves, violent storms, sharks, Communists pirates, ideas of cannibalism, and death. Its an uplifting tale of overcoming hopelessness and adversity, searching for faith and freedom. Although he has escaped the effects of the post-war Communist regime, Viet was still in the shackles of discrimination and loneliness when he finally moved to America.
The book highlights the experiences of a war survivor who eventually became a servant of God. As a reader, youll also experience and feel for yourself the horrible situations and ordeals Viet had to overcome. Other than the war, he has witnessed so much greed, injustice, and cruelty that he almost gave up believing humanity and in Gods merciful way. Yet he stood strong and devote his entire life to God, and so he attended seminary school and was ordained as a priest.
Viets life story is a spiritual journey of finding a joyful life, a life of serving Jesus and other people. For a higher purpose, you will find meaning and happiness that no oneeven those moments of loss and wearinesscan rob from you. A fascinating tale of survival and life as a refugee after the war; its a chronicle of undying perseverance and optimism against hardships and misery. But most importantly, it shows how God has always been there for us, watching and making bigger, better plans for us. Vus writing will inspire you to hold unto genuine faith with the several scriptural verses combined with the lives of notable Christian figures.
Living for a Higher Purpose: A Story of a City Boy Who Survived the Viet Nam War by Living for Jesus and Others.
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Writer: Peter G. Vu
Publisher: AEGA Design Publishing Ltd.
ISBN: 978-1-8384287-0-9 (Paperback)
ISBN: 978-1-8384287-1-6 (E-book)
About the Author
Peter G. Vu is a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan for twenty years who authored several religious books, and also a childrens book. He was born in Saigon City (currently Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. He witnessed the Viet Nam war and was a survivor, and came as a refugee to the United States. He attended one year of high school in Union High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan to learn the language and the culture as well.
He spent two years in the Aquinas College while staying at the Christopher House Seminary, and attended his last two years of college at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul Minnesota. He finished his studies and graduated with a double major in Mathematics and Philosophy. After that, for five years, he attended graduate school at the University of St. Mary of the Lake and Mundelein Seminary in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated and was ordained with a Masters Degree of Divinity (MDiv) and a Sacred Theology Baccalaureate (STB).
Over the last twenty years, he ministered to people of God and served six different churches. He was also trained in clinical pastoral care and has been a chaplain at Grand Rapids Home for Veterans, giving pastoral care for the sick, the dying, the broken, the lost, and especially the veterans.