Fr. Hien's Weekly Letter

My Dear Parishioners,
How is your summer?  My summer is going well.  My garden is doing very well.  In April, I had a lot of asparagus, in May and June, my strawberries did really well. I started my garden with seeds in early May and everything is growing fast with cucumbers, tomatoes, long beans, butternut squash, and melons.  I also planted some fruit trees such as apples, pears, peaches, jujubes, persimmons, etc...in the past few years and they are doing well as can be.  I hope that your garden is doing well for you, if not, don’t give up.  It takes lots of care and love to have a good garden.  The reward of gardening is not only the fruits and veggies but to see God’s hands at work in His creation.  Please enjoy life each day and enjoy God’s most precious gift to you:  your family members.  Never take them for granted but cherish them with lots of understanding and love.
Congratulations to about 50 of our children who received their Confirmation last Sunday by Bishop Kemme.  He was very surprised and happy to see so many of us together in church and our children prepared well for the sacrament.  He loves us all.
Thank you to all those who helped our church and school with the Vietnamese food sale last weekend.  All the funds will benefit our school's new HVAC Project.  Thank you to so many friends of the parish who helped us with all the shopping, cooking and serving/selling food.  We are one God’s family regardless of our skills, talents, race, color, language, rich or poor, healthy or sick, etc… Love you all, Fr. Hien