Two Worlds Becoming One
We are Phuong & Elissa Le. Elissa is from the United States, but after a one month volunteer trip to teach English, she fell in love with the people, culture, and country of Vietnam. Two weeks after graduating university with a degree in elementary education, she made the move to live and teach in Vietnam “for one year”. Saying that must have been one of those moments that our plans made God laugh!
Phuong grew up in a family divided between Christianity and communism. Because of this, he went through a rebellious phase of addiction to drugs and alcohol, as well as gang involvement. After having a personal encounter with Christ and being discipled by strong Christian men, his life had already been completely transformed by the time he met Elissa soon after she moved to Vietnam in 2013.
What started out as friends doing language lessons, quickly and naturally turned into a dating relationship. We have now been happily married and serving the Lord together since 2015. After many years of waiting, crying, and praying, our beautiful miracle baby Nora entered the scene when she was born in 2023.
What's Happening Now
Currently, Elissa is a manager of an international school, while Phuong is transitioning to full-time ministry. Our main ministry focuses include:
Men’s Ministry - One of the primary visions is seeing more men of God stepping up as leaders in their families and communities. Based on personal experience and statistics, it is clear to see that fatherless homes lead to many problems in society. Through translating materials, leading discipleship groups, and running Christian men’s conferences, we seek to see the Kingdom impact played out in the upcoming generations.
Rehabilitation - With Phuong's testimony of recovering from addiction, his passion is to help lead and disciple other men through rehabilitation. We partner with Christian rehab centers to help men turn to Christ and away from addiction. Phuong serves as the follow-up step to help mentor them into men of influence for their families and extended community. Our long term dream is to open a type of community center with sports classes to positively influence young men that may be without a good father figure in the home. The hope is to provide role models and lead the youth into good paths before they fall into the wrong ones.
Personal & Family Development - Phuong partners with organizations from the US to lead trainings and conferences to develop leadership skills for pastors and leaders of local home groups. He works to translate the materials into Vietnamese, as well as organize the events and interpret during the trainings. We also offer marriage counseling to help build strong Christian marriages and families. In order to fulfill the Great Commission, it is essential that all believers are equipped to live for God and witness in the setting God has gifted them for and placed them in. For this reason, we hope to disciple and mentor believers to have Kingdom impact in their spheres of influence.
We can’t do all of this on our own. Your partnership of financial donations and/or prayer support would be a great blessing to help our family continue doing the good work God has placed before us. We are so grateful that you have joined us in this journey to be God’s hands and feet in Vietnam!
Phuong & Elissa