Coming to America: Anh-Yeu-Em

**MANY THANKS TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE ALREADY GIVEN SUPPORT. YOUR GIFTS HELPED ME TRAVEL TO VIETNAM TO HUG AND KISS NGHIA FOR THE FIRST TIME!!**
Nghia lives in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and I live in Artesia, California. Against all odds and distances we fell in love.  We defined the odds again when I  made it to  Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam to meet her for the first time after months of video chatting.



MARRIED? AGAIN? NO WAY!
After my divorce I was pretty sure I've never ever get married again. In fact, I didn't want to. If anyone had asked me a year ago if I planned to get married again, I would have responded, "Hell No!"

I was pretty sure any chance at marriage for me was dead & gone. I had lost confidence in the institution of marriage. And dating was not much better.  

But Nghia came along and changed everything.  Nghia and I met each other just like how regular people meet --we were introduced by a mutual friend. I worked with Nighia's niece, Tina, for 2 years.

Tina knew I was single and made the introduction through Facebook. The rest is, as they say, history. There was no "Meet Asian singles" app -- not that there's anything wrong with that. This. Is. Real. Love. 

We fell in love while studying English. I was helping her with her academic level English writing, comprehension, grammar and voice. Then... we fell in love!!

Time is promised to no man so I wasted no time having an open conversation with Nghia about the rest of our lives. I asked Nghia to marry me. She accepted. She agreed to turn her life upside down and come to the USA.

In return I promised to go to Vietnam and propose in person. Symbolically the trip was an expression of my love and commitment to her as we apply for a K1 Visa.

IT'S NOT A SAD STORY. I PROMISE
God bless folks who survive life's trials and tribulations. I empathize with their plight. In contrast, this GoFundMe page is not about suffering, or recovering or compensation.  It's about thriving in joy.

THIS GOFUNDME page is about LOVE, FAMILY, MARRIAGE and HAPPINESS. It is about BEST WISHES in helping me deal with the challenges of home, education, government bureaucracy red tape and US prejedice with Immigration needs to bring Nghia to the United States. We want to live our lives as a couple, bound my matrimony.

WHO AM I?
I am a writer, a filmmaker, an author, and most importantly, I am a dad. You can find info on me on my blog at http://angelobellwrites.wordpress.com .  To learn more about this wild and crazy adventure, and to see videos,  pictures of my trip to Vietnam go to OUR Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/atlastanhyeuem.


I know some people are blasé about love,  fundraising, happiness, soulmates, etc.  I get it. And if this feels too unorthodox for you, I get it. 

But if you do believe in love and if you know what it's like to be sick and tired of being lonely then please, help today. Your support is greatly appreciated! $1, $5, $10, $20, $50...whatever you can do helps.

ALWAYS CONNECTED
In February nghia and I arranged a wonderful simultaneous movie-going experience. I took my kids to see The Black Panther at night in Cerritos, CA and Nghia watched a matinee (morning showing) of The Black Panther in Ho Chi Minh, VN. It was an amazing experience. I love her. 




Here's How You Can Help 
—Help with fees for K1 visa
—Help with legal consulting fees to make sure the visa goes through without a hitch.
—Costs associated with flying Nghia to the USA.
—Housing, and other ID and Immigration paperwork needed

The goal is to get Nghia here, in the USA, before the end of May. Any and all money raised will go towards the costs to bring Nghia to the United States. Any extra after that will be applied to Nghia's and my super small private wedding ceremony one the beach in Long Beach. Just the two of us.

Feel free to repost, retweet, link, tag, pin, whatever works. Thank you.  Everyone who donates will receive a PDF ebook of my action thriller, "A Perfect Weapon" now available on Amazon. 

http://www.gofundme.com/anh-loves-em 

Short link:
http://bit.ly/atlastanhyeuem

Nghia's Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=nghis nguyen&fref=nf


THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT.