Khoi Vu’s New Beginning

Many of you who know and love Vu have asked and wondered where he is and how he’s doing. Unfortunately, things did not go as we hoped and now he has to leave to Vietnam and start his new life there. This is a letter he wrote to all of us.

”The Great Unknown

I don’t know how it will all be in the years to come. There are monstrous changes taking placein the world. Forces shaping a future who’s face we do not know. There is great tension in the world, tension toward a breaking point and the people in it are utterly broken, unhappy and confused, Myself included.

People think they know the mystery of living in someone else’s skin. They don’t. No one knows except the person who carts it around. I think of my life as a kind of music not always good music, but still having form and melody. My life has not been a full orchestra for a long time now. A  single note only and that note unchanging sorrow. It’s strange but when I found out I was getting deported I found myself developing more optimism. I began to enjoy the exhilarating delight of new experiences, a life of desire gratification and liberty. The truth is, my spirits rose so rapidly that I began to be indifferent to what had once appeared to be a terrible journey. I keep inching toward the point where I believe that it’s more difficult to have hope then it is to embrace cynicism. I’m not alone in my attitude. In the dark end there’s no point unless we have at least a glimpse of hope.

There’s a still point where the present the now winds itself and nothing is tangled. There is no way to find a word to fit around this feeling. Words resist it. Words give it a pattern it does not own. They freeze what cannot be stopped.

In moments of raw gratefulness we learn how to offer help but it’s in moments of hardship we learn how to ask for it. It’s a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. I believe this is how we serve each other and God. Asking for help is difficult for anyone. Any amount to help me transition into the great unknown would be deeply valued. I couldn’t have done it without your support and more importantly I wouldn’t have wanted to. Thank you again and again.

PS I love and miss you all. Don’t fret, I will find a way home.

Yours truly,
Vu”


He will be leaving the U.S. within the next week. Any amount will help him get on his feet. I will be sending him all donations once he is there.

Thank You.