“Believe and Receive Blessings”

I am Buddhist, I have only discovered Father Truong Buu Diep in 2012 when I went to Vietnam.

When I am in Vietnam, I usually go the Buddhist temples.  I heard from my husband’s family that Father Diep performs miracles so I went to his Shrine in Ca Mau.  At that time, I was in a lot of pain because I had problems that caused me to be depressed.  My mind went blank, and nobody knew what was going on with me.

I had pain in my left hand ever since I was 16, 17 years old.  Back then in Vietnam they said I suffered from a kind of “arthritis”.  I suffered from this persistent condition for several decades now.  Other than that, I also carry the Hepatitis B virus.  When I was at Father Diep’s Shrine I prayed:  “Dear Father I have suffered from this pain in my hand for so very long, no one has been able to treat it, please Father cure me of my pain and to bless me with a miracle so that my Hepatitis B virus would go away, completely, dear Father.”  That time I brought home water bottle from Father Diep’s Shrine for my mother to drink.  After my mother drank she told my brothers and sisters:  “What did your sister bring for me to drink that has made me feel so well these past few days.”  I also drank the water but I did not pay any attention to its effects.

Once I was back in America, I continue to take my medication as before, the pills were inexpensive, I took them every day.  I went for my annual physical check up and tests so that my conditions could be monitored.  In the past, the indicators of my Hepatitis B virus was high, but 2 years after I prayed to Father Diep, the numbers got lover and lover and at the start of this year I was informed that I am completely free of the Hepatitis B virus.  As for the pain in my left wrist, as I’ve said, no matter what drugs I take, it doesn’t get better and the doctors here in America have not been able to treat me either.  Many time when I have pain and call for a doctor’s appointment to get prescription antibiotics, by the time I get to the doctor’s office, my wrist has swollen up.  But miraculously, since my visit to Father Diep’s Shrine in 2012, I have forgotten all about this condition, and now I no longer have these pains as before.  I believe that Father Diep have cured me, there could be no other reason.  I have some guilty feeling because I had not believed in him much when I first prayed to Father Diep.

Most recently, Father Diep have blessed me beyond my prayers.  My nail salon had not been having much clientele, business is bad, and the shop is far away from my house, it takes me almost an hour to drive there.  It is especially hard on me in winter time when I have to drive through sleet and snow.  I wanted to retire.  So last year, I decided to sell my business. (Continued next page)

Father Truong Buu Diep Foundation sent me a picture of Father Diep which I keep in my car.  Every time I get into my car I would pray to Father Diep:  “Dear Father, I have experienced hardship all my life ever since I was 16, 17 years old.  Now I am already 60 years old, please grant our wish to remain healthy, especially my husband who suffers greatly from stomach pain.  Please let me sell my shop before the summer of 2016 because my grandkids need me to look after them in the summer, there is no one else that could take care of them.  Please don’t let my situation prolong until the winter time, I can not handle it any longer.  Please love me and help me Father.”  Wow, my husband’s condition improved dramatically, this I attribute to Father Diep and I believe in him even more.  Furthermore, in June when my grandkids were off for the summer, I got a phone call offering to buy my salon, I sold it right away.  Now I believe in Father Diep 100%.

Now as I retell my stories, I am reminded that Father Diep had given me signs along the way.  In 2012 when I bought a Toyota 2000, I kept driving it until it got to 300,000 miles.  As usual, I talk to Father Diep and pray to him.  One day I said:  “Dear Father, how come I keep praying and praying but my prayers are not answered (at that time, I had not received Father Diep’s blessings), Please give me a sign that you are with us and walking with us.”  Suddenly I heard a banging sound and then smelled smoke, like my engine had given out.  I was terrified, I called to my son who was drying up behind me and told him about it.  My son told me to pull over and then he passed me and let his wife out to drive me home in their car while my son drove my car home without incident.  He told me “Mother, I didn’t hear anything.”  After that day, I kept driving my car without any problems.  I am a stubborn person and I don’t believe in mysterious things, but as for this incident, I believe Father Diep was giving me a sign that he is with me.

Now I look to Father Diep as if he was my true father.  I place Father Diep’s picture in my house, and report to him before I leave my house and when I come home.  I pray to Father Diep for many things, some things I get answered right away, and some things takes time to happen but he considers everything.  After I received Father’s blessings, I asked my daughter to book a trip for our family to travel to California to visit Father Diep.  We only had 3 days to go to California, to visit Father Diep’s Foundation and to give our testimony about Father Diep.  This is our family’s purpose for our trip this time.