Living For Higher Purpose by Peter G. Vu

What helped me and many of my countrymen tremendously during those dark days was our faith and prayers. I had to grow up with the Communist government system and endured lots of hardship with them for over a decade. I witnessed the war and the end of it with great horror and deep appreciation for peace. I was a young boy when the Viet Nam War ended. I was born in Saigon City (currently Ho Chi Minh City), Viet Nam. Vu, and I have been a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan, for twenty years. This person will always trust in God's love on the Cross of Jesus to guide, protect, strengthen, and encourage him or her throughout his or her life. By sticking to that way of living, a person will find meaning and unending joy even in the dark night of his or her soul. That is, a person should use his or her life to serve Jesus and other people. Viet will help his readers come to the same conclusion with him about the following secret of a fulfilling and joyful life. It also discusses many popular, current issues such as war and its victims, refugees and their life challenges, life under a Communist regime, core curriculum, how the world views America, the relationship between Catholicism (Christianity) and Buddhism, and much more. Hence, his Memoir has taken the title 'Living for a Higher Purpose.' The book will guide its readers through many stories of Viet's life and eventually help them figure out what that higher purpose is.

Most importantly, he has had to look up to his loving God and a higher purpose to stay alive and move forward each day. He had to rely on the protection of his ancestors and the help of the Guardian Angels - the kind and generous people - that God would send him along the way. As these two parts weave together, one will see the divine presence and the secrets of life that have helped Viet survive throughout his life. This book is partly a history book and also a personal diary.

Living For Higher Purpose by Peter G. Vu