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    Where the Wind Leads: A Refugee Family's Miraculous Story of Loss, Rescue, and Redemption
    Where the Wind Leads: A Refugee Family's Miraculous Story of Loss, Rescue, and Redemption
    Where the Wind Leads: A Refugee Family's Miraculous Story of Loss, Rescue, and Redemption
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    Where the Wind Leads: A Refugee Family's Miraculous Story of Loss, Rescue, and Redemption

    Written by Dr. Vinh Chung and Tim Downs

    Narrated by Josh Aaron

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    The remarkable first-hand account of Vinh Chung, a Vietnamese refugee, and his family’s daring escape from communist oppression for the chance of a better life in America. Discover a story of personal sacrifice, redemption, endurance against almost insurmountable odds, and what it truly means to be American.

    Vinh Chung was born in South Vietnam, just eight months after it fell to the communists in 1975. His family was wealthy, controlling a rice-milling empire worth millions; but within months of the communist takeover, the Chungs lost everything and were reduced to abject poverty. Knowing that their children would have no future under the new government, the Chungs decided to flee the country. In 1979, they joined the legendary “boat people” and sailed into the South China Sea, despite knowing that an estimated two hundred thousand of their countrymen had already perished at the hands of brutal pirates and violent seas. 

    Where the Wind Leads follows Vinh Chung and his family on their desperate journey from pre-war Vietnam. Vinh shares:

    • The family’s perilous journey through pirate attacks on a lawless sea
    • Their miraculous rescue and a new home in the unlikely town of Fort Smith, Arkansas
    • Vinh’s struggled against poverty, discrimination, and a bewildering language barrier
    • His graduation from Harvard Medical School

    Where the Wind Leads is Vinh’s tribute to the courage and sacrifice of his parents, a testimony to his family’s faith, and a reminder to people everywhere that the American dream, while still possible, carries with it a greater responsibility.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas Nelson
    Release dateApr 29, 2014
    ISBN9780849922787
    Author

    Dr. Vinh Chung

    Vinh Chung graduated Harvard magna cum laude with a BA in biology and attended Harvard Medical School for his MD. Dr. Chung also studied at the University of Sydney as a Fulbright Scholar and completed a masters of pharmaceutical sciences. He completed his dermatology residency at Emory University, where he served as chief resident. He currently serves on World Vision's National Leadership Council. Dr. Chung and his wife Leisle have three children and run a successful private practice.

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    • 5/5
      This is a phenomenal memoir of a Chinese family of 10 from Vietnam who became refugees in the mid-1970s and made their way to America. You can hardly believe all the hardships they suffered through their journey. Through a miraculous rescue, sheer grit, and the strength of family, they achieve tremendous heights in America, but remember their roots, are grateful for their opportunities, and see it as their mission to pay it forward to others.
    • 5/5
      Vinh Chung shares his and his family's story of having a successful life in Vietnam, only to lose everything. As boat people, it is only by the grace of God that that the author and his parents and 7 siblings survived when rescued by a World Vision boat. What this family has overcome is overwhelming, and how they have succeeded is a testament to their parents and the sacrifices they made. We as native-born Americans can learn a lot from Chung and his experiences to appreciate more fully what we have been given and the freedoms that we enjoy. He is now a proud American doctor himself. It is also a testament to his family's Christian faith, a faith that still continues.