Responses from Hmong Listeners

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(Hmong from Laos)

First of all I want to thank you for all of the Hmong New Testament Bibles and the two scripture teaching tapes that you sent me. Everything has arrived safely.

Pastor, this year has been so terrible for my family and I. My wife and my daughter died not too long from each other in events. Now I have a youngest daughter who stays with me and I don't know what to do to raise my daughter and myself properly.

Everyday I completely depend on your broadcast to encourage my heart. I thank God for all of the words and Christian music that you have on your programs.

What should I do? Remarry? I am 26 years old and there are a lot of none Christian women available where I live but I don't want to marry someone unless they have the fruit of God in them. To marry a Christian I would have to go very far. Please offer me some advice.

Also, please pray that no matter what happens to my family now, that I will always follow Christ, and even pray for those who have laughed at me for accepting Christ. If you have any Christian teaching tapes please send them to me. Thanks.

(Hmong from Laos)

I am an anti Christian even though I follow up on listening to your program as much as possible. There are my questions to you:

1) You and God's word say that God loved the world so much but why does he punish people everyday? Is it God's love or does He lie to us humans?

2)You said that God saved the world by sending his only son, that whosoever believes in him will not perish but why didn't God save those who are in jail?

3) I see that the only things that can save them from dying is money or death itself. I didn't see God's mercy there at all.

4) Authority and those who have power to arrest to put people in jail…are they Satan and his angels?

5) Roman 13:1- mentions that obeying the government and authority is what a person should do. Why is it that God is working with our bad government then?

6) It seems like this world has no God. Who rules the world? Government does. Does God really have control of the Universe?

7) Is God all just a folktale and myth? My understanding is that people created this kind of image just to pass time. Nothing has changed and I doubt that the Bible teaches what you send us everyday. So like I asked … is God a folktale and myth?

I hope that you can answer my questions and give me more understanding on what I asked. Thanks.

(Hmong from Thailand)

My wife and I are not believers yet but we have been listening to your broadcast for many years now. At this time we live about 150 miles from the city of Bangkok Thailand. My letter to you is that we are ready to accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and want to join a church. Do you happen to know any churches in our area that we can join with? I am really afraid that be joining a church we might end up joining a committee with the wrong agenda.

Please let us know as soon as possible of any close churches that we can join. Would you also send me some of your scripture teaching tapes and other literature? Thanks.

(Hmong from Laos)

This is my first letter that I have written to you. My parents passed away and I now live with my brother. I have been married before and a few months later I got divorced. I know it's wrong for a Christian to do so but my husband tried to kill me so many times that I chose to get away from him.

Now I am a believer but my brother and his family is not. What should I do to win his family to the Lord? One thing that I want to ask from you is how could a sinful person like me be accepted as one of His children and do I have a part in His kingdom of Heaven?

Finally keep on sending the love of God to us. We really depend on what your broadcast teaches us every day. Especially a sinful person like myself, your program allows me to live each day by listening to your broadcast. Please answer me and encourage me to live every day. Thanks.

(Hmong from Laos)

I am so happy to let you know that the three scripture tapes that you sent me has been received by me well. Thank you very much for both of your love and concern for our Hmong Christians in northern Laos.

You may already know that this year our local government has prohibited us from gathering together for church service. We can't go out and share our faith with others and whenever someone talks about Christ, we are threatened by jail. I wonder why I had to be born in a country where Christianity is not allowed.

I want to tell you that I would rather have Christ in my heart more than anything. That's why we stand for Christ no matter what happens. Pray that we will have His strength to help us stand for this hardship. Thanks