Responses from Hmong Listeners

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(Hmong from Laos)

Thank you very much for complete Hmong Bible and the two scripture teaching tapes that you sent me. Everything has arrived safely with praise to the Lord.

With this letter I want to let you know that it may be the final one I ever send you. Where I am living right now the government has enacted a new law they will drive out the Christians in the province. They told us that we can either live in peace and forget Him or we could praise God and go to jail. They said that Christianity was only for westerners and that Laos had its own agenda.

I happen to be the church leader this year. I am still a young man and I know that other people should lead the congregation but because no one has the wisdom of grammar nor knowledge of the scriptures that I do it was decided that I should lead this group.

When government officials came to restore their order of things and threatened with jail because we did not practice worshipping evil spirits I told them that I would not deny Christ and was ready to accept all consequences. I told them that I was their leader and that they should take me and I only. I told them to leave the old people alone with their families as I was ready to give my life to the Lord. They left us alone but said that if they returned and saw us worshipping God that they would come back to imprison us for life; those who worshipped Jesus.

Would you and FEBC please pray for us that no matter what happens we will stand firm for the Lord. Your radio broadcast is the only source of encouragement of faith that we have. Thanks.

(Hmong from jail in Thailand)

I praise the Lord that I have heard the Gospel through FEBC radio. I decided to accept Christ as my Lord and personal savior. I am very thankful to God for accepting me back into His family.

I have had to accept Jesus twice because the first time I accepted Jesus I had a slight understanding of what He [was]. Even though I attended church I was still abusing my wife and family as well as treating others poorly as how the Bible says I should treat them. I didn't care for criticism. Deep inside my heart though I knew that Jesus still loved me but outside I was acting crazy.

I left my family behind after some time and now I have ended up in jail! It is very lonely to spend so many days apart from not only people but from also my family. There has been an eternal level of loneliness and darkness upon my soul. I have, in some ways, learned to accept my situation.

Every time I spend time in this lonely place I thank God that I am still alive. And I await the chance to get out. I have accepted Christ into my heart again and I am glad that He has put so much joy in my heart. I am not afraid to cry out my love of Christ nor sing out loud to the guards of the hymns of our Lord Jesus. In some sense this confinement has added peace to my life as God has added love and kindness.

Now I know that the short time that I had with my family should not have been wasted like I had done. I should have loved them more. I love them so much now and it is almost too late to reconcile.

Would you pray for me that whatever happens I will always follow our Lord Jesus Christ. The only way I can truly pay back God for everything is to live for Him and tell others about my fascinating life. But most important is God's love and His acceptance of those who have sinned.

Would you please send some scripture tapes please? They are not for me but rather to my family. They deserve something in regards to my feelings. I just want to let them know that I love them and that I have changed through my experience with Christ. With God's hand they will not turn away from Him while I am away. Thank you.

(Hmong from Laos)

I praise the Lord that through your daily broadcast my entire family has accepted Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior since 1992. Before then we were practiced in evil spirit worship. I remembered one year that five people in my family died. We contributed this to evil spirit worship and haven angered them in some way. Since we have come to Christ no tragedy has affected us. I am truly convinced that it is Christ who is protecting us.

This year the local government in our province has forced everyone to go back to evil spirit worship. That is the only option that we had as we would go to jail if we do not. We had to tell these officials that we would stop our Christianity practices. After they heard us we were free to go.

My question is: even though we told them from our mouths that we were not followers we knew that in our hearts God was still with us very much. Has this effected our faith in some way however?

Would you and FEBC please pray for us? Pray that we will keep our faith and not go to jail and that we remain the same as usual. Keep on sending the gospel to us. We really need your word of encouragement and God's word.

(Hmong from Thailand)

My hope is that this letter will arrive safely to your hands. I need your help and honesty. Pray for my needs right now. My life will be in a state of suffering or I will be dead. I have no other choice.

The problem in my life is that my husband always beats me and is looking for a second wife. I am trying to stop him from finding another wife and to stop beating me but he refuses to listen. My husband has chased me out from our house many times.

You are my only hope. My entire life I have tried my best to listen and live according to the scriptures however things never seem to work out. Your daily broadcast is the only time that I listen and warrant peace in my heart. Please pray for me and send whatever you can to help me out please. It's always good to have God's guidance in a time such as this. Thanks.