Don’t freak out.. it wasn’t that big of a deal, but during our time in Laos, we had to “run” from the authorities…
I guess I wasn’t aware of the gravity of the presence of a bunch of foreigner Christian believers somewhere in Laos. Our ministry consisted of building a church/house for a family.
Being in India as our fourth country, which is on the top ten list of countries who are unfriendly towards Christians, I thought I’ve already seen the most opposition that we were going to get on the race.
But as it turns out, In Laos, during our “manistry” month, authorities came to our host’s house and were asking questions why there were foreigners in their house.
So as a precaution, we had to leave the house and move to a “safe house” a couple blocks away. Like I said, it wasn’t a big deal, but at the moment, we were surprised that we actually had to take “precaution” and leave our residence due to our faith.
It was a pretty cool to me… not gonna lie lol. I’ve ran from cops in the past before, but now I’m running because of my faith… just crazy how God works 🙂
It also got me thinking how much for granted we take that in the U.S, we have freedom to worship. We often hear this, but to truly grasp the gift that it is to have this freedom, in contrast with countries like Laos, whose citizens if caught proclaiming Christianity is an automatic 3 years sentence, really brings the reality into perspective.
It was truly a blessing to see believers in different countries whose faith are so strong that they are willing to proclaim the love of Christ to those who are lost even at the cost of their own freedom and in some countries, even their life.
