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Ketsana* — a 69-year-old believer from northern Laos — has been distraught for many weeks.

Her son beat her when he found out she was a Christian — then he and his wife kicked her out of their home.

Here is her story, in her own tear-filled words:

My son doesn’t love me anymore. He doesn’t want me to be a Christian anymore. He hates me ... he punched me. He said to me, ‘Go away from my house, you Christian! Never come back if you still worship Jesus.’...

Then he hit me on my shoulder with a gun.

A few days after that, I went fishing to provide food for him and his family. I was out the whole day until it was already dark. On my way home, I could no longer see the path, so I slept overnight at a small old abandoned hut in the jungle without a blanket on. I was scared, weary, and hungry but I still held the fish and vegetables I harvested on the way.

The following morning, although tired, I was able to go home but was greeted by my still angry son. He slapped my head again with his sandal and shouted at me, ‘I thought you’re already dead with Jesus at the river! Why are you still alive?!’

I love my son, but he and his wife kicked me out of the house. I have given all my property to him and expected him to look after me until my last day. I asked my neighbors and the village chief to talk to [him] for me, but no one came. They just laughed and made fun of me and said that they can’t help me because I am a Christian, and I deserved to be beaten. They also told me that they will kick me out of the village, and they will not allow my body to be buried [there] if I die.

It’s a tragic and heartbreaking testimony about the hostility that family members and friends hold toward Christianity in hostile nations.

But it is what people like Ketsana experience repeatedly just for believing in Jesus or talking about the Gospel.

Laos is listed at #20 on the 2020 World Watch List — the Open Doors’ top 50 countries in the world where it’s most dangerous to be a Christian. The nation’s strict communist regime controls every aspect of religious life there.

Our brothers and sister in Laos — and elsewhere — are heavily threatened, rejected and oppressed for their faith, and often by their own families and communities.

As you say a prayer today for Ketsana, for Laos and for other Christians experiencing harsh persecution ...

I urge you to give generously today to provide urgently needed humanitarian aid and spiritual support.

Your online donation to Liberty Relief International will send emergency food and water to those struggling to survive on their own.

Our partners on the ground in the region also offer shelter and safety ... trauma counseling, literacy training and job training ... Bibles, Bible study materials and discipleship training ... and more.

We simply need your help to do more — and to meet the growing needs — in central and southern Asia, the Middle East, northern Africa and beyond.

For a mother like Ketsana’s sake — someone abandoned and abused by her own family — please reach out in Christ’s name today.

Yours in Christ,

Mathew D. Staver
Founder and Chairman

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*Representative names and photos used for security reasons.