A Missing Husband. Police Interrogations. Still, She Shared the Gospel.

At 95 years old, Khoi has remained a faithful servant of God through 50 years of Communist control in Vietnam, where today an estimated 15,000 members of her people group are now Christians.

Khoi and her husband, Nhat, were the first in their village to place their faith in Jesus Christ in 1957. By 1975, an estimated 3,000 members of their people group in Vietnam had come to know Christ through the witness of evangelists like them. “It was like a miracle of God,” Khoi said. “We just loved the Lord and served the Lord with all our hearts, and we loved our people. We shared the gospel with the people, showed our love to them, and they just opened their hearts and accepted Jesus.”

Following the reunification of Vietnam in 1975, the Communist government targeted Christian pastors as foreign agents and enemies of the regime. One day, Nhat left the house and never returned. Khoi heard rumors that he had been arrested, but she never saw him again and doesn’t know what became of him. Government officials questioned Khoi repeatedly about her husband’s Christian activities. Eventually, they confiscated her house and property, leaving Khoi and her eight dependents homeless and impoverished. “I was so discouraged and so disappointed at the time,” Khoi said, “but the Lord put love in my heart and I just relied on God. I didn’t know to do anything else.”

Every time Khoi went to church, Communist Vietnamese authorities wanted to know where she went and with whom she met. While she was in church one Sunday morning, police raided the building, confiscating Bibles and ordering Khoi to come in for questioning yet again. “Who are you, that you stand up and teach the Bible? Who gives you the right to share the gospel?” they demanded. She replied, “No one told me to do that. It is what I should do. It is the right thing to do.”

After years of fruitful ministry, Khoi regrets that she can no longer travel to share the Good News that won her heart. Instead, she now devotes herself to praying for her children, for her church and for those who continue the legacy of evangelism that she and her husband began among their people group in Vietnam. And she joyfully teaches others the hard-earned lessons she learned through persecution and perseverance.

“For those who are facing difficulties,” Khoi said, “I spend time to visit them and encourage them, and what I have I give to them. I tell them that our God knows everything, so we commit our life to God’s hands and just be faithful in the Lord.”

Christians today are persecuted by Communist governments like Vietnam’s that seek to silence the gospel. You can partner in the gospel with our Christian brothers and sisters who are standing firm in their faith, and you can help support Christians who are suffering for their faith under Communist oppression.

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