Persecuted For Faith

Mission story for 2.26.22 from Laos. Kina is a pseudonym. The territory of Laos is a part of the Southeast Asia Union Mission in the Southern Asia-Pacific Division. The first Seventhday Adventist mission station was opened by Richard C. Hall and his family in 1957 at Nam Tha, in one of the northwestern provinces. A short time later, Nai Mun Lansri and Abel Pangan and his wife joined them, and by 1961 a church with 44 members, mostly from the Maeo people group, had been organized. In 1962, all mission personnel were evacuated from Laos because of war. Shortly after the missionaries left, military forces overran Nam Tha, and the mission buildings were destroyed. Part of this quarter’s Thirteenth Sabbath Offering will help open a school where girls like Kina can study in Laos. Thank you for your Sabbath School mission offerings that help spread the gospel around the world.