Makhloi is a widow from the villages of Pucharee. Since she came to know Jesus, she has been a faithful church member and a good disciple. But she has recently been going through challenging situations.

Some of her late husband’s relatives fell ill one after the other and concluded that the cause was a curse inflicted by angry spirits because Makhloi is Christian. The family gathered to force her to abandon her Christian faith so that they would cease suffering. The pressure was very great. They even threatened to physically assault her if she did not stop that very moment from following Jesus.

Makhloi became very discouraged. “I am suffering so much that I prefer not to attend church anymore,” she said. After this, we didn´t see her attending church for a few weeks. But our Christian community continued to visit her and pray for her. After a few weeks, she returned. “I couldn’t stop coming. If I’m not a Christian, what am I going to do with my life?”

We praise God for her willpower and for allowing the Holy Spirit to show her the right way. But we must continue to pray for our sister. Because the sense of community is deeply rooted in this culture, she is trying to gather her whole family to talk with them about her faith and why she will not abandon the Way. We hope and pray to God that the family may have a favorable response to her and her faith and that she, in turn, will be a witness to her loved ones.

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