Mother of Lao Lia Po (Vietnam)
Amidst terraced rice paddies, tea plantations, and blooming hyacinth gardens, the truth of Christ had begun to take root in the hearts of the tribal people in the mountainous Northwest Province of Vietnam. First, a 74 year old Hmong woman had accepted Christ, soon others followed, including Lao Lia Po’s mother.
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On March 9, 2009 Compass Direct News reported that there had been gun and club attacks on a Presbyterian church in the Christian community of Sang-Wali in Pakistan. The attacks left 16 people wounded and one woman dead and remembered as a Christian martyr.
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On August 3, 2005, Compass Direct News reported that two Christian men working in Bangladesh were hacked to death. Tapan Kumar Roy, one of the martyrs, left behind his mother and younger sister Taposhi. This is his story as told through the fictional pages of Taposhi's journal.
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On June 3, 2009 Compass Direct News reported that a bomb had gone off at the Assumption Church in Kathmandu, Nepal. The explosion killed two women and injured at least 14 others.
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