Arrested for Spreading the Faith

Two Christians Arrested for Spreading the Faith
Prayer Alert, September 11, 2015
Release International

Bountheung Phetsomphone, 43, and Neuy, 40, who are both married with three children each, are being held in jail in Khounkham in Khammouane province. They were arrested on September 2 during a lunch visit to a family in Nong-hang village. Five police agents raided the home, apparently after a tip-off from local officials.
 
Local sources say that police in Khounkham have been monitoring Christian activities closely for several years, due to concerns over the church growth. Bountheung and Neuy are reported to have brought hundreds of people to Christ through their witness.

Christians make up just two per cent of the population in this communist country.

• Please pray for the immediate release of Bountheung and Neuy.
  
• Praise God for their powerful witness and for the way He has worked through them to bring many Lao people to Christ.
  
• Pray for local officials who oppose Christians in this area of central Laos. Pray that they too will be touched by the Holy Spirit in the same way that Saul was (Acts 9).