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Christian persecution is severe and widespread. But even in the most dangerous places, God is not silent \u2013 and believers need your support. But even in the darkest places, God cannot be silenced\u2026<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Uniformed policemen tore apart the small house, ransacking drawers and digging up the garden. They needed evidence. Proof that the quiet man cowering with his daughter was a Christian.<\/p>\n

They got what they came for.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe men found a Bible wrapped in plastic, buried in the garden,\u201d said Ji Ho*, a schoolgirl at the time. \u201cMy father and I sobbed. In that moment, we knew we\u2019d never see each other again.\u201d<\/p>\n

In North Korea, where Ji Ho lives, owning a Bible can put you in jail. It\u2019s the most dangerous place in the world to follow Jesus, and believers risk torture and even execution if discovered. Ji Ho doesn\u2019t know what happened to her father. He was taken and she grew up alone. \u201cWe knew we\u2019d never see each other again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ji Ho doesn\u2019t know what happened to her father. He was taken and she grew up alone. But even in the darkest places, God cannot
\nbe silenced\u2026<\/p>\n

Words of Jesus<\/strong>
\nOne evening, Ji Ho tuned into her father\u2019s old transistor radio. Like half of all North Koreans, Ji Ho was starving amid chronic food shortages, and she was desperate for news of food supplies. But instead, Ji Ho heard a man speaking the words of Jesus.
\n\u201cI nearly dropped my tea,\u201d she said. \u201cI became convinced: This Jesus was the teacher my father had been trying to tell me about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ji Ho gave her life to Christ. But like the estimated 400 000 believers in North Korea, she keeps her faith secret. \u201cI might be the only Christian in my country,\u201d she said.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Life and death<\/strong>
\nOpen Doors works through secret networks to provide food, medicine and spiritual support to 100 000 North Korean Christians. Now more than ever, believers like Ji Ho depend on you.<\/p>\n

Your gifts can help broadcast daily Gospel radio programmes to strengthen their faith and provide emergency food to keep North Korean Christians from starvation. Your prayers help Ji Ho persevere.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a Christian now, like my father,\u201d said Ji Ho. \u201cI hope someday I can meet another follower of Jesus. For now, I\u2019ll keep listening to the radio. I\u2019ll keep following Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ji Ho represents the real experiences of secret believers in North Korea, whose accounts of true events have been combined to protect their identities.<\/em><\/p>\n

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