{"id":4901,"date":"2024-02-08T08:07:03","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T08:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/former-soldier-sacrifices-pension-remains-faithful\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T08:07:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T08:07:03","slug":"former-soldier-sacrifices-pension-remains-faithful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/former-soldier-sacrifices-pension-remains-faithful\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Soldier Sacrifices Pension, Remains Faithful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Phet, 71, and his wife placed their trust in Christ in 2005. As a veteran of the Laotian army with more than 30 years of service, Phet is entitled to a government pension but was denied it. The commander said he would approve the pension if Phet would recant his faith. Phet answered, &ldquo;My family and I, we already accepted Christ, and we could not turn back to worship the ghost spirits any longer.&rdquo; His wife and children agreed, saying, &ldquo;God, our Father, will take care of us.&rdquo; Phet&rsquo;s family experienced increasing persecution in their village, and the police took their family registration book, which holds important records such as birth and marriage certificates, educational records, and work permits. In 2010, they moved to live near a married daughter in another province. The loss of the pension has left the family impoverished, but they have experienced peace in trusting the Lord. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/globalprayerguide\/laos\/\">Click here<\/a> to find out about Christian persecution in Laos and learn how to pray.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icommittopray.com\/request\/2624\/phet-and-his-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Post a prayer for Phet and his family on iCommitToPray.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phet, 71, and his wife placed their trust in Christ in 2005. As a veteran of the Laotian army with more than 30 years of service, Phet is entitled to a government pension but was denied it. The commander said he would approve the pension if Phet would recant his faith. Phet answered, &#8220;My family and I, we already accepted Christ, and we could not turn back to worship the ghost spirits any longer.&#8221; His wife and children agreed, saying, &#8220;God, our Father, will take care of us.&#8221; Phet&#8217;s family experienced increasing persecution in their village, and the police took their family registration book, which holds important records such as birth and marriage certificates, educational records, and work permits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-4901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-i-commit-to-pray","tag-laos","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former Soldier Sacrifices Pension, Remains Faithful - Stories<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/former-soldier-sacrifices-pension-remains-faithful\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former Soldier Sacrifices Pension, Remains Faithful - Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Phet, 71, and his wife placed their trust in Christ in 2005. As a veteran of the Laotian army with more than 30 years of service, Phet is entitled to a government pension but was denied it. The commander said he would approve the pension if Phet would recant his faith. Phet answered, &quot;My family and I, we already accepted Christ, and we could not turn back to worship the ghost spirits any longer.&quot; His wife and children agreed, saying, &quot;God, our Father, will take care of us.&quot; Phet&#039;s family experienced increasing persecution in their village, and the police took their family registration book, which holds important records such as birth and marriage certificates, educational records, and work permits.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/former-soldier-sacrifices-pension-remains-faithful\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-08T08:07:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"vomtechsupport\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"vomtechsupport\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/former-soldier-sacrifices-pension-remains-faithful\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/former-soldier-sacrifices-pension-remains-faithful\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"vomtechsupport\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/5ff286fd5505fccd2d5ebfd9d4203216\"},\"headline\":\"Former Soldier Sacrifices Pension, Remains Faithful\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-08T08:07:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/former-soldier-sacrifices-pension-remains-faithful\/\"},\"wordCount\":185,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/former-soldier-sacrifices-pension-remains-faithful\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/assets.persecution.com\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/VOM-Stories-iCommit-PlaceholderV2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Laos\"],\"articleSection\":[\"iCommitToPray\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/former-soldier-sacrifices-pension-remains-faithful\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/former-soldier-sacrifices-pension-remains-faithful\/\",\"name\":\"Former Soldier Sacrifices Pension, Remains Faithful - 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