{"id":4925,"date":"2024-03-14T07:07:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T07:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/first-believers-in-village-threatened-with-expulsion\/"},"modified":"2024-03-14T07:07:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T07:07:02","slug":"first-believers-in-village-threatened-with-expulsion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/first-believers-in-village-threatened-with-expulsion\/","title":{"rendered":"First Believers in Village Threatened with Expulsion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oudong and his wife, Lae, placed their trust in Christ in May 2023, becoming the first Christians in their village. Two weeks after their conversion, the village head came to their home and told them to stop worshiping Jesus Christ because Buddhism and animism were the only religions permitted in the village. The couple, along with their four children, began to travel two hours each way to gather in worship and fellowship with believers in another city, but this did not satisfy the authorities. In September, the village head told Oudong that his family must leave the village. Front-line workers are intervening to try to keep the family from being expelled and to assist them in attending church for encouragement and fellowship.<\/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\/2639\/oudong-and-lae\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Post a prayer for Oudong and Lae on iCommitToPray.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oudong and his wife, Lae, placed their trust in Christ in May 2023, becoming the first Christians in their village. 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