{"id":5454,"date":"2025-12-17T16:50:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/nepal-only-god-listens\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T16:50:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:50:24","slug":"nepal-only-god-listens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/nepal-only-god-listens\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal: &#8220;Only God Listens&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>His cell phone rings. When Brother Matthew answers, it is an angry voice, threatening to kidnap his children and abuse his wife. Radicals in Nepal are angry at his Christian witness and his support for Christians there. Matthew and his family have been forced to move multiple times, to different cities, because of the threats. Yet they boldly continue to serve our persecuted family in Nepal. Brother Matthew says when he sees the suffering other Nepali Christians endure, he doesn&#8217;t even feel his own suffering is worth mentioning. 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