COUNTING THE COST IN NORTH KOREA: JI-HO’S BRAVE FAITH

Ji Ho* vividly remembers the moment she saw her father for the last time. North Korean security agents had ransacked their house. They didn’t find what they were looking for in the house – but they did discover something by digging deep in the garden.

“They found the book, wrapped in plastic,” she remembers. “One of the policemen came inside, holding the book. He kicked over our small table as we cowered in the corner, flinging dishes everywhere, and threw the book down at my father’s feet.”

That book was a Bible – one of the most dangerous possessions to be found with inside North Korea. Because of that book, Ji-Ho’s father was arrested and taken away, and she hasn’t seen him since. But, even though she had no idea what was in the Bible, or what being a Christian was, Ji-Ho’s father had been telling her stories from the Bible as she grew up. And when she came to hear about Jesus on a radio broadcast, she realised she knew his words already!

Watch her story of brave faith below…

How Open Doors helps…

Through our networks in another country, Open Doors distributes food and medicine, especially in wintertime. Through these underground networks, Open Doors secret workers are currently sustaining 100,000 North Korean believers alive with vital food and aid, shelter and discipleship training. That’s only possible with the help and prayers of people like you.

“I’ll continue to learn more about Jesus and how I can follow Him more closely – and I’ll continue to be salt to the people around me,” says Ji Ho. She has so little, but is determined to do what she can to show Jesus’s love to the desperate people around her.

Please pray for and support courageous believers like Ji-Ho. Start by praying the points below and pre-ordering our latest free World Watch List map!

*Name changed. Ji Ho’s story is based on several true accounts of life in North Korea, to protect any specific person from being identified.