CompassionNet Ho Chi Minh City November 24, 2014

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM (HOE-chee-men) – Every morning Ha* wakes up with the smell of incense from the altar. She spends her days working at a sewing machine in her house, not 10 feet from that same altar. She watches most of her family members bowing to the idols or placing fresh fruit offerings on the altar where they sit. Ha is grateful that her family allows her to remain in the house even though she is openly a Christian and doesn’t participate in the religious rituals of her parents and siblings. Still, being almost constantly surrounded by the darkness of idol worship in her home keeps an oppressive weight on her. Please ask God to continue to strengthen Ha in her faith and revive her with joy. Pray that her words of testimony and perseverance in faith will open the eyes of her family so that they, too, will believe in Jesus. (*name changed)

From CompassionNet – Today’s Prayer