As Gospel Spreads in Laos, so Does Opposition
Kaipo had fled his native Laos after his father called police to arrest him for becoming a Christian. Taking refuge at a native Lao ministry on the other side of the border with Thailand, he asked its director whether he should return home. The 17-year-old’s father, an influential witchdoctor in the village, had thrown Kaipo and all his belongings out of their house after learning that he had left their ancestral rituals.