{"id":2411,"date":"2022-08-16T14:12:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T13:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opendoorsuk.org\/?p=2411"},"modified":"2024-02-14T12:37:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T12:37:31","slug":"life-in-exile-in-north-korea-will-you-show-bae-she-isnt-alone","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/wwl.opendoorsuk.org\/ireland\/blog\/news\/latest-news\/life-in-exile-in-north-korea-will-you-show-bae-she-isnt-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Life in exile in North Korea: Will you show Bae she isn&#8217;t alone?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bae was sentenced to a lifetime of backbreaking labour and starvation rations &#8211; just for having a Bible. Here&#8217;s her story &#8211; and the one time she managed to escape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/wwl.opendoorsuk.org\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bae-large-1024x439.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwl.opendoorsuk.org\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bae-large-1024x439.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wwl.opendoorsuk.org\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bae-large-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wwl.opendoorsuk.org\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bae-large-768x329.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wwl.opendoorsuk.org\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bae-large.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><em>Bae is sentenced to a lifetime of labour and starvation rations in North Korea &#8211; but she once managed to escape (image from a reconstruction)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you were to see Bae* during the day, you\u2019d assume that her work was picking crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every morning in the village she\u2019s forced to live in, Bae spends the day working in the fields. She has to meet her work quota of crops. If she has any time for a short break, she heads for the woods. The mushrooms and plants she forages help stem the gaping hunger in her belly \u2013 otherwise she only gets to eat meagre rations. Like everyone else in her village, Bae is close to starving. The authorities give them just enough to stay alive. It\u2019s partly a punishment, and partly a reflection of the terrible food shortage in North Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you saw all this, you\u2019d be appalled. But you\u2019d have no idea this isn\u2019t Bae\u2019s&nbsp;<em>real<\/em>&nbsp;work.<\/p>\n\n\n    <div class=\"pull-left-wrapper \">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God&#8221;\r\n<\/p> <cite>MATTHEW 4:4, BAE&#8217;S FAVOURITE VERSE<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That starts at night. When she and her housemates cover the windows with blankets, light a small candle and sit in a tight circle. Bae gets out a book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMan does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God,\u201d she reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is Bae\u2019s real work. This is the North Korean underground church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Life as a persecuted Christian in North Korea: Bae&#039;s story\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/658907421?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Exiled for owning a Bible<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bae hasn\u2019t always lived in this village. She and her husband were sent there when the authorities discovered that they owned a Bible. Simply for that, they were sentenced to a lifetime of hardship and backbreaking labour in this remote village, always on the brink of starvation.<\/p>\n\n\n    <div class=\"pull-right-wrapper\">\r\n        <div class=\"cta-box\">\r\n            <div class=\"stat\">EVERY \u00a356<\/div>\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"description\">could give discipleship training to 14 believers from a country where Christians face extreme persecution.<\/div>\r\n            <a class=\"btn btn-secondary btn-lg view-more\"\r\n               href=\"https:\/\/wwl.opendoorsuk.org\/ireland\/act\/donate\/?donationid=b0ee22df-287e-ea11-a82a-000d3a2cff99&amp;campid=WB0001\">my gift today<\/a>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s almost unimaginably hard but, believe it or not, Bae is one of the \u2018lucky\u2019 ones \u2013 because she wasn\u2019t killed. That\u2019s what happens to most North Korean believers if their Christian faith is discovered. Open Doors estimates there are around 400,000 Christians in North Korea, but they all have to completely hide their faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is absolutely no freedom of religion or belief for any faith. The authorities decide everything about the lives of North Koreans. Where they live, what they do, even what they think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The most extreme persecution<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea certainly isn\u2019t the only country where following Jesus exposes Christians to terrible opposition and violence. &nbsp;For example, it has a lot in common with Afghanistan \u2013 where Christians also face some of the most extreme persecution in the world, and which has been in the news so much in the past six months. Despotic leadership. Human rights abuses. Persecution of minorities. Humanitarian crisis. From Iran to Nigeria, Somalia to Saudi Arabia, many Christians around the world know they could be imprisoned, tortured or even killed if their faith is discovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In comparison, it might seem like Bae received a light sentence. She is grateful to be alive, but her punishment is much harsher than it sounds. The region she\u2019s been sent to is more like a prison than a farm. The roads out are closely monitored and guarded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unbelievably, Bae did once manage to escape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Shelter at a safe house<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When North Koreans flee the country, they often go across the Yalu River into China. This is far from a simple journey, and it has become much harder during the pandemic \u2013 with security intensifying even further at the country\u2019s borders. Once in China, North Koreans risk being found by security forces and sent back to North Korea to face interrogation and imprisonment. But it\u2019s a risk that many North Koreans take \u2013 including Christians. When Bae arrived in China, she was able to find shelter at a safe house. It\u2019s run by Open Doors secret fieldworkers, thanks to your gifts and prayers.<\/p>\n\n\n    <div class=\"pull-left-wrapper \">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;We were overwhelmed when we received this food&#8221;\r\n<\/p> <cite>NORTH KOREAN CHRISTIAN<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brother John* is an Open Doors fieldworker whose ministry at a safe house involves supporting North Koreans like Bae with food, medicine and fellowship. Food aid is particularly vital, as even North Koreans who aren\u2019t exiled like Bae face extreme shortages \u2013 and North Korea is on the precipice of another famine like the one that gripped the country in the 1990s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe were overwhelmed when we received this food,\u201d one message from the North Korean believers says. \u201cNo matter what circumstances we encounter, we will break through all difficulties with united hearts, and your loving support and prayers. It is God\u2019s grace and blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Incredible provision<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Brother John explains, many have travelled to China to get food from relatives \u2013 but sometimes they\u2019ve gone, or can\u2019t help. \u201cWhen we give them something, they just start to well up,\u201d he says. \u201cThey weep, and they try to say thank you, but we know that some things are not possible to say through words, and we see that on their faces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n    <div class=\"pull-right-wrapper\">\r\n        <div class=\"cta-box\">\r\n            <div class=\"stat\">EVERY \u00a337<\/div>\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"description\">could provide emergency food, medicine and clothing for a month to a family of Christian refugees fleeing extreme persecution.\r\n<\/div>\r\n            <a class=\"btn btn-secondary btn-lg view-more\"\r\n               href=\"https:\/\/wwl.opendoorsuk.org\/ireland\/act\/donate\/?donationid=b0ee22df-287e-ea11-a82a-000d3a2cff99&amp;campid=WB0001\">my gift today<\/a>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He often invites people who aren\u2019t yet believers to the safe house, who might be scared of him: North Koreans are taught from a young age that Christians are bad people. Others, like Bae, are already Christians. They are delighted to meet with other believers \u2013 and some secret Christians travel to these safe houses specifically to receive biblical training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe most important thing for them is to have the opportunity to learn and hear about the Bible as much as possible,\u201d Brother John says. \u201cIf they can\u2019t take a Bible back home, I strongly recommend that they recite my favourite verse, Romans 5:8: \u2018But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Impossible fellowship<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Can you imagine what a joyful experience it was for Bae to find fellowship at the safe house?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bae is so used to leading her underground church in whispers, aware that being caught could mean death. In the safe house, that all changed. She sang worship songs and prayed loud prayers. She read the Bible openly with fellow believers, experiencing fellowship in a way that is impossible in North Korea. There are still many risks, but they don\u2019t compare to the ones Bae faces back at home.<\/p>\n\n\n    <div class=\"pull-left-wrapper \">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;If you don\u2019t support us, we cannot go and minister \u2013 thank you&#8221;\r\n<\/p> <cite>BROTHER JOHN, OPEN DOORS FIELDWORKER<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You wouldn\u2019t blame Bae if she praised God for her lucky escape and never looked back. But amazingly, when offered the chance to stay in the safe house, she refused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, Bae returned home with the food and medicine she\u2019d be given, and a precious Bible. She shared all these with her underground group of believers. These gifts will sustain the faith of these North Korean Christians for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And when believers like Bae know you\u2019re praying for them, it makes an enormous difference. It gives North Korean believers the resources, faith and courage to continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Vital vision<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vision of the church in North Korea isn\u2019t just to survive \u2013 it\u2019s to survive, strengthen, equip and go. Open Doors stands alongside our courageous brothers and sisters \u2013 through safe houses in China and through prayer. Your prayers and gifts are sustaining an amazing 60,000 North Korean believers with food and urgent medical help, through Open Doors\u2019 secret networks in China. Without your help, many thousands of Christians would die.<\/p>\n\n\n    <div class=\"pull-right-wrapper\">\r\n        <div class=\"cta-box\">\r\n            <div class=\"stat\">EVERY \u00a321<\/div>\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"description\">could give a Bible to three believers from a country where Christians face extreme persecution.\r\n<\/div>\r\n            <a class=\"btn btn-secondary btn-lg view-more\"\r\n               href=\"https:\/\/wwl.opendoorsuk.org\/ireland\/act\/donate\/?donationid=b0ee22df-287e-ea11-a82a-000d3a2cff99&amp;campid=WB0001\">my gift today<\/a>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur distribution projects, providing food and medicines for North Korean Christians, have been very significant in supporting their survival during this desperate situation in North Korea, and we have increased the amount we are providing,\u201d says Brother Simon, another Open Doors fieldworker. \u201cEven during such difficult times, God continues to show us His faithfulness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your ongoing praying and giving provide vital, long-term support for believers from countries where faith costs the most \u2013 not just North Korea, but all the places where Christians face extreme persecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you don\u2019t support us, we cannot go and minister \u2013 thank you,\u201d says Brother John. \u201cYou make a team with us when you obey Him. God does not neglect your heart and calling. Thanks to all the supporters who pray and support us from all around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Courageous Christians like Bae truly know what it means to follow Jesus no matter the cost \u2013 and the cost has been enormous to her, though amazingly she considers her suffering \u2018a blessing\u2019 (see a letter at the bottom.) But your gifts and prayers are vital for showing believers like Bae that they aren\u2019t forgotten \u2013 and ensuring the survival and flourishing of the persecuted church. Today, you can show Bae that she isn\u2019t alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A letter from Bae<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n    <div class=\"float-right-wrapper\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Life in exile in North Korea: Will you show Bae she isn&#8217;t alone?\" src=\"https:\/\/wwl.opendoorsuk.org\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/bae-box-1.jpg\">\r\n\t\t    <\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bae was able to get a letter to an Open Doors partner, thanking Open Doors and supporters like you for their prayers and gifts. We can\u2019t tell you how she got it to us \u2013 doing so would put Bae in incredible danger. Please pray for Bae as you read her extraordinary message. (The image is from a reconstruction of Bae\u2019s story.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear friends,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are well and peaceful with Father\u2019s grace and your concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We give thanks to the Father who is doing almighty works. I am so overwhelmed to write you this letter; we received the greatest love and concern which cannot be returned back. We live firmly in the suffering march, as always.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whenever I open my eyes in the morning, I feel the presence of our Father. Right now, we only receive materials from you\u2014but we expect the day to come when we can return those back in God.<\/p>\n\n\n    <div class=\"pull-left-wrapper \">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;We give thanks to the Father who is doing almighty works&#8221;\r\n<\/p> <cite>BAE, NORTH KOREA<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the perspective of other people, our life of suffering must seem like a cursed life; however, this suffering is a blessing from our Father who allowed it in our life because it is a shortcut to the Father. He knows our suffering and listens to our prayers. We thank our Father who has done such great things to prepare life for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We, who receive His amazing grace, keenly realise and understand His words: \u201cMan does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the Father.\u201d That means any life that follows His words is blessed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The thing I give thanks for the most is that Father God uses me to work as his servant. I desire to dedicate my life, until death, to glorify Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brother, I have one request. Please send our gratitude and appreciation to those who sent these support materials to us. I bow to them with a thankful heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s stay healthy and fight strongly for a gospelised North Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take care,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bae, your sister in Christ<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*<em>Name changed for security reasons<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bae was sentenced to a lifetime of backbreaking labour and starvation rations &#8211; just for having a Bible. Here&#8217;s her story &#8211; and the one time she managed to escape. If you were to see Bae* during the day, you\u2019d assume that her work was picking crops. 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