Officials marched 11 Christian families, totaling 48 people, out of a village at gunpoint last year in January after they repeatedly refused to give up their faith. The officials left them to find shelter about six kilometers outside the village and confiscated the Christians' homes, livestock, and essential registration documents. Another seven families, totaling 15 people, were forced to leave the village last December.
Villagers then thwarted the Christians' efforts to plant rice on commonly-owned village and and warned people in neighboring villages not to assist the Christians as they were "breaking the law" by following Christ - even though provincial-level authorities had told the Christians they had the right to worship as they chose.
Thought of the Day: Retreat
Song of the Day: Third Day-Medley
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