The April School Holidays

In case you didn't know, this is the HOT dry season. So when April school holidays came around, we headed North... away from the equator.

Graham's brother Martin, and his wife Fran came to visit from Australia. Fran has a brother in Lao, so this seemed the logical place to head for. To the right is a photo of Naomi and Amy. Amy is Fran's brother's daughter, ie Naomi's Cousin's Cousin.

Lao is a beautiful and affordable country to visit. The mountains and limestone karsts in the North seem endless. The people are friendly and hospitable.

As we drove slowly on long windy mountain roads through small thatch and mud walled villages I pictured myself living amongst the locals and sharing the gospel and found myself praying for the villages. But the reality is that Lao is a closed country, closed to Christianity that is. Christians are often persecuted in Lao, imprisoned or forced from their homes. How difficult it must be to be a Christian in Lao. We have so much freedom in Cambodia to praise the Lord, I wonder how we would cope if Cambodia too was closed?