Do you believe that Jesus is the Saviour of your life?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Do you believe that only through Jesus’ blood, you can enter heaven after death?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Do you accept that you are sinful, and you can only be saved by Jesus’ name?’ ‘Yes.’
For Bon-Hwa*, the gravity of this moment that she had waited for, and for so long, was more than the young woman could bear. The tears flowed as she wept.
Two years had led up to this moment. Bon-Hwa attended her first Open Doors’ Women to Women secret meeting, specifically organised for North Korean women who have escaped their country for a better life and are now living illegally in China.
Women like Bon-Hwa are often caught by human traffickers and sold into prostitution or marriage to poor Chinese men. While helping refugees is outlawed in China and subject to heavy punishment, Open Doors ministry partners take the enormous risk to operate a number of safe houses for North Korean Christians, as well as to support women who are forced to marry. Bon-Hwa met Jesus in this secret gathering and was soon begging to be baptised.
