WorldServe partners with many pastors and ministry leaders around the world to help spread the Gospel. Pastor Hong* is a key church planting leader in Vietnam. After a motorcycle accident, he experienced a miraculous healing that allowed him to continue in service to the Lord.
A Treacherous Journey
One evening, Pastor Hong went to visit the Hmong churches, riding as the passenger on a motorcycle with a fellow Hmong believer as his driver. They were traveling on a rough mountainside road with lightly falling rain and poor visibility. Suddenly, the motorcycle hit a pothole, throwing the driver and Pastor Hong onto the road. While the driver was uninjured, Pastor Hong was knocked unconscious.
Motorcycle fatalities are not uncommon in Vietnam. If a person survives the primary impact of the crash, he is often seriously injured or killed soon after from the on-coming traffic on the crowded or poorly lit roads.
After 30 minutes, Pastor Hong regained consciousness. He quickly realized his loss of sensation; he could not move from the neck down. When the driver saw that Pastor Hong was immobile, he immediately ran for help. Pastor Hong had to lay still in the road, conscious, wet and cold, for three hours before the driver was able to find a vehicle to rescue Pastor Hong.
A Grim Diagnosis
Initially, Pastor Hong was administered care at a nearby pastor's home, but eventually he had to be taken to the hospital in Hanoi, which was eight hours away. X-rays showed three herniated discs, which caused paralysis and great pain. Pastor Hong needed surgery followed by six months of bed rest.
However, he declined the surgery and asked to be brought back to the pastor's house. "The Lord will heal me," he said confidently. The house church congregation gathered to fast and pray for healing.
A Miraculous Healing
A few hours later, Pastor Hong felt sensation coming back to his limbs. He sat up. "Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! He has healed me," the Pastor shouted out as he raised his hands in praise to God. The believers present joined in the chorus of "Hallelujah" as Pastor Hong walked amongst them praising the Lord.
God enabled Pastor Hong to be blessed with healing and to continue immediately in ministry. This story is a testimony of deep faith in Jesus Christ when faced with hardship. We hear countless stories of faith and triumph demonstrated by our brothers and sisters sharing the Gospel throughout Vietnam and around the world. Their trust in God is never failing. They know that God has never – and will never – fail them.
*This name is an alias. Pastor Hong is a key leader in the unregistered church movement in Vietnam. His ministry is with the Hmong ethnic minority in the Central Highlands and the Provinces in North Vietnam.
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