1. Christian radio broadcasting has made a profound impact on the Hmong people of China and Southeast Asia over a period of years. The Hmong would listen to FEBC broadcasts from Manila and decide to become Christian. Often a village would send a delegation to Vientiane, the capital, in search of a pastor or missionary who could lead him into the faith. In one such village five families at first decided to burn their demon paraphernalia and become Christians. This later grew to thirteen families, then twenty-one. Because of this stand they decided to shake off their opium-smoking habit. For some villagers this meant being sent for rehabilitation. They also were released from the fear of the spirits which demanded that they constantly sacrificed their pigs and chickens to appease them. As the Gospel began to make an impact on their lives the Christian villagers became more industrious — and this attracted further assistance from aid agencies. After a few years entire Hmong villages were transformed. They became economically productive and a living testimony to the Gospel. In later years these things were talked about on the air and became well-known throughout the Hmong communities in Laos and surrounding countries. It resulted in many more coming to faith.

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