Last July a crisis arose in Thailand when 6500 Hmong were evicted from their refugee camp homes and put behind barbed wire on a road near the Thai-Lao border. The goal was to compel them to return to Laos. Some of these families left Laos as recently as last summer to escape persecution. Erroneously they believed that Hmong in the refugee camps were still being allowed to resettle in the U.S. Although the U.S. took in 14,000 Hmong recently, there are no plans to take more.
At least 26 children—many teenagers--have been separated from their families and are now back in Laos. Exactly where they are and how they got there is unclear. Speculation is that Thai officials secretly forced them back to Laos when they were found outside the temporary camp designated for them. The UN, Thai, and Lao governments are trying to reunite parents and children. (From a BBC report, January 26)
Pray:
- God of hope, thank you for aid workers who bring some measure of physical relief to these families “without a country.” Send also messengers to share the hope of the gospel.
- Enable these refugee families to be reunited quickly.
- But millions of Hmong are not part of the family of God. You came to seek and save the lost. Help us, Your family, to diligently seek out the lost Hmong, to share Your love, to offer them the good news of adoption as Your children.
Enlarge Your family beyond the limits of our imagination by a sweeping revival that would draw the Hmong to Yourself.
