Two flights from Chiang Rai, Thailand, an overnight bus, and a 90-minute drive into the mountains. That’s what it takes to get there. The place: a Hmong village in the mountains of a Southeast Asian Country filled with oppression. But, even with the government restrictions they live under as followers of Jesus, these leaders hunger for God’s Word.

One of the privileges I have that I rarely get to share publicly is the opportunity to travel to a closed country where persecution is very real and the Gospel is resisted. There, I train pastors who courageously lead underground fellowships among people whose villages are still deeply tied to shamanism and spirit worship.