"What happened?" asked the North Korean mother as her son walked through the front door with a look of shock.

"I was with my friend today when two police officers stopped us. They knocked my friend down and accused him of being a Christian. My friend did not try to defend himself. Even with a gun pointed directly at him, his face remained peaceful.

"He looked straight into my eyes and without speaking a word, I knew what he was saying. He wanted me to believe the same thing he did. And then he just said, ‘Bless them.' He was executed right in front of me because he was a Christian. I do not even know what a Christian is. I don't understand any of this."

After he shared his story, his mother held his head in her hands and simply said, "I understand." She then began to share with him the truth about Christ her Saviour. She taught her son about Jesus' miraculous birth and the opportunity for salvation that came through His death on a cross. Though it pained her that she had never dared to tell her son because she worried for his safety, she was thankful that God was giving them a second chance. "As those bullets hit your friend's heart, God planted a seed of hope in yours."