Luke 21:12 “But before all this, they will lay hands on you and persecute you. They will deliver you to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name.
An American missionary who had been held for two years in a North Korean labor camp was suddenly released Saturday.
Bae spoke to reporters and gave praise to God and credit to the millions who have been praying for him during his captivity for being a Christian.
“I just want to say thank you all for supporting me and lifting me up and not forgetting,” Bae said at a news conference at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. “Thank you for all your support and prayer and love. It’s really been encouraging for me and for others.”
Bae had been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for plotting to overthrow the government. The North Korean government considers spreading the gospel an attempt to overthrow the government.
Bae’s family said the first thing he asked for was “pizza or burgers, anything but Korean because he’d been eating that for two years.”
