Smuggling Light: One Woman's Victory Over Persecution, Torture, and Imprisonment

North Korea is globally notorious for its erratic, repressive regime and the desperately impoverished lives of most of its citizens. This book tells the true story of Esther, a Chinese Korean who has spent the last fifteen years risking her life to spread aid and gospel witness in this darkest of nations.

North Korea is dark. Literally dark most of its regions are too poor to afford electricity and other basic needs. Figuratively dark its daily life is hidden from outsiders, its citizens reticent, and its propaganda vast. And spiritually dark-its ruler, Kim Jong-il, is both worshipped and feared and the gospel is squelched without question.

Into this darkness, Esther walked.

Growing up a Chinese-Korean, Esther wanted nothing to do with Christianity until a visit to an underground church in China flooded her with the mercy and power of the Spirit and she was given an unusual call: be a missionary to North Koreans. But again, Esther wanted nothing to do with it, or rather, with *them*. Rude, filthy, and abusive, North Koreans seeking refuge in China were the worst of the worst. However, when Esther slipped inside North Korea for the first time and witnessed for herself the shocking conditions, she finally understood: they acted desperate, because they were.

Esther gave her all to her mission. Although imprisoned and tortured by both North Korea and China, sometimes destitute and always in danger, having few resources and little time for family, for the past fifteen years Esther has faithfully spread aid and the gospel witness to North Koreans. *Smuggling Light* is her true tale of bravery, humility, and complete reliance on the mighty hand of God in one of the darkest nations in the world.

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