Christian Family Takes Refuge in Mountains after Expulsion from their Home in Mexico

8/15/2019  Mexico  (Morning Star News)

Miguel Pérez Díaz, his eight children and 87-year-old father have been living in a mountainside shack since May, when local officials expelled them from their village in Chiapas state, Mexico. Relatives and neighbors have been harassing them for leaving indigenous religious practices to become Christians. Leaving the “traditionalist” blend of Roman Catholic and indigenous rituals and beliefs, the Pérez family put their faith in Christ four years ago and began a small fellowship in their home. The family loaded the few belongings their neighbors allowed them to take and headed into the mountains, where they survive by collecting the morning dew and rain water that falls from the metal roof of the shanty they built. Despite leaving their home, they must still pay 500 pesos (US$26/¥3000) each month to keep authorities from taking possession of their house and remaining belongings, sources said. Their case is one of thousands in which indigenous Mexican families that have been driven from their homes and lost all their belongings because they have put their faith in Jesus. Mexico ranks 39th on Christian support organization Open Doors’ 2019 World Watch List of the 50 countries where Christians experience the most persecution.

Please pray…

• Pray that the Lord will provide for the material needs of Miguel Pérez Díaz and his family.
• Pray that they will be able to find a more permanent place to live.
• Pray that they will remain strong in their faith and not lose hope.