"Pastor Chhedar Bhote Lhomi was arrested for eating beef and sentenced to 12 years in prison. The 37-year-old pastor and his wife were ministering in a remote part of Nepal among Tibetan people. They established a church there which met regularly.
Pastor Bhote and his wife are from an area of Nepal where eating beef is permissible, but in other areas, local Hindus do not eat beef because cows and oxen are sacred as symbols of the gods. In October 2012, local villagers discovered that Chhedar and his family had eaten beef. In an uproar, they accused him of killing the cow himself, and they destroyed his home and everything he owned. The locals handed them over to the Hindu committee, who called police and had him arrested. He was given a sentence of 12 years in prison.
When a VOM representative recently met with Chhedar, he was sad and discouraged. Chhedar’s family is struggling without him. He is worried about his children’s future and his wife’s ability to provide for them. The other students tease and mock his three children, ages 10, 8 and 7, relentlessly"
Please pray for our brother in Christ, Chhedar Bhote. If you are able to, please write to him in prison. You can get help in writing to him by visiting his prisoner profile page at: http://www.prisoneralert.com/pprofiles/vp_prisoner_223_profile.html.
Please do not write to any prisoners without following Voice of the Martyrs' guidelines, as this could endanger the life of the prisoner & VOM staff!
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