REJOICE! Kenneth Bae has been FREED

By VOICE OF THE PERSECUTED on November 8, 2014 • ( 0 )

Kenneth Bae is FREE!

The two Americans still imprisoned in North Korea, Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd Miller have been released and are returning home!

Update from his family:

The day we’ve been praying for has finally arrived! Early this morning, my family heard news from the US State Department that my brother was on a plane from DPRK (North Korea) with fellow detainee Matthew Todd Miller. They had left North Korean airspace, bound for America.

Words cannot adequately express our relief and gratitude that Kenneth is finally coming home! We have been waiting for and praying for this day for two years. This ordeal has been excruciating for the family, but we are filled with joy right now.

I am thrilled to imagine hugging my brother soon. He will not have to spend another day at a labor camp. He can now recover from this imprisonment and look forward to his wife, kids and rest of his life. Our Thanksgiving celebration this year will be one we will never forget.

We sincerely thank the United States government for all the hard work and dedication to securing my brother’s release, as well as the release of Matthew Todd Miller. We are also grateful to the DPRK government for allowing them to come home. We must also thank the Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang for their tireless efforts to advocate for Kenneth during his prolonged imprisonment.

We are grateful to everyone who has supported my brother’s cause, including reporters and editors who cared enough to see this through. We are thankful for people here in Seattle and across the world who have continued to advocate and pray for Kenneth.

We believe that God is with people who endure hardship, and that He never leaves them. It is with great joy and with thankfulness to God to see Kenneth released. Our family could not have been sustained without the knowledge that Kenneth was in God’s care, when it seemed we were helpless to do anything.

Voice of the Persecuted is rejoicing with great thanks to our almighty God. When in the flesh it appears there is no hope, we can always trust our God to do the impossible! Never give up, stay always in prayer and trust He is doing great things in the most turbulent storms in His time. Working all things together for our good and His purpose. Thank you for continually keeping Kenneth in your prayers.

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