Buddhist parents told daughter she couldn’t attend church

Buddhist parents told daughter she couldn’t attend church, which almost killed her, but Jesus brought rescue
By Mark Ellis, Special to ASSIST News Service
BANGKOK, Thailand (February 26, 2015) -- Raised in a strict Buddhist family in Chanthaburi, about three hours east of Bangkok, her parents didn’t understand when she became a born again Christian.
“My parents brought me to the temple, but I never felt connected to those things,” says Blue Erika Ployamporn. “They prayed in a language I didn’t understand.”
An unusual thing happened to her as a young teen. “When I was 13 brushing my teeth God called me,” Blue recalls. Her mother had been ill, and she told Blue she would have to take care of her brother and sister if she died.
She began to weep because she realized she didn’t know where her mother would go after she died. “I didn’t know how to see her again,” she says. “They said there is the next life, but you can’t choose where you go. I felt so hopeless.”
Where will I go when I die? she wondered. Will I remember myself after I die? Will I remember my name is Blue?
Shortly after that experience, she moved to Bangkok, where she attended school and lived with her cousin. One day a Christian neighbor knocked on her door.
“Hello. How are you?… Do you know Jesus?” the woman asked.
“Who is Jesus?” Blue replied. She had never heard the name of Jesus.
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