Driven: By Fear, By Deprivation, and Now, By Love for Christ

by Betty Pfeiffer

This is a tale of escape from Laos following the Vietnamese War—an escape from extermination of the Hmong by the Pathet Lao, the new communist government—only to find death a constant companion as they wandered for months in the jungle. Reaching Thailand, they lived a life of deprivation, struggling for survival, in refugee camps. As a safety precaution the photographs of the two main subjects of this book are blurred. Danger still follows, tracking them as a leopard stalks his prey. Their names have been changed to further protect them from recognition and capture.

104 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

Reviews

[Gabrielle · Rating 3 out of 5]

I admire the stories being told, though I would've liked to see more context, details, and depth be part of the book. The book said the stories were as they were told to the author and it felt like reading a transcript of a conversation, which made it a nice fast read and also like more could've been added by the author.

[Betty Pfeiffer]

I wrote this book after meeting the pastor and his wife in Thailand. It is their personal story of escape from Laos following the Vietnamese War - an escape from extermination of the Hmong by the Pathet Lao, the new communist government - only to find death a constant companion as they wandered for months in the jungle.

It is a tale of day-to-day survival in refugee camps, in horrific circumstances one cannot even imagine.

In the final part of the narrative is where the danger still lurks: coming to the United States, learning to live as Americans, and then returning to that land of their nightmares to spread the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ... to that same land where discovery and apprehension by the Pathet Lao can still mean a slave camp or possible death.