Source: The Christian Post, February 15, 2026
Some years ago, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a Christian boarded a crowded bus. He carried a forbidden package: Bibles God called him to deliver into Vietnam’s remote interior, spiritual food for fellow believers who had little to no access to Scripture.
He knew the risk if his secret was discovered. The box of Bibles could cost him his freedom. He could be tortured. But he also knew the unstoppable power of God’s Word to change lives. He knew he must answer God’s call. Before the bus departed, he prayed quietly, asking for protection and strength to do what God had called him to.
God answered his prayer in an unexpected way.
Moments before departure, a police captain boarded the bus, his crisp uniform exuding authority. The captain walked down the century aisle, then chose the seat right next to the Bible smuggler.
The officer settled into the seat and quickly fell into a deep sleep. But before drifting off, he took off his police captain’s hat and set it squarely on top of the box of Bibles.
Over the next 12 hours, the bus passed through multiple police checkpoints. Officers boarded at every one, demanding passengers’ ID and inspecting their luggage and belongings. At every checkpoint, police saw the captain sleeping soundly and decided not to risk his wrath by waking him. They noticed his hat on the box of Bibles, and assumed that box didn’t need to be searched. With his slumbering police escort, the bold Christian and his box of Bibles arrived safely.
“I’ve heard stories of an unaccompanied donkey delivering Bibles across the Syrian border, Iranian police who thumbed through Bibles but somehow only saw blank pages, and airport security officers miraculously distracted from their X-ray screens as suitcases of Bibles inched along the conveyor belt,” [says Todd Nettleton of Voice of the Martyrs, who shared this story].
The article also addresses scripture access in Vietnam and other places today and what we can do to help.