When they persecute you in one city
When They Persecute You in This City, Flee to Another
(Matthew 10:23)
It was 1984. Night was descending on Heping town, which borders Henan and Hubei Provinces. It was so dark, that stretching out your hand, you could not see your fingers. Freezing cold wind from Siberia whipped up stacks of hay that fell onto two men walking in the night. Several dogs emerged from the village lanes and barked frenziedly at them.
As the men walked they wrapped their ragged coats tightly around them and quickly stepped down the path leaving the village towards a large fish pond.