Phomma Chindaphone
Laotian Evangelist
Beautiful Savior
Lutheran Church Green Bay WI.

Phomma Chindaphone was born in central Laos in 1943. He served in the Laotian military (for the U.S.) from 1968 to 1975. Phomma and his family lived on the run from the communist government for five years, escaping to a refugee camp in Thailand, where they lived from 1980 to 1985. Phomma learned about Christianity from people in the refugee camps. From there Phomma and his family were sent to a camp in the Phillipines, and from there were sponsored to America by a Christian church in Aurora, Illinois. Phomma’s wife remained Buddhist. The family was broken apart. Phomma moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin where jobs were more plentiful. Phomma was unable to continue in his Christian faith in America because no one spoke to him in his native tongue, Laotian. Until he met his co-worker, Jonah Lee. Phomma and Jonah have now teamed up to share the message of Christ with Laotian, Hmong, Khamou people in Green Bay and Brown County. Phomma has returned to Laos to share his Christian faith with those in his native village.