All of the people mentioned below are Khmu. In spite of intense persecution and general social belittlement, there has been a large number of Khmu coming to Christ! In the last 10 years or so, the number of Christians has grown from about 4,000 to roughly 48,000 believers.

 

This group of 600,000 tribal people have only about 2 books of the Bible in their heart language. The third attempt to translate the whole Bible into the Khmu language is just getting started. Pray that the job will get done this time.

 

The following testimonies were recorded at a Khmu Youth camp and translated into English. These youth got legal permissions to come to the camp. The authorities at the border questioned them and only let them cross when they could prove that they were not Hmong.

Pray for Mr. Ko - He has had thyroid problems. He had offered many pigs and chickens for sacrifices to the spirits, with no results. He has recently believed in God. His family and friends are persecuting him. Pray that God will heal his neck, perseverance in his faith and his tormentors to believe also.

Pray for Mr. Ma - He has cancer in his chest. He is a believer. The village headman and police have beaten him several times. His whole family are believers and face harassment daily.   Pray for perseverance.   Many of these under persecution feel discouraged and need the joy of the Lord even in such daunting circumstances.

Mr. Kh - Has been beaten and cannot quit coughing. He is in hospital. The doctors will not let his family and friends pray for him there. May God be glorified in that the doctors can see answered prayer even from a distance!

Miss Th - She is  still demon possessed. Her younger sister was recently delivered from possession, and has become a believer. Pray that Th will see the freedom in Christ that her sister has, and follow Jesus too. She is 20 years old.

Miss Py - She is 12 years old. Only a few days after becoming a believer, the village headman sent some guys to beat up her mother and father. They in turn beat Py until she would deny her faith. She refused to deny her faith and they actually beat her to death. She later related an out–of– body experience, (Acts 14:19, 20?). Her family still refuses to believe even after her return from death and treat her as if she does not exist. There are 4 other believers in her village. She has to scrounge a living from friends. Pray for God to do a work not just in the life of this headman but also in many others that resist God and keep out the Gospel of Christ.

Pray for the  Khmu to become a gateway people group for the other tribes in Laos and the Mekong region to come and know Jesus. The Khmu were one of the pioneers in bringing the gospel to the Hmong and are even now leading the Lao and others to Christ!