Partners
We have been focusing on the Kuy
people in Cambodia since 2002. We praise God for the people He has
raised up to share the vision of reaching these people who are precious
to Him. When we first started we knew of no missionaries directing
their efforts to the Kuy of Cambodia. Now there are 6-8 families or
singles from a variety of organizations working with them. This is
exciting.
The Lord is starting to expand our
focus to the whole population of Kuy people. There are Kuy people in
Thailand and Laos as well as in Cambodia (see the red box on the map).
There are about 40,000 in Cambodia. We are uncertain how many there are
in Laos, probably at least as many as in Cambodia. And there may be as
many as 10 times as many Kuy in Thailand as Cambodia!
We are aware of no one who is
reaching out specifically to the Kuy in Laos. In Thailand there are a
few small churches. There was a work among the Kuy in Thailand starting
fifty years ago by CMA missionaries. They developed an orthography for
the the Kuy language based on Thai script and translated the New
Testament and much of the Old Testament. More recently there have been
other missionaries working among them. However, right now there are no
missionaries, that we know of, specifically targeting the Kuy in
Thailand .
Please pray with us that the Lord
will raise up messengers of the gospel for the Kuy people of Thailand
and of Laos. Pray that believers in Thailand, Cambodia and Laos would
be getting a vision to go to the Kuy. Pray for partners to work with us
to focus on the people in these other two countries.