While doing survey work, Tom visited the house of a village headman. The headman was not there but his parents were there with a sick grandchild in a hammock. The child had a fever and they had given him medicine, but he lay wrapped in layers of cloth, believing that a hot feverish person needs to be kept covered and warm.

In another village Tom came across someone holding an obviously sick small child. He was told the child had malaria. When asked about three small burn marks on his back, he was told that they had burnt the child with a stick from the fire to cure him.

Ignorance about basic health care and sanitation is a major problem in rural Cambodia and so much more among the Kuy.

Please pray:

• that the Lord would connect us with development organizations with whom we might partner to work among the Kuy.
• that the light of Christ would soon be spreading in Kuy villages and dispelling the ignorance and superstition that governs their lives.
• for contacts with those who know Kuy villages and continued progress in mapping the Kuy areas. 

*This is a monthly prayer update for the Kuy people of Cambodia.  We would like to encourage as much prayer as possible so we are sending this to many people. If you know of prayer groups or individuals who would like to pray for this group, please feel free to forward this email to them. If you are not interested in continuing to receive these updates, please reply to this email and let us know.  We will remove your name from the list.

Tom & Lynn Newhouse
P.O. Box 1365
Phnom Penh
CAMBODIA
 
Home Phone :  855 23 880274
Mobile Phone : 855 16 861161
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