ASAP Newsletter, May/June 2004

May/June, 2004

ImprisonmentSee page 6

Adventist Southeast Asia Projects2

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Adventist Southeast Asia Project's purpose is to support the preaching of the everlasting gospel of Jesus Christthrough church planting and evangelism endeavors for Southeast Asian people throughout the world. As a privatelyfunded nonprofit organization, we work as a supporting ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. As anunaffiliated independent ministry, we are dependent upon God to move people to support this work. For informationwrite to Adventist Southeast Asia Projects, PO Box 84, Berrien Springs, MI 49103. (Tax-deductible contributionsmay be sent with the enclosed envelope.) Our telephone #: 269-471-3026. Our fax #: 269-471-3034. Our e-mail:[email protected]. ASAP web page information that is maintained and updated by Sereivudh Ly can be found at:http://www.tagnet.org/asap. We would love to hear from you. Please feel free to contact us at any time.

Editor.......................................................................................................................Judy AitkenCopy Editor............................................................................................................Linda Bauer

Layout...................................................................................... ..Son Praises/Margie Mitchell

Houmphanh Kongsengphengphet (left), district pastor, studies the Bible with SengLee, Samboun and Khomsao, *Hmong Bible workers, on page 6 read of the courageof Seng Lee as he witnesses amidst severe persecution.

Editor's Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Big Smiles from Little People . . . . . . . 5

Imprisonment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Could you handle it and still be faithful to God?

Testimonies from Three CambodianLay Bible Workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 * Pam Tiem Loves to Witness and

Help His Church Members *Serving God No Matter What *Laboring For God Under Difficult Circumstances

Acting On God’s Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Read what happened when Dinh Hanhprayed and asked God to help them findpeople to witness to each day.

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I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The lifeI live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me(Galatians 2:20 NIV).

DDDDD r. Mary Ann McNeilus and I recentlyreturned from four weeks of travelingin Thailand, Cambodia and Laos. We

visited and encouraged ASAP supported na-tional pastors, church planters and lay Bibleworkers. Again, we return from the tripamazed at the dedication and sacrifice of theworkers in the field. The minor inconve-niences we encountered on our trip: sleep-ing in mosquito-infested areas, the scorch-ing tropical heat, traveling long hours onpoor roads, etc. pale dramatically comparedto the everyday sacrifices made by the work-

ers in the field. And any hardship experi-enced on our account was quickly forgottenas we experienced the joy of seeing first-hand the powerful way God’s workers aresharing the gospel message.

The road on the trip to Takong where theLao church planting project is located wascovered with potholes, causing us to betossed around the cabin of the van. Armedgroups of thieves notoriously frequent theroad going to Roviang, another church plant-ing project location. We thank the Lord forgiving us endurance, protection and good

Judy (left) and Mary Ann (right)on their way from Poipet toBattambang, Cambodia withchurch members.


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health throughout all our travels.Repeatedly, as I ate with, talked with, and

worshiped with the pastors and Bible work-ers in Southeast Asia, I was struck by the factthat each of these men and women person-ally experience the meaning of being cruci-fied with Christ. I had the privilege of inter-viewing many Khmer lay Bible workers.Some are barely surviving on small portionsof food each day. Though they often go tobed hungry, they work with an energetic zealfor Jesus Christ. Pan Tiem is a worker forJesus in Battambang Province (see page 8).He faithfully makes his church planting worktop priority. In order to provide for his wifeand five children, he repairs bicycle tires onthe side. Though his meager earnings onlyprovide basic food for his family, he doesn’tlet this stop him from preaching and leadingthree village churches. Workers like PanTiem and Bun Chap (see pages 9,10) will-ingly and happily give their lives for Christ’sservice as they step out of their comfortzone—sacrificing physical comforts to winsouls for the Kingdom. Because Christ livesin them, through His Spirit, He gives thempower to live and witness for Him.

Pastors, Bible workers and members inVietnam also suffer for their faith in God. Ihad tears of joy as I listened to the testimo-nies of these courageous men and women,and my heart was heavy with pain as I heardthe accounts of continual suffering and sac-rifice.

What these workers endure for Christ isamazing. They often get arrested while serv-ing and worshiping God in house churches.The local police confiscate all Bibles, reli-gious books, hymnbooks and Bible lessonsthat are found in the house. When and beforethey are put in prison, they suffer beatings,threats, torture and interrogation. When Viet-namese missionaries Dinh Hanh and TranMinh shared their testimony with me (seepage 11), as with so many of the pastors andBible workers, I was again impressed by

their willingness to give up everything towin souls for Christ. Vietnam, a countrypopulated with about 85 million, is largelymade up of Buddhists. Though it is a smalldent in the big number, we are thrilled thatmore than 45,000 believers joined theAdventist Church through the house churchmovement. This is a result of dedicatedASAP supporters who support God’s Wordbeing preached through the Peace and Hap-piness radio program led by Pastor IsahYoung. We have also recently received wordthat an additional 110,000 people are wor-shiping God on the Sabbath right now, withintheir own homes, and asking to join God’sremnant church. This is just the beginning.We know that God has even bigger plans thanthis for Vietnam, just as He does for Thai-land, Laos and Cambodia. He desires for Hisgospel to be spread to all of His childrenwho haven’t yet heard about Him.

As I reflect on the amazing sacrifice andsuffering Christ endured for us on the cross,my heart overflows with love and gratitudefor Him. I naturally want to join the nationalworkers in citing, “I have been crucified withChrist and I no longer live, but Christ lives inme” (Galatians 2:20). This is the responseof everyone committed to missions – whosacrifice for God through your offeringsand service to Him. I sincerely thank you onbehalf of the hundreds of Southeast AsianASAP workers, for your partnership in thiswork. Thank you for stepping out of yourcomfort zone and sacrificing for Christ bygiving more of your time than you ever havein prayer for the work. Thank you for step-ping out of your financial comfort zone andgiving more than you ever thought you couldafford.

What a sacrificial partnership with God!Each one of you, our readers, and the work-ers in the field are helping to bring about therapid spread of the gospel throughout Viet-nam, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos.

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hildren from two different orphanagesin Cambodia were thrilled when they weregiven bags of toys made up by church mem-bers in Montrose, Colorado. Kay Mason, amember of the Montrose Church, has a biginterest in missions and likes to keep mis-sions alive in her church. She contactedASAP and learned that there are two SDAorphanages operating (InternationalChildren’s Care and SALT Ministries) inCambodia. She then decided that it would begood to have the women of the church workon some crafts and toys to send to the chil-dren. They met together one Sunday and asthe women were working on the project they

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came up with the idea that the men of thechurch shouldn’t be left out and that theycould help, too. The next Sunday saw manymen at work on lacing bags to hold the toys.Kay wrote to us and said that everyone thatturned out to help with the toys had a greattime working and eating together (yes, foodis a good prompter to get people out).

From the grins on the faces of the chil-dren in the picture you can see that themembers of the Montrose Church broughtmuch happiness to the children. ASAP sendsa BIG thank you to Kay Mason and her troopof volunteer helpers who had a vision to dosomething for others.

Suy Kok Theam, administrator of the ICC Orphanage gives gifts to the orphans givenby members from the Montrose SDA Church, Colorado.

by Linda Bauer


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magine what it would be like sitting in a

cramped, damp, dirty prison cell in northern

Laos. Can you picture your skin covered with

a burning, itchy disease and no doctor avail-

able to help you? Do you think you would

survive if your diet consisted of only a golf

ball-sized portion of sticky rice two times a

day? *Seng Lee, a Hmong SDA Christian,

does not have to imagine this because he lived

this nightmare for five years. He suffered all

this and more because of his burning desire to

share Jesus with others. Glancing down at the

deep scars on his legs from being chained, he

said, “I cannot tell you how much suffering I

had or I will begin to cry.” Then he quickly

looked up, and with a glimmer in his eye, said,

“But every day I was in jail I prayed to God.”

Here is the rest of the story of a modern day

apostle for Christ.

Seng Lee was first arrested and put in

Laotian Pastor Houmphanh studies the Bible with Hmong Christians, Seng Lee,Samboun and Khomsao.

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prison for one month after being severely

warned by the local police to stop preaching.

Like the apostle Paul, immediately after his

release from prison, he went back to his

church family and resumed preaching. This

was so upsetting to the authorities they called

an important village meeting to decide what

to do with him. During this public meeting

people made false accusations towards him

and criticized his Christianity. People said

he was a traitor of the government and con-

stantly disrupted the peace. They tried to

force him to sign an agreement that he would

return to tribal animism, the accepted reli-

gion of the village. Because he would not he

received a five-year sentence and suffered

great persecution and sickness while in jail.

“I was allowed to weave fishnets during

my second year in jail,” he said. “This work

helped me buy rice and food.” Seng Lee

witnessed to two other Hmong men in jail

and they accepted Christ. Many times he

prayed for the sick inmates and saw God’s

power to heal them.

After he was released he lived in a village

near the one where he had been arrested.

Incidentally, many people from that former

village accepted Jesus as their Savior in

spite of watching all that happened to Seng

Lee and his incarceration. Mr. Seng contin-

ued preaching the gospel and many people

once again began to believe. The authorities

returned and threatened, “We will arrest you

again if you do not stop teaching about God.

You are following imperialist policies.”

Because of the severe persecution in north-

ern Laos, Seng Lee, his wife and five chil-

dren, along with five other Christian fami-

lies, decided to move to a large city in

southern Laos.

On their journey the group stopped in a

village. For two weeks Seng preached the

gospel and many accepted Jesus as their

Savior and became Christians. They then

traveled on for many days before they

stopped in another village. Once again he

preached to the people and many believed in

God. After they finally arrived in southern

Laos work was very hard to find in the large,

crowded city. Men are sometimes able to

get jobs as laborers where their pay is $3.00

a day for ten hours of backbreaking work.

This is not enough to feed their families. Yet

these Christians are willing to suffer hunger

with freedom to worship God rather than

stay in their villages where they have enough

rice and food to eat but are persecuted.

As Seng passionately relayed his experi-

ences to me, I could tell that he felt, without

a doubt, that all he suffered for Jesus was

worth it. He is now praying for the Lord to

open the way for him to become a full-time

worker for God with funds to make it pos-

sible for him to preach the gospel to other

Hmong communities. He asks you to pray

for many Hmong Christian brothers and sis-

ters whom he has brought to Christ.

*Name is changed for security reasons

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an Tiem, a faithful leader of threechurches in Battambang Province,shares his personal testimony. If you

visited him in Cambodia today you wouldprobably see him teaching a group of eagerBible students, preach-ing in one of hischurches or giving a per-sonal Bible study. Onhis “off time” he sup-ports his family ofseven children by re-pairing bicycles in asmall shelter on themain road in front ofhis house. The ASAPstipend of $25 permonth provides justenough for him to travelto and from Beng Vil-lage Church and Taponand Angkam Phren Vil-lages to work as theirmain Adventist leader.

Before I knew GodI was a very selfishman. The power ofGod changed my lifeto be a different per-son who is kind to others. Now I love towitness and tell people about God’s love.I show kindness to them by praying withthem about their problems or sharing alittle rice with them. They see Jesus’ lovethrough me. This makes them want to be-lieve in Him too.

Pan Tiem Loves to Witnessand Help His Church Members

I have little education and knowledgeso I did not think that I was good enough towork for God. But God showed me that Ican do a lot for Him, just like some of Hisdisciples who were not that educated. Ev-

ery day I pray andask God to give mewisdom to knowhow to teach thepeople in these vil-lages about salva-tion. Often whenchurch members getsick, they ask me topray for them. Godalways answers myprayers and theyget better. Thishelps my faith andtheir faith in Godgrow.

I see that Godhas been with meevery day duringthe four years I haveworked for Him. Hehelps me do Hiswork even though Iam a poor man and

life is hard. I thank God that He called meto work as His servant in leading thechurch in Beng Village and the other twovillages. I thank God that I can work forHim with the help that comes from ASAP.God always takes care of me because He is#1 in my life.

Pan Tiem, leader of three villagechurches in Battambang Province.

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hen Bun Chap gave his heart to theLord nine years ago, he had no ideahow drastically it would change

his life. His decision came after completingBible studies from Pastor Pen Narith, thedistrict pastor of hisprovince at that time.During the first fewyears after he becamea Seventh-day Advent-ist Christian, he en-dured persecutionfrom his relatives,neighbors and friends.He recalls how timeand again God gave himpatience in the midstof being ridiculed andkindness for his per-secutors. He oftenprayed Jesus’ wordssilently, “Father, for-give them becausethey do not know whatthey are doing.” Godrefined him in the fireand as a result, he be-came a lay Bibleworker and leader inTropang Pril Village Church in the provinceof Kampong Chhnang. All who know him saythat his character is like gold. They recognizeChrist’s love shining from his life.

Bun Chap supports his family of fivechildren by planting one crop of rice per year.As a volunteer Bible worker he receives a

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small ASAP stipend that is given through theSDA Mission to help supplement his meagerearnings. The last two years a severe droughtdestroyed 60% of his rice crop, leaving himand his family, as well as many villagers,

hungry. This setbackdidn’t slow Bun Chapdown.

His physical dis-ability does not get inthe way of his wit-nessing either. De-spite the fact that BunChap’s lame legsmake it difficult forhim to pedal, he rideshis old bicycle toother villages spread-ing the good news ofthe gospel. EveryWednesday night hisneighbors come tohis home to learn theBible with him. To-day about thirty-fivepeople crowd into hissmall, dilapidatedbamboo and thatchhouse to worship on

Sabbath. Considering that the house is sevenyears old and almost ready to fall down,ASAP would like to help Bun Chap build anew one. This would cost $500.00 fromstart to finish. We solicit your prayers forBun Chap and his group of poor but sincerechurch members.

Serving God No Matter What!

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by Judy Aitken

Volunteer Lay Bible workers stand fromleft to right, Tim Cheart, leader of SrashKeo Village Church; Soy Soeuth, leaderof Kampong Chhnang City Church andBun Chap, leader of Tropang Pril VillageChurch.


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eas Chey, a successful rice farmer, lived withhis wife and five children in Takeo Province.

Even though he was not wealthy he was able to feedhis family throughout the year. Then one day disasterstruck and as his wife fell seriously ill. She became verythin and always felt tired. Worst of all, her chroniccough would not go away. Meas Chey couldn’t helpbut worry and he asked manypeople to help him.

An uncle visited and toldhim about the true God, theninvited him to go to church. MeasChey joined a Bible class thatwas taught by district pastorPen Narith, and as he studied,the Holy Spirit convicted him ofthe truth. With much joy he ac-cepted Jesus Christ as his Sav-ior. It was not long before hiswife and children joined him inworshiping and believing in thetrue God. Meas Chey alsolearned to pray. He earnestlyprayed for God to show him what to do to help hiswife to be healed from.

He decided to borrow money from his relativesso that he could take his wife to the doctor. Thediagnosis was tuberculosis. The cure would beexpensive, so he sold his rice land and house to buythe medicine and good food that his wife so desper-ately needed. Now homeless, they all moved in withhis brother’s family in Boar Village of BattambangProvince. His brother built a small, one room bam-boo house with a thatch roof and once again MeasChey and his family had a place to call home. His

brother was a soybean farmer. Because of a draughtthat year the soybean crop was very small. Therewas not enough money to feed both families. SoMeas Chey went to work as a day laborer for about$1.25 per day.

As soon as Meas Chey arrived in Boar Villagehe began sharing the gospel with whoever would

listen. His brother and family werethe first to become believers andmany others followed. Now, justtwo years later, thirty people wor-ship God in Boar Village. Theyhave no church so they meetunder the trees; no chairs so theysit on the ground. When the rainfalls the worshipers crowd intothe brother’s home. He has askedthe help of ASAP to build atemporary (bamboo and thatch)church. A well is needed for notonly the people who come to thechurch but also for those wholive near the church.

Meas Chey also shares the good news aboutGod in another village nearby. There are more thantwenty believers in this village.

Recently, sparks from a neighbor’s fire burningthe stubble in the rice field caught Meas Chey’shouse on fire. Half of the house was burned. He is stillof good courage and continues to trust in God,though he lost half of his house.

Today, Meas Chey’s wife is feeling much betterand is now able to take care of their five children. Hecontinues to preach, teach and share the gospel withall who want to know God.

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Meas Chey, leader of twovillage church groups inBattambang Province.

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VIETNAM

by *Dinh Hang and *Tran Minh as told to Judy Aitken

Acting on God’Acting on God’Acting on God’Acting on God’Acting on God’s Calls Calls Calls Calls Call

ake a moment to ponder your journey asa Christian. Did God take you right where

you were and gently lead you out of yourcomfort zone? Have you ended up doingthings and going places you never imaginedyou would? Has He inspired youto set outrageous spiritualgoals? Dinh Hanh (wife) andTran Minh (husband), a Viet-namese Adventist couple thatyou support through your dona-tions to ASAP, would answer aresounding yes to those threequestions. They passionatelyshared their spiritual journeywith me in a personal interview.Read on to see how Christ tookthem out of their comfort zoneto reach His children in anunreached area of Vietnam.

Dinh Hanh comes from afamily deeply rooted in ances-tor worship. After marrying TranMinh they both agreed to faith-fully carry on their Buddhisttraditions. As a result, their twosons became ancestor worship-ers as well. One day, two Chris-tians came to buy some booksfrom their successful family-owned bookstore. They planteda little seed of truth in their

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Missionaries Dinh Hanh and Tran Minh

minds, which later grew into a strong tree offaith. These two Christians introduced themto the Peace and Happiness radio broadcast.The biblical messages preached by PastorIsah Young touched their hearts and gave


Dinh Hanh and Tran Minh use their book store to witness to many customers.

them a foundation of Christian knowledgeto build their lives on. Dinh Hanh shares,“We learned the good news of salvation.We love God and obey His commandments.We love to worship Him on the Sabbath.”The deep roots of love and faith in Godbecame the central point in their lives.Their former traditions and beliefs of an-cestor worship melted away as the husbandand wife were baptized as Seventh-dayAdventists. Dinh Hanh and Tran Minh re-placed the worship of dead ancestors witha worship of the Living God. This trans-formed their lives in an amazing way.

After they surrendered their lives tothe Lord, Dinh Thu Hanh recalls, “Our heartswere opened to the three angels messagewe heard in the broadcast, that this is thelast day church God has chosen. It is ourjob as Adventist Christians to proclaim theeverlasting gospel before His return.” Theysincerely prayed that Christ would givethem many opportunities to share this mes-sage to those they met. Christ answered

their prayers. From that moment on, theyhad a hidden witnessing agenda with theirbookstore customers. Tran Minh shares,“One of my customers is a local policeofficer. When we discuss current events Ioften am able to weave into the conversa-tion truths from the Bible. As a result of ourfriendship, the local police do not harass,imprison or torture us when we meet forour house church worship.”

The Lord led this couple step by step outof their comfort zone and former lifestyleinto a challenging yet rewarding missionarylife. It all started in January of last year whenDinh Hanh was impressed by the Lord to seta goal to win one thousand souls for God’sKingdom. She boarded a train to take a trip toa new province with a lady missionary friendfrom their church. Their witnessing strategywas to pray, walk around the city, makefriends with people they came in contactwith, then share the simple message of sal-vation. They witnessed to more than 100people on their trip. With God’s help, they

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raised up a new house church in this areawith twenty-two people joining the familyof God. Although she considered this expe-rience a spiritual success, Dinh Hanh gotdiscouraged, thinking her goal of winning athousand souls was unattainable. She re-members, “I began praying for many hourseach week, asking God to give me an out-pouring of power to spread His word and winsouls for His Kingdom.”

Shortly after those earnest prayers, Godimpressed this dedicated couple to closetheir bookstore and embark on a three monthlong missionary trip to unreached provinces.With just the clothes on their body and smallbags on their backs, stuffed full of Biblesand printed materials, they began their jour-ney. They traveled a lot of the way on amotorbike, at times driving up to 275 kilo-meters in one day. When they stopped at atown, they would search out listeners of thePeace and Happiness radio broadcast. Theyfound listeners and interested people bygoing door to door and talking to anyonethey crossed paths with. Sermon tapes byIsah Young were played on a cassette re-corder to those who were interested. Secretlisteners of the broadcast would light upwith recognition and excitement when theyheard the theme song of the broadcast.

In one village they became acquaintedwith the chief of police. He warmly invitedthem to join him and his family, along withmany other villager friends to their homefor dinner. At 9:00 p.m. everyone startedgathering around a little shortwave radio.Much to the surprise of Dinh Hanh and TranMinh, the Peace and Happiness radio broad-cast came booming over the speakers. “Thechief and everyone else were shocked thatwe were Seventh-day Adventist Christians,”Tran Minh recalls. They told the missionarycouple that they had been listening for more

than one year. Because these people were sohungry for truth and had many questions theystayed two days studying and giving encour-agement while they shared Bibles, sermontapes and other literature. (Materials areprovided for the workers through the dona-tions of ASAP supporters.)

In the areas where persecution of Chris-tians is high, the couple enters into publicrestaurants and markets under an alias ofbusiness personnel. They often get invitedto spend the night at the homes of peoplethey meet. In the quietness of these homes,the Holy Spirit opens a way for them to bondwith the people and then share Jesus withthem. Both Tran Minh and Dinh Hanh havebeen arrested many times having their resi-dency certificate and passport confiscated.They have endured interrogations and havesuffered many other hardships during theirtravels in this new missionary lifestyle, buttheir faith in God and influence on otherscontinues to grow. When not on the roadwitnessing, this couple actively takes careof six house churches with more than 200members and twelve Bible workers.

God not only helped Dinh Hanh and herhusband meet their goal, but exceeded it by200 extra converts. Today, an astoundingnumber of 1,200 new members worship inhouse churches in eight new provinces, allbecause one Adventist couple was willing tostep out of their comfort zone into Christ’splan for their lives as missionaries. As theyreflect on what God has done through them,they never for a minute regret their new lifeas sacrificing missionaries. I know that aswe pray specifically for them and their workGod will continue to give them the courageto go on and set even bigger goals for theKingdom.

*Names changed for security reasons


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Phong Nguyen,church planter

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people living inTexas.

raise the Lord forthese advances made

for His Kingdom!

· the explosion of the gospel in Vietnamamong the house church movement

· for completion of the building of the newdormitory for the Cambodia AdventistSchool and for many who made the dormi-tory possible by their donations

· for a new church group of Vietnamesebelievers that has been organized into a com-pany. This group was planted by Phong Nguyenin partnership with the Houston CentralChurch, Texas Conference and ASAP. Weare thankful to the Texas Conference fortaking over this church-planting project.

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· for 4,534 baptized members in Cambodiawho worship in 131 Adventist churches

· for reports of many pastors in northernand eastern Thailand who have accepted theSabbath and other Bible truths and are nowpastoring Adventist church groups

Your prayers are needed forCambodia:

· for religious freedom to be continued bythe Cambodian government leaders

· for the blessing of the Holy Spirit onCambodian Adventist Mission leaders, dis-trict pastors, church planters, lay Bibleworkers and pioneers. Pray for their cour-age and protection as they preach, teach,travel and work amidst trials and dangers

· for financial needs for support of: 57Khmer church planters and lay Bible work-ers, new church planting projects, tempo-rary churches, wells, rice and other humani-tarian projects, education of children, Bibles,Bible lessons and other evangelism needs

· for the Cambodian radio ministry andpastors who are producing it: Sereivudh Ly,Sophat Sorn and Thorn Hean

·for reaching Cambodians in countries suchas Australia, Canada, France and the UnitedStates

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Your prayers areneeded forVietnam:

· for the government leaders togrant religious freedom to morethan 155,000 people who worshipon Sabbath in house churches

· Pastor Isah Young and hiswife, Mai, as they work with theassistants, team of workers and churchmembers who produce the Peace & Happi-ness Radio Broadcast

· that the radio signals with be clear andwill continue to be an effective means toreach the 85 million people in Vietnam

· for courage and protection for pastorsand believers who are suffering persecu-tion fortheir faith in God

· for people living in tribal regions of thecountry, many of whom are being oppressedand persecuted by the government

· for the need of support for 233 districtpastors, training expenses for new pastors,transportation, Bibles, religious books,other evangelism needs, house church re-pairs and food for hungry people

Your prayersare needed forThailand andLaos:

· for political leaders and forthe continued lifting of the restric-tions on religious freedom

· for revival and unity among church lead-

ers and our small group of members in Laos

· for the leaders and pastors of the ThailandAdventist Mission

· for Mission College evangelism programsled by Khamsay Phetchareun

· for the need of support for ten Thai pastorsand six Laotian pastors

· for support to build churches and forevangelism materials

Your prayers are needed forASAP sponsored churchplanting in North America:

·Vietnamese church planting in Seattle,Washington led by Son Xuan Nguyen and inOrlando, Florida where Minh Pham is work-ing as a Bible worker

·Laotian church planting in Sacramento,California led by Bounyou Kongsaisy and inSan Diego, California led by ThongsouaySakdarak

·for the spread of the gospel among groupsof Thai, Khmer, Lao and Vietnamese peoplewho have resettled to the United States

Your prayers are needed forAdventist Southeast AsiaProjects:

·for guidance and direction of the HolySpirit as we partner with missions in South-east Asia. That we will follow God’s will inevery matter of support and outreach.

·for the power of the Holy Spirit to enable,protect, encourage and strengthen nationalpastors, church planters and Bible workersin Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Laos

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ASAP Newsletter, May/June 2004

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