It is always a blessing to write prayer letters, for it gives us another opportunity to praise the Lord for answers to our prayers. The Lord always answers our prayers, but this time He has chosen to answer them very clearly. I would like to share with you some of these answers to prayer over the past two months as well as give you some new areas of prayer.

Answers to Prayer

1. B Vitamins—In mid-April, our family took a trip to Thailand, and Heidi went to Singapore to see a doctor about the numbness and pain in both of her hands. The doctor gave her some very high dose B vitamins and decided that surgery could be avoided at that time. We want to report to you that the Lord has decided to heal Heidi of her hand problems over the past two weeks! Just the other day, she started having feeling in her left thumb, which she hasn’t felt in over six months. Praise the Lord for this answer to prayer!

2. Baptisms—As we have reported in our HTR updates, the Lord has also clearly answered our prayers about the salvation and baptism of several souls. Two of these were previous members of the church in Preiy Nyee but were disciplined out of the church for idolatry and drunkenness. Pisut continues to show fruit of repentance and is meeting regularly with Forrest for discipleship. Srey Tul, Seenik’s wife, is also growing in Christ. The McPhails’ oldest son, Micaiah, also was baptized after repenting of his sins. The church was on the “mountaintop” after these conversions and a wonderful Bible conference on the family back in April. But we need to pray for the various families at ICC—the last couple of weeks have been a time of testing and “valley” for the church. Both Forrest and Jennifer have been spending much time counseling and dealing with various sin issues among the members. Please pray that the McPhails will have special wisdom at this time. In particular, please bring Aun before the Lord. This man, who was disciplined last year from the church for drunkenness, continues in his persecution and hostility towards his family and others in the church.

3. Bridge—Our family, as well as those in Anlong Vul, are thankful for even small things, such as a new bridge. In the middle of May, a small bridge for pedestrians and motos was built connecting Anlong Vul with the main part of Kundieng district (see picture). Now our Sunday trips to worship with Ming Khom and Yiey Khun are much easier since we don’t have to travel down a bumpy dirt road anymore! More importantly, it connects two areas on which I am currently focusing for evangelism—Svay Lueng (SL) and Anlong Vul (AV). God has opened up many doors to sow and water the seed of the Gospel in these areas over the past two months, primarily through house-to-house evangelism. I have a list of seven or eight good contacts of individuals who have asked many good questions. Please continue in your prayers for Bible studies to be started in these areas of SL and AV.

New Areas of Prayer

1. Books—Lord willing, starting this month I will begin selling Christian books in the main Kundieng market a few mornings each week as I did a few years ago in the main Pursat market. This is just another way to expose the people in this area to the Gospel and Biblical Christianity. I plan to continue with the house-to-house evangelism as well. Please pray that this new outreach opportunity will open up new doors. Also, by God’s grace, I have been able to start working on a question/answer (Q/A) booklet in Khmer. I completed the first question on whether believers in Jesus are required to honor their parents. This is a big issue and obstacle for Cambodians, for they perceive that Christians don’t honor their parents like Buddhists do. Please pray for wisdom as I develop this Q/A booklet.

2. Border—God has given my teammate and me an interesting open door to teach the Word of God near the Cambodian-Thai border. You may remember that we have done surveys and evangelistic trips to this area before. A believer in Phnom Pruk has asked us to come and teach a group of believers in this area. We are tentatively planning a trip to minister there the week of June 8–12. We would like to ask your special prayer for wisdom as we discern where these individuals are spiritually and how to help them take their next spiritual step—which may be salvation for some of them.

3. Bakan—Just in the past couple of days, the Lord has brought me into contact with a group of believers (5–8 people) in another district in Pursat called Bakan, about a 45-minute drive via moto from our house. This group has been exposed to Christianity in the past, but currently they do not have anyone to teach them the Scriptures. At this point we are uncertain what will happen, but please pray for this opportunity as well.

May you rejoice in these answers to prayer on our behalf and bring these new requests before our prayer-answering God.

Until the net is full,

Chris for the Seawright family