Merry Christmas from Singapore! As many have already heard, our 4th child—Titus Fraser Seawright was born on December 16 (for details of his birth see our blog). Titus (previously called “Baby T”) came a little earlier than we expected—only four days after the girls and I arrived from Cambodia! We are very thankful for his early arrival since we were hoping that he would be born before Christmas Day. Thanks to all who prayed for Heidi and Titus during this time. Both of them are doing very well.

We plan to go to the American Embassy this week to start the process of getting Titus’ Consular Report of Birth Abroad and his passport—usually this take about two weeks to process. We hope to return to Cambodia soon after we receive his passport. Until then, we will enjoy the opportunity to celebrate the Christmas season here (Cambodia does not officially celebrate Christmas though many of the churches have special programs during this time). We also plan to visit some of the conservative, fundamental churches here in Singapore.

In this prayer update, I also want to mention that the Lord blessed our evangelistic thrust into Banteay Daiy in early December. Thanks to all who prayed for this. We passed out almost 400 “Honoring Parents” tracts and had many good conversations. One of the unexpected blessings was that we were able to walk house-to-house through a Cham Muslim village, which led to some open opposition but also to some of our best conversations. The Cham are an ethnic minority group that makes up about 3% of the population (for those interested in the Cham, see the following: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cham_people). Please remember this outreach in prayer as we hope to continue this every month throughout the dry season.

May the Lord give each of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Until the net is full,

Chris
Heidi
Rachel
Isaac
Susanna
Titus