Tom and Lynn Newhouse Strategy Catalysts for the Kuy People of Cambodia Vision: to help facilitate a Church Planting Movement among the Kuy in Cambodia.
The Newhouses in Phnom Penh
Experience a Kuy Village with us One month in O'Krouch Tom and Lynn learning Kuy language Experiencing life with the Kuy
Our temporary home No electricity (except for the car battery we used to run a light and the computer) No running water Latrine out back (one of two in the whole village)
Sleeping on mats under mosquito nets
Pumping the well water
Taking a bath
What the kids did Make friends Swim in the reservoir Learn new games
Nate also went out to watch the cows with friends
About Kuy life: rice production is key Here they are preparing to transplant rice from the nursery
Kids go to school, at least some of the time, and learn in Khmer (the national language)
Fishpond and community building
Making palm sugar cakes
Older people speak mostly Kuy language
What we did Learn Kuy with our language helper, Ian Practice, practice, practice
Helping the pastor clear a field for planting
Church in the community building
Pastor Kon Kouen and his wife
One of Tom's many trips to the Kuy area a survey trip with two missionaries interested in the Kuy in Jan. 2009
A forest road
Meeting some Kuy people
Getting directions
Getting something to eat
Visiting a house church
Pray for the Kuy people
Pray for the Holy Spirit's work in the hearts of the Kuy people for a national partner to work with us that God would establish a Church Planting Movement among the Kuy of Cambodia