This is my article, originally published in Global Prayer Digest.

Droplets of water coming down from the rafters of Keopersuth’s home are the only sense of calm in this moment. Bodies are writhing and screaming in unknown languages during Rang Song. He joins the rest of the people in the room in praying the spirits would be pleased with their offerings. For hundreds of years Khuen people have practiced this common ritual which blends elements of animism and Buddhism, opening doors to unclean village and household spirits.

Over 100 years ago Christian missionary William Clifton Dodd began evangelizing this part of Laos. He reported many were incredibly responsive to the gospel and requested to hear it every day. Out of the current population of over 12,000 Khuen people, 1.5 percent now identify as Christian. Though they do not have access to the Bible in their language, believers are still rising up.

Originally from the northwest region of Laos, the Khuen are one of the least reached groups. A small portion of the Khuen people now live in the United States in areas like Richmond, California and Seattle, Washington.

Ask the Lord to break the spiritual ties that binds these people to unclean spirits. Pray there will be breakthroughs among the believers to begin evangelizing, and there will be servants to translate the Bible into their language. Pray the Khuen people in the U.S. will receive salvation and take Christ back to Laos.—BO