Remember GX: Palyu

Today’s people group lives on a finger of land jutting out of northwestern Guangxi, and doesn’t even make any of China’s official ethnic classifications. Despite having to select “Other” when asked for ethnicity, we know that God remembers the Palyu people of Guangxi. 

The Palyu are originally from next-door provinces, like Guizhou and Yunnan, where the Palyu have assimilated to the cultures and languages of the diverse Yi minority groups. At the turn of the century, 16000 people still spoke the Palyu language. Though many of their neighbors are Buddhist, the Palyu practice animism and ancestor worship, and are careful not to offend the spirits they believe protect their communities.

Pray that the Palyu people will have a spiritual hunger that will open their hearts to the King of kings.

I have come that they may have life, and to have it to the full. John 10:10

Remember GX: Pingdi Yao

Clustered on the northeast border of Guangxi, overflowing into the neighboring provinces of Guangzhou and Hunan, the Pingdi people are part of the greater Yao minority group. Centered in the mountainous township of Lipu, the the Pingdi are rarely visited by outsiders. As a result, they have minimal interaction with other people groups who could share with them.

The Pingdi are dedicated to their own ethnic religion, though their Yao culture has blended significantly with majority Han culture. In the ancient past, the Yao had a legend of a creator and a flood. Followers sharing with the Yao could start with the story of the Creator.

 Pingdi believers are often viewed as strange by their community. Let’s pray they would overcome social obstacles by being supernaturally transformed into loving disciples.

 Anyone belonging to Ch has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! So we are JC’s ambassadors; G is making his appeal through us. 2 Cor 5:17,20