In a story almost similar to Kipling's "Jungle Book," a woman missing for almost twenty years emerged from the jungles of Cambodia this past week. She is being called "half animal/half human" because of the way she moves and speaks. She moves like a monkey, hunched over and using her hands as "front legs." She only grunts and has forgotten any language she previously knew. She prefers to be naked and has several times tried to remove the clothing given to her. When she does not sit silently, she screams and cries. About eighteen or nineteen years ago, she was eight years old. She and her six year old cousin were tending water buffalo at the edge of the jungle. Her cousin was never seen again. She emerged from the jungle to steal food from some loggers last week and was caught. As you can see from the photo above, they have cut her hair (which was down to her legs) and she is beginning to walk upright already.
Of course, this event is all wrapped up in the spirit world. She is a tribal woman. The religion of animism (spirit worship) is the predominant belief system of these lost souls. They live in fear of the spirits and are continually "appeasing" the spirits. The devil is in the business of damning souls. Villagers are saying the jungle spirits used her and now they are done with her and have released her to go home.
Please pray for the people of Cambodia and especially for the tribal people. Pray for this girl. Her name is P'ngieng (sort of sounds like "ping-ing"). And pray for your missionaries here as we work to bring the light of the glorious gospel into spiritually darkened hearts! Acts 26:18, "To open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins..."
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=178568
http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3636020
