We've had an awesome trip so far (because it truly isn't over, even in the fun times). We prayer walked Singapore, and went through temples and mosques. It is always an experience to go through the Buddhist and Hindu Temples and know that these people are so lost, and only Jesus can save them. We went to Bright Hill Temple where it was the "Blessed Day", which meant hundreds of people were in the temple praying along with the Buddhist monks leading. We only meant to stay about 90 minutes here; however, God had other things in mind.
On this special day, the temple serves free lunch to the people that come in and pray. We walked in (and a bunch of white people are pretty obvious in an Asian culture), and somehow God divinely settled it that we were able to eat in the area that the Monks ate in, and at the same time. Talk about amazing! They wanted an opportunity to talk with us afterwards, which we did, and a few of our teammates prayed for them. Imagine the seeds that were sown that day!!We then headed over to Malaysia where we met up with Pastor Christopher Nanda and his family. This was a great time of simply ministering to him and his family. He and his son were falsely accused of rape a few years ago, and it has greatly affected all of their lives. However, 4 of the 5 cases have been thrown out and they go back to court for the final one in the next month or so, which we are praying will be thrown out as well. We spent three days at the Nanda house with Mommy Margaret (his wife) and his daughters Veronica, Jessica, and Sharon and grandson Benjamin. It was wonderful! We cleaned, painted, cooked, did laundry anything to just bless them as a family and to let them know we loved them.
Christopher then took us to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysian Capital) where we looked around and saw the tallest twin towers. Then we tried to have our day of fun with them, but the water parks we went to were either under renovation or closed because they were cleaning the pools. So went to this jungle (I mean jungle), and hiked up to these waterfalls where we went swimming and fall sliding! The only weird thing was the tiny fishes that kept biting out toes!
From there we headed back to Singapore in order to catch a flight to Bali, Indonesia.
We went to a bible college, cell groups, and orphanages. It was great! I'll write more later. And yes, some of us even went surfing in the famous Bali waves (not me!) We were in Bali for 8 days.
Headed back to Singapore yesterday to finish up the last few days...the last day or so are always our fun days! We went out to Sentosa Island today...
...went down to the beach via a luge...way fun...spent a while swimming and then headed back to do whatever we wanted for the rest of the day. Then tonight we are headed out to Singapore Hard Rock Cafe, for our last big meal together!
I will post again with more details and more personal pictures once I get back. Thanks so much for all of your prayers and support.
Blessings! And remember, that it doesn't take going to a foreign country to be a missionary. God can and will use you right from your own backyard.
2 comments:
Great update Rachel! Can't wait to hear more.
It's great to hear about your trip - I can't wait to see more pictures and visit with you!
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