LOVE NEVER FAILS...: Mission Trip to Long Lamai, Sarawak

Ok...so I went to Long Lamai, Sarawak for a mission week during November 2010 (I kinda forget when exactly =P) So the fellows that went was Uncle Herbie, Aunt Ling Ming, Austin, Ellie, Fung Hao, Eve, Ben, Grace, Hannah Khaw, Kin Hoe & Zhan! It was a really memorable 1 week in there & it was a great experience staying in the jungle, going up the heels, bathing in the river, jumping off the tree, going online XD & following some of the small kids to catch fish. The food there was AWESOME! We had wild boar, fried unripe papaya and etc...The weather was cool at night but super hot in the afternoon. Everything was great that but except for one stupid thing that is SAND FLIES. It was really terrifying!!! It bit me and I can't stop scratching until Hannah Khaw, Auntie Ling Ming & Ellie has to tie my hand to stop me from scratching it. LOL

The first thing we did was riding in the 4WD through the bumpy & muddy roads and it was a 6 hour ride but of course we needed to go to the wee...and yes we stopped halfway, got down and lifted our sarungs and there we did our thing! XD It wasn't a really bad journey indeed it was a interesting journey =) After we have reached Long Puak, we took a sampan to Long Lamai and there the villagers was so welcoming that the kids stand on the bridge waiting for our arrivals. Soon enough, some of youths there brought us to bathe in the river because we were so stinky and smelly. Soon enough thanks to the very clever Zhan came to us and said: " I bathe up stream just now and pooped there ", Hannah Khaw and some of us were stunned because we were bathing down there. EWW...

Everything went all fine. Khaw gave me a nick name which is Ayam Bandar because they think that I sound bimbotic & because I come from a city area. LOL We got to mix with the youths and the children there. They were very friendly and we even played with them & others. The kids were very cute and adorable even though they have kutu on their hair. We were quite scared but we didn't bother because giving love to them matters than anything else. =) When it was Sunday, it was a time for celebration because some of us have to leave one day earlier so they shows us how to blow the nose flute which was really smelly if you breathe in. lol and they taught us their penan dance hahahahahaha (Hannah Khaw ;D) I cried that night when Nastazsa came over to hug me...it was so embarrassing but I really miss and love them.

The whole village made me realize that their faith & trust in God was stronger than mine and that struck me a lot because the people there doesn't have what we have and they don't even have enough sometimes but they trust in the Lord fully without any doubts and we city people are just taking things for granted. We have more than we need but we still ask for more and expect God to give it to us immediately and when He gives, we are not satisfied with it. That really hit me because I always thought that I'm sort of holy but compared to them, I really lose to them. From then on...I really thank God for giving me even though sometimes we are still not satisfied but we must really thank Him for everything He has given us.

On the 7th day which was Monday, me, Hannah, Eve and Fung Hao left for Bario and we stayed there for one night then we headed back to miri the next day with a small plane and headed back to KL at night with Air Asia. XD

Here are some pictures for you to look trough...=) Enjoy