We were invited to go and visit the native people of Malaysia. To educate them in ways that may benefit them. As the seasoned travellers that we are we knew that a trip into the jungle would require us to leave all shiny objects at home and provide a chance to put on some old clothes and go and fulfill our mission work. What was to come was indeed an education but in the reverse.
We were met by a local pastor that has been doing some excellent work among the people. He has built a small community of people that are passionate and have seeking hearts.
From there we went to meet the people and were amazed. It was humbling to see the faces of the young ones when they partook in a time of worship. Just looking at them you knew that there was definitely something special going on here. These people whom we had come to educate with our head knowledge had become the educators with their heart knowledge.
After worship, the pastor allowed us time to introduce ourselves. Caught off guard we soon realised that our Bahasa skills were not quite up to scratch and had to rely on one capable communicator in our group. Yes, it was indeed a little embarrassing ;-) The children all sat down and diligently paid attention to all we had to say.
Next, the Pastor shared a message with all of us. A thought provoking one coming from the book of Psalms regarding foundations. That no matter what type of life we portray at the top, if our foundations are not rooted in a solid place, we will stumble. He gave us examples of a plant. It may flower beautifully at the top but if there is fungus at the bottom the flower will not last long.
After the message our brother Teik Hock shared a message of his own before we shared some food and biscuits with the children.
We exchanged greetings and left knowing that today we had experienced something special.
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2 comments:
mikey...tx in advance....know u will help me get d "job"...pls read as....editting work(wink wink) done...hehehehe
god bls...
gr8 writing mike!
:-)
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