Mukjizat Tuhan......

Mukjizat Tuhan - that was my sharing with the jemaat at the OA community Sunday service. I must first admit that I am always a better worker and planner than preaching a sermon, actually. I guess, it is such a heavy responsibility to speak to a community lest an OA community on the goodness of God. But somehow when you know and always in awe of His mighty hands of miracles in your life, you just want to stand up tall and proclaim His great involvement in your life. 

I must thanked both Edwin and Errol for always pushing me forward to preach the Word despite my reluctance as I perceived that there are more qualified and better people to speak the Word than me. Somehow, their encouragement and support helped me a lot along the way.  At first, I just imagined that someone else is going to do the sharing of the Word that Sunday service as all of us were pumped out by the water pipe laying works earlier. So, when Edwin brought up the question of who should share the Word during the Sunday service, I was given that honour despite my usual reluctance and feeling of being tired. Somehow, by the unanimous show of hands, I was given that job to share the Word. I picked up my courage to take up the challenge and share the Word for the second time in the OA church service. Maybe it was God's timing or God's arrangements for me to speak that day despite my reluctance. 

I must admit that I was nervous as usual and I had picked out the salient points and Bible verses for the speaking arrangements for the next morning. In the night prior to the sharing of the Word, I had realised that the entire bag containing our toiletries and bibles were left behind at our home sofa set. Luckily, Sis. Lorna had lend me the BM and English bible for my references. I guess, I then wrote down the gist of my message and tying it up with the bible verses of reference. 

Soon, tiredness crept over me as the team and I had worked tirelessly that entire morning to ensure that water supply flowed strong and freely through the pipes. I decided to go to bed and do some touch up of the message when I wake up the next morning. As the events of the day had impacted me a lot, I decided to titled my message as "Mukjizat Tuhan." 

The next morning, I woke up early to work on my message and ensured that I am aware of what I am saying. I decided that I will allow God's word to flow freely that morning. During the pre-service, I could hear the worship dancers and the worship team members praying for me too. It was such a nice feeling having the team do that for you and with you prior to the service proper. It was a good practise indeed.

That morning, I believed I shared from my heart. It wasn't an easy message to speak on but one that should be spoken as miracles of God are truly an amazing feat. Nothing beats that at all. I tied it up with lots of personal life testimony and events that had happened over the last few days.  Somehow, whenever I was stucked in a idea, the words would flow easily while I shared a lot on the water pipe works. That was the epitome of what God's miracle is all about.

I believe that when one opens his/her heart to God, He would put that conviction and message in your heart. I believe God wanted the people in the OA community to focus onto Him and He would provide for their needs and their direction. I am just another vessel like every one and there is no superiority ever in my mind. I believe that God is to be exalted and be given the highest honour. If we ever felt proud and fed our inflated egos with uncontrollable self praise, we are just being foolish and had forgotten of His love to us. That's why I could never emphasized it more that God deserve all honour, glory and praise!

I wouldn't know how I did that day or how was my KPI index that day. All I know is that I want to share the Word from my heart, I prayed and hoped that they, the listeners and the OA jemaat would be blessed. I know that no one left the hall that day and nether did I end too late or too early that day. I just know that deep in my heart, I have done my best. Sharing from my heart and feeling blessed!

Water! It flowed freely that day.....

The team ....

"Dari umur saya 8 tahun, tidak ada air paip sampai ke rumah. Tapi sekarang, Puji Tuhan, sudah ada sampai ke rumah. Air Paip. Mencecah umur saya 21. Saya rasa macam mimpi saja." - Isan, 21 years old.

This was the whatsapp message long after we completed the laying of water pipes to flow good and clean water to the families in one of the OA village. Praise be to God for enabling the water team of CCC Melaka to finish the timely works for the OA village. It was like the best CNY present ever from all of us in CCC Melaka to the OA community.  For 13 long years, these villagers had to endure a 10m walk down to collect water from the river below, the source of their drinking water, bathing and washing too.

The team

The river had long gone in terms of cleaniness and it was inhumane to let this people suffered for 13 years and counting more had it not been God's mighty hands of intervention that prevailed. GOD placed that burden in our hearts and the water team just obediently followed that call. It wasn't easy. It wasn't an ego trip. It wasn't proudness or showing off. It was humanity in the grace of a miracle! It was mukjizat Tuhan! 

There is no humanly glory nor personal glory nor prideful gloating/boasting that the team sought after by carrying out this water pipe laying works. Instead, we were just thankful and felt the joyous feeling in our hearts. The smiles and the thankfulness look on the faces of the OA community were good enough for us. It was worth it all - the sacrifices, the physical exertion to go the extra mile and all the hard work!

The pipes and helpers....

Sure, there were challenges ahead but miraculously, God smoothed it all out in His time and in His ways. I am thankful and humbled to be part of this team. These people had become like family to me and I am so appreciative of their effort. Pastor Joanne, Pastor Chua, Capt Edwin and Sis.Lorna had been instrumental in bringing water; good clean water to these simple folks. What a great effort indeed!

As usual, Edwin and Lorna had arrived earlier on Friday morning at the OA village to supervise the placement of the ordered water pipes in rolls and the accessories. They had made arrangements that the water pipes were delivered and in place but we weren't sure how many OA youths and community would turned up to help in the works.

The kuli kangs are at work....

I guess, it was on my mind too as Errol & Jessica, Jin Hui and Zach, SYuen, SLing and myself drove to the OA village after working hours. We arrived shortly before 1.30am on Saturday morning after an arduous drive in the midst of drizzling rain and heavy downpour. It was tiring for me personally as I was working in Segamat that morning and I had a fall while at work. Though the back and bums hurt, I was not going to miss that opportunity to be part of this band of brothers! I must thanked the people who had came alongside us to work on the water project all this time but were unable to come for this finale. Thank you for your sacrifices. The people had not forgotten you and so do we! 

The water source...

We hit the sack after our arrival as everyone needed the much needed rest as it was going to be a long day the next day. I guess, with such great responsibilities in our minds, we did not sleep much. I guess, it kinda wedged in our minds that we just needed to let the water flow through the pipes and in homes, no matter what! So, we were up early and eager to do our work despite a gloomy day with pendulous hanging dark clouds signalling the imminent arrival of showers that morning. Never mind! showers of blessings,  we shall call it! Our spirits would not be dampened by such hindrances.

As we got ready, the helpers from the OA community began to trickled in. It was amazing to see about 27 people coming out to help us lay the water pipes from the waterfall to Ibu Leha's house signalling  the beginning of the flow of water after 13 years of wait. After a few minutes of getting to know each other and some last minute instructions, we were off to the waterfall nee the water catchment area. These OA blokes carried a roll of polypipe each and strolled along in the secondary jungle while we , the city folks tried keeping up with their paces. It was drizzling, wet, slippery and difficult terrain this time. 

My two buddies - Edwin and Errol,,,,

I must admit that I was extremely tired than usual, maybe because of the wet, slippery and soft grounds we were threading that day. Slips and falls were the order of the day even though, I wanted to stay as firmly as possible as a fall would mean more pain to my bums. Thank God, I was more careful not to fall on my bums but it still happened. Nevertheless, just bite the tongue, made a quick swear under my breath, pick myself up and moved on. Slowly but surely the cleared path which was carried out by the villagers earlier helped us all a lot. Equipped with the convicted encouragement and determination to bring water to the community, we threaded on until we reached the waterfall.

At the water source....

At this place, there was talk of a cleaner pool of water and a great place. At first , I must admit that I was agitated by all these insistence of climbing higher at a steeper angle to get to the so-called ultimate place to flow the water. I must thanked Errol and Edwin for calming me down and asking me to focus on what that matters and who are serving. So, I climbed up another 30m up at a 60 degrees angle climb on big boulders to reach to the ideal water catchment area. At first,  I was just exhausted while my thighs had started to cramp up due to the tremendous amount of stretching done and it was a physical challenge but words of encouragement and spirit of cohesive togetherness helped me get through this indefinitely.

Jin Hui , Zach and  myself were at the water source while Edwin and Errol were at the bottom section joining the water pipes with the OA helpers and Pak Panjang.

Errol Gan..that's one helluva climb!

I must say that Pak Panjang and Pak Sabri were instrumental in ensuring that the pipes were properly affixed and ready to contain the voluminous water which would flow through the pipes. After some anxious moments of fixing and filling up the water pipe, water gushed out with such tremendous power and volume. It was a great success. The OA helpers cheered and shouted in joy each time water shoots out of the affixed water pipes.  After securing the water trapment container at its place, it was a huge sigh of relief . It was such sweet success indeed! 

Edwin coming down from the water source...

Coming down the waterfall was the tricky part though as the boulders were wet , slippery and rather big. One has to carefully manoeuvred through the cracks and smooth area to slide down indefinitely. After some time, we got down and it was time to check the fixed fittings to ensure no leaks and no wastage of water. Everything went on smoothly with occasional repairs to the fittings. Soon, the one and a half hour trek back to the original point seemed insignificant important as we just water to continue to flow from pipe to pipes soon enough. It was challenging zig-zagging around the mountain with rain showers being our companion as we trudged along to reach our final destination , Ibu Leha's house! 

Zach, myself and Edwin...

When water flowed from the affixed pipes and reached Ibu Leha's house, the joy was unspeakable. The lighted faces says it all. After fixing all the required fittings, it was time to hand oven the pipes to Pak Ya and Ibu Leha. It was such a wonderful feeling of accomplishment but very hard work. I was pumped out of my energy and I was extremely tired. There are just no words to describe how I felt that day - pure bliss and joy for the OA community. GOD , you are so good!

A stop to repair a leak.....

Now, 27 families will have the privilege to have water after a 13 years wait. To me, equipping that one house ( Ibu Leha's house ) was the ultimate joy for me. It is significantly important to equip her home as she was faithful and have caring heart towards her community. It just goes to show us that God is a wonder working miracle giver. Ibu Leha's  faithfulness in God had come to fruition. Due to her diligence, steadfastness and faithfulness in God, her community had benefited and been blessed. It is a miracle indeed!

The finished water pipe at Ibu Leha's house.

The resonant wave of relief and mood in the OA community had changed from one of bleakness and downtrodden feeling to a joyous and uplifting in spirit occasion. A miracle had happened after 13 years of wait! Fresh clean water had arrived in the pipes! It happened because there were people who dared to make a difference even if it was like throwing pebbles in a vast pool of water but the resonant ripples seemed bigger and more effective. God listens and God cares! I am just so humbled to be part of this team of wonderful brothers and sisters!

Knowing who the miracle giver ( pemberi mukjizat ) will always bring cheer to the heart. For me, it is never the miracle that I sought but always the source of the miracle - the miracle giver. (GOD)

Enjoying a meal from Ibu Leha and the mothers.

I leave you with this : Wayat nak Yesus: "Menda haq head kugyerg ouq benusieq, Kugyerg ouq Allah." - Lukas 18 : 27
( But he said the things which are impossible with man are possible with GOD - Luke 18: 27 NKJV )

BLI Course and OA Youths......

For the past two days , I have shared and spent the best two days of my life with seven lovely young people from the OA community. As usual, my great buddies, Edwin, Errol and their families in Lorna, Lara, Jessica, Josephine, Jocelyn and my own family in SLing and SYuen made it all such wonderful days. The six OA young people in Latifah, Ercy, Zunaida, Intan, Rose Alia, Isan and Mustafa were in Melaka for the Bible League International (BLI) - Faclitators' Firm Foundation Course held in CCC Melaka.

Besides having attended a truly enriching, invigorating and meaningful course for English literacy teaching, it was a truly touching and wonderful time spent with the OA youths. 

We made it!

They may struggled a bit with the interaction part of the course and so on but they can speak good English when it matters. I guess, a lot of us underestimated them and this course gives them the opportunity to surprise many especially the city dwellers. Sure, they may not speak Cockney/Queens English for all I care but they could speak English and that was important! As usual, they were shy and inhibited at first but wonderful tutelage, encouragement and prompting from BLI Master Trainers, Lynda, Lee Ping, Ervina and Irene Huang made it all such a wonderful teaching & learning experience. I am especially thankful and inspired by Sis. Lee Ping who is such a smiling encourager and a good teacher of the English language. She is fun, encouraging and helped articulate the English words clearly and precisely. She is a wonderful teacher of BLI. The three of us - Edwin , Errol and myself truly enjoyed ourselves in the course.

Group 2 - Roleplay & drama winners

Group 3

Group 1 - The jovial & fun group!

Aaarrrrrrgggghhhhh.....we are fun!

Coming back to the OA youths, due to the compact schedule of the course, we were only able to spend the evenings together with some sight seeing and beach fun. I guess, being in the OA kampung, they are used to be at the river, waterfalls, mountains, terrains and jungles. So , when they were asked where would they like to go after "class", they simultaneously answered " The beach! ".  Yunno, for a city dweller like me, the beach is like such a common thing for all of us but to these OA young people, it was such a happy time for them. Thanks to Edwin, Lorna and Lara for hosting them in their house and also for taking care of their needs. Incidentally, their house is nearby the beach and so , it was very convenient to bring the OA youths there. To me, when they said "beach", 

Fun, fun, fun.....

I could see their eyes lit up immediately and so we were off to the Klebang beach to fly kites, horsing around at the beach, playing with sand and eagerly awaiting the sunset! Yes, they were eagerly awaiting for the sunset at the beach. What a very simple request! Seeing them happily flying kites, playing around, laughing, teasing one another, taking snapshots of themselves and just basking the moments were momentous moments for me. I too get to go back to my childhood memories mode when I used to play on the beach and be carefree but somehow, the constricting demands of work and whatnot had certainly robbed me of that small pleasures. This experience with the OA youths made me realised how  much I had lost in time due to the ever demanding rat race in life and life snuffing demands of work all for the fistful of ringgits and a better life. 

Classic lovely photo....leaping with joy!

Somehow, for moments like these, I felt the OA youths have better life than me, seriously. Sure, they do lack a lot of facilities and so on but at least, they felt at ease with who and what they are. Often neglected, robbed of their rights and harassed to the brink of embarrassment and robbed of their livelihood, they continue to put their faith in God and how wonderfully mannered they are. They behaved well, soft spoken and truly thankful lot. That is what I like about them very much. Boy! We really had fun at the beach before taking them for dinner as  Errol & Jessica joined us for a meal. As we posted the pictures on our Whatsapp group chat, there were wide smiles all the way. We even spoke in English as we had promised to speak in English throughout the entire BLI course! It was fun being with them.

Stadhuys & Christ church....

I guess, after graduating from BLI course, we were off to Melaka sight seeing trip. Again, these young people eyes lighted up with enthusiasm and glee! This time, we started off with the Stadhuys building with Edwin being the tour guide. Edwin was hilarious in many ways and told the young people of the historical background of the Victoria fountain and the history of the red Stadhuys building. Then it is off to the museum building which was unfortunately closed as we were there after 5.00pm. It was pciture session with Pokok Melaka and the OA youth even braved themselves to taste the sourish & bitter buah Melaka and you should have seen their faces! It was so funny indeed! 

Oh! Pokok Melaka.....

Posing at the step to St.Paul's Hill

St.Paul Church.....

Iconic A"Famosa fort....

We were taking photos along the way as we climbed up the stairs to St.Paul's Hill. Tour guide, Edwin explained to the OA youths on the significance of St.Paul's Hill, the statue of St.Francis Xavier , the church and the huge tombstones that were in the church atop St.Paul's Hill. I thanked God that it was a windy and beautiful day for sight seeing in the evening. The Melaka city view was absolutely gorgeous! It was obvious that these young ones were very happy and they were at the best in photography sessions too. We were then off to the iconic A'Famosa. No trip on the historical trail in Melaka is complete without the trail to A'Famosa. Edwin , Errol and myself prided ourselves to tell the youths about this iconic fort as we know it during our younger days. It seemed like we were living in the swashbuckling times again. 

It was at this place that Isan said to me, " Brother, dulu kita hanya baca dan tengok gambar saja. Sekarang saya dapat lihat sendiri. Sungguh gembira!" I was choked with emotion for a moment. I never knew how much this trip meant to these young people as echoed by Isan. 

Let's blast away the ships!!!!!

St.Paul's Hill...

We are at Jonker Street!

Macho young men and macho women!

We are the handsome ones!

Fun time together....

Edwin, Errol and myself at BLI course....

It was truly an eye opener for me as trips such as this could be so meaningful to them despite it being just another historical trail trip for us, the Malaccans. I guess, when I see how happy they were at the historical sights, I was so happy for them. My heart is so full of thankfulness to these young people as they showed me what it meant to enjoy the simpler things in life and how not to take them for granted too. Like I said, I thought, I was taking them for a historical trail but instead they took me to my childhood trail and showed me how far I have travelled from my perspective in life. Simple joys in life and simple innocent love & care.  I was touched indeed. 

Even when we were are the food court for them to taste a variety of food, they stuck to known food such as Nasi lemak while some tried mee soup while Isan tried hokkien mee! They even tried the spiciest sausage ever and I tried two small pieces. Though my tongue was like on fire, I weathered through it and  made it! Boy! It was really hot & spicy, I tell you! It was fun being with them as they asked me to try the sausage! 

That night as we bade farewell, I really miss these young people a lot! They are truly amazing people and I truly wish we could have spent more time with them. Maybe, it is good that we all shared a little of our lives and inspire each other until we meet again soon. 

Together in perfect harmony, closeness and friendship.....

Miss all of you very much !

Latifah - Zunaida - Ercy - Rose Alia - Intan - Mustafa - Isan - THANK YOU VERY MUCH ~ TERIMA KASIH ~ PUJI TUHAN !!!!!!

New year - God's Work first!

The team members.......

It is 2017 and a brand new year! What a way to start the new year by starting on the right path of the year with God's work. I have learnt over the years that when you embark on your very first plan to honour God by doing His work, you'll be alright for the year! Amen! I have learnt through realities and hard times in life that no matter how much you pour out whether in your energy, your time, your resources, your sacrifices or even your finance for God, you can NEVER ever outgive God because He will bless you abundantly and exceedingly bountifully. We have a great BIG hearted God! Amen to that!

The water that flowed in water pipes due to illegal logging..

Coming back from the latest OA Community work had been the most satisfying one indeed and it involves the effort to equip the OA village with clean water from a waterfall source. Water is such a precious commodity and sustenance to this OA community and to see the Christian community not having water supply due to prejudice, oppression or even harassment are such known fact and it is a real heartache to me. I am so proud and happy of the OA Christian community for steadfastly holding on to their faith and enduring whatever difficulties that were thrown in their path and yet they persevered and their thoughts are still for their community as a whole. Like I always say, I pull no punches on what I am writing as facts are facts. With abundance availability of corrupt practises, bullying and sometimes threatening and scare tactics, it is no wonder that the OA community suffered in silence and praying for the heavenly intervention to look into their plight. 

 

The murky water from the water pipes at our rest house

Over the past few months including recent months and developments, illegal logging activities had put the OA community at Kg.X ( I shall leave out the kampong name for fear of backlash and other unfair treatments ! You will never know what evil doers and twisted individuals can do to rape the lands of the OA community! ) in such a dire state and need for clean water.  Though the people had protested against illegal logging not too long ago, the loggers are at it again , this time bring so much damage to their main water source, polluting the water and even flowing out unchecked waste into the water system. 

Murky water....gosh......

The team from City Community Church ( CCC ) Melaka had earlier carried out reconnaissance of the water catchment location and planning earlier in December, 2016 but we were only able to go back to the community with further plans and initial works recently due to our own work commitments, festive seasons and spending time with our family members. Despite the festive season and holidays, the hearts and minds of the core team members ( Edwin, Errol and myself ) were on the water of life cause. I guess, I must be honest that this cause is in my head all the time and so are the rest of the fellas as I could not fathom not having clean water in our pipes for 10-12 years. How could the hearts of men could be so evil and wicked to do that to another fellow human being? It is not a religious thing or a racial theme! It is about providing basic amenities in water, electricity and food for ALL irrespective of colour, race, creed or faith! Basic needs, people! Basic needs! The OA community are human beings with basic needs. 

The MMC young heroes....

It is horrendously wrong to sideline or purposely withold the basic amenities due to the community through prejudices. Does any religious teachings teaches us to discriminate , hate and kill fellow human being whether through our direct or indirect actions? I believe the greatest hypocrites are the so-called religious people who hide cowardly behind thick curtains of religious falsehood and spew hatred, trickery and false hopes to the community. 

Moving the water pipes....

That Saturday, upon arrival, our first-hand experience of the water condition in Kg.X broke my heart. I was utterly disgusted, felt repugnantly repulsive and angry ! The bottle of water produced by Pak P who was using the water from the illegal logging area produced teh tarik pekat with about 1 cm of sediment of red earth, mud and silt at the bottom of the water bottle. Pak P further informed that there are days whereby waste such as rotted tree residues, oil and repulsively smelly water would flow from their own initiative water pipes. ( Yes, they had to resort to find their own resources and pipes as water pipes from so call Govt. Dept mysteriously stopped at a few houses away! Makes you often wonder how evil some people could get, right? ) Anyway, it was only later in the night that I truly understood what Pak P was saying about the water as the water that flowed to our resting place was also oily, muddy and dirty! It was heartbreaking for me as I pondered upon the countless number of men, women and children who would suffered and contracted diseases from these contaminated water supply due to illegal logging! 

The poly water pipe carriers....

We arrived at the water source....

Errol & me working at the water source....

Moving forward to the positive side of the trip, this time , we had a team of young people comprising of 4 young men and 2 young women from Manipal Medical College joining the team. They are Peterson Tee, Joshua Yon, Joshua Khoo , Khai Hern a.k.a Ezekiel , Lydia Gan and Belicia Chee. Young, vibrant, bright and inspiring young men and women. I must admit that I have my reservations if these city slickers would adapt to the kampong lifestyle and ways but they proved me wrong on all counts by being friendly, comforting, bright and blended easily with the people. Sure, they ain’t as fluent in their BM ( acceptable BM they learnt from school lar! ), they had a punch in their hearts and their minds. They gave a good account of themselves by being helping with the team in carrying the water pipe roll, fixing the water fittings and contributing ideas to make the trip to the jungle worthwhile. Sure, they have their antics on leeches hunt and what not but these are truly one group of fun loving young people with a great burning passion in their hearts to help the OA community.

 

The core team at the water source....

We started out by having our packed lunch of chicken rice and roasted pork. Yummy was the word as I do need to get my roasted pork to oil all the joints in my body and all that! Hahahahahahaha…..but it was a good time of rest and fill up after some 6 hours journey on the road. We changed into our jungle gear and clothes, as I would put it, before seeing the young people spraying anti-leech, insect repellents while Edwin putting on some repellent he bought from Chinese medicine shop. The smell from it will DEFINITELY drive the leeches away! Hahahahahaaaaaaaaaa……..We gathered together, held a prayer together and encouraged one another before proceeding to the meeting point where we would meet up with the locals. We sought the heavenly blessing that day and He helped us through!

After meeting up with the local folks at the plantation clearing, we started out our journey with high spirits and great enthusiasm.The journey to the waterfall area was quite a walk with a few of us falling on our bums due to the soggy and slippery grounds. 

Good, clean and fast moving water....

There are times I noted that the grounds are extremely soft and not easy to have a grip when we walked on further. I fell on my bum a couple of times as I slipped and it is painful lar. An old bloke like me should not be falling that often as it can be quite taxing for old bones in my body! Anyway, as long as I die doing God’s will, I’ll be happy to meet my Creator! That's for sure! This time, I noted that there was a different path to the waterfall and Errol noted it too. Guess, being in the woods when we were in the RR Ministry helped us to be alert to new surroundings or path. I believe that the new path is good as it would help to shorten the length of the poly pipes usage and also for greater output of water pressure. 

As we reached our destination, the young people really helped us in getting the things done for the water piping. While a few of them helped Errol, Gilbert and myself in setting up the water catchment device, Jin Hui and Edwin tried to locate our position with various GPS devices to map out the distance and the estimated length of pipes & fixtures needed for the works. 

This is the satisfaction/reward for our hardwork - clean, fresh and fast water

Yup....the clear, clean and fast water......

These young people are magnificient......

Joshua Yon, the buff one and Peterson gave us a lot of ideas on how to fill up the pipe quickly with a funnel like contraption made by cutting out the bottom of the 1.5L mineral water bottle. I guess, in the midst of excitement and the desire to bring water to the OA community, we sometimes forget the simplest of task and these young people reminded us that there is so much to learn and the amalgamated effort between the young and old would definitely enriched the working experience. I have nothing but praises for these young people who truly worked real hard throughout our work up there. I never heard a whisper of being tired or anything negative. Lovely set of young people! 

 

 Gilbert, Peterson, Jin Hui, Joshua Khoo, Joshua Yon, Edwin, myself & Errol

When Gilbert, Errol, Jin Hui, Edwin and myself fixed the water catchment device to one of the cleft of the water pool, it was such a great sense of achievement knowing that water would flow from the other end of the water pipe. When the pressure was that good while water splashed strong, clean and refreshingly, you know for sure that you had made the right sacrifices. No one could ever replicate that feeling of joy after walking in the jungle for an hour to reach our waterfall water sources. It is just a sense of being able to provide that good water to the people that brightened up my heart a lot. Even the MMC young people were very joyful about the water as they got first-hand experience of how important it was for the OA community to have good , clean water. Thank you, Lord / Puji Tuhan for enabling us to be your vessels in doing our best to equip the OA community with clean water from your very creation, the waterfall.

 

My personal satisfaction - being in nature and with nature - I love it!~

Joy fills my heart because I know that more life could be saved from certain deaths now. It is sad to know that contaminated water could wipe out this OA community if this matter is not taken seriously as threat of water contamination and diseases are very real and evident. 

 As I sat down at the table sipping my coffee with my fellow mates, Edwin, Jin Hui and Errol, at the end of a grueling day that we had, I could not help feeling happy for our achievement that day and yet, apprehensive on the future of these OA folks who are faced with such daunting task of staying healthy and alive. I pray that God’s mercy would be upon the OA community and may they flourish under His loving hands.  

Enjoying a meal together as one big family.....

O God, please protect these Orang Asli people and their community! I pray for your hands of favour upon their lives as they continue to fight against the evildoers! Hear their cries and the weeping of their widows and family as the evildoers rape their lands and take away the very little they have. Lord, you heal their land and you bestow upon them the abundance of your grace and your goodness. May your balm of comfort and healing be upon their hearts in their grief and may joy, happiness and blessing fills their hearts in the time of rejoicing as their hearts are filled with Your love. Amen ~