It probably comes as no surprise that I don’t speak much Tamil.
And by 'not much' I mean absolutely none.zero.zip. Our first night in Malaysia I kept seeing people pointing at me and calling me some long 'P' word that I couldn’t understand. After about the 17th time I got curious enough to ask. A small bit hesitant I approached the pastor's wife to see if I was being called out for breaking some unspoken cultural rule (wouldn't be the first time) or being judged for wearing pink on a day other than Wednesday (stranger things have happened). Turns out none of the above were true. Phew.
Panjimuttai (pan-gi-mu-tai) is the Tamil word for Cotton Candy. Apparently my hair looks like cotton candy that all the ladies want to touch and talk about. Who knew?! The name Becca has become a thing of the past. The church members call me Panjimuttai and if I forget to answer to it, they will just yell it louder. Other than the fact that I can't pronounce or understand it, I quite like my new name. I mean, I think cotton candy is delicious and it kind of makes me feel like Katy Perry. #win.
Team Wellspring has had so many great ministry opportunities in Malaysia! We are living and working at Tabernacle of Glory church in the Indian community of KL. It has been so great to really be able to get involved with their community and particiapte in all of their church services and activities. Check out some pics from our time here:
Easter! We helped put on a kids program complete with an egg hunt, bunny ears and an epic dance party. Who doesn't like dancing while dressed like a rabbit? No one. We also decorated a few (160. woah.) eggs for the congregation, had a Easter Sunday potluck AND I got to hold a precious little baby. Talk about a great day.
Please observe my excellent gameday egg. I'm quite proud of it.
We've spent the past week cleaning, painting and organizing a new location for the church. Saturday night we got to see the end result of all of our hard work – our first service in the building! I love ministries that allow us to work with our hands and physically be able to see what we are doing. Of course i'm all for prayer and planting seeds, but it's nice to do something tangible to help out our brothers and sisters around the world.
Kids camp!! This weekend we put on a camp for all the fun kiddos from church. Most of these kids live at an orphanage that the church helps to sponsor. Our theme was Daniel and the Lions Den so of course we had to make cute lion masks. The kids were amazing and we had so much fun!
I am so excited to see what the Lord has for us in our last week in Malaysia! Thank you so much for all of the love and prayers you continuously send my way! Much love my sweet friends and fam. xo.
