My next few blogs will be flashing back to our month in Malaysia.
Just a few short weeks ago I was living in Kuala Lumpur with my team.
We were working with a restaurant in the city and a couple nights a week joining an amazing woman named Mindy on the streets for prostitution ministry. It was a testing but rewarding month.
I watched God solidify things we had been learning and practicing throughout the race.
It was a month of change as we prepared to head into final debrief – and eventually home.
One of my favorite parts of the month was our final weekend.
Our team (minus Aubrie – she had to go to debrief early) loaded on a train…
Well let’s be real honest here…we were “supposed” to load on a train…
But our tickets and the “said” train we were supposed to catch didn’t match up.
So we waited at the station for awhile…and eventually caught Train #2.
We were heading to the jungle-villages for 3 days to meet people and share the gospel!
During our weekend – we visited 7 villages. Each of us took a turn speaking.
The people were beautiful – so full of LIFE and JOY! It was incredible.
The Malay people live very simply…especially the natives.
This was a home I spotted just next to a compound build fairly recently with concrete homes.
Shawndell, Robby and I were able to participate in a youth service Sunday morning.
Every summer after high school seniors graduate they are sent off to camp.
It is here at camp that they work on building unity and friendships among
the three major ethnic groups in Malaysia (Chinese, Indian, and Malaysian).
The government desires to maintain unity among these young adults
as they enter the career world and adulthood.
the three major ethnic groups in Malaysia (Chinese, Indian, and Malaysian).
The government desires to maintain unity among these young adults
as they enter the career world and adulthood.
One of the things I appreciated about the kiddos at our first village is that they were
FULL of personality! If you made a face, they mimicked it…it was fantastic!
FULL of personality! If you made a face, they mimicked it…it was fantastic!
A beautiful native Malay girl in our first village.
The women of one of the villages leading us in worship.
This little one was super shy when we met.
A little pestering and a few funny faces later + a cracker… and we were friends.
They even waved goodbye to me.
One of the concrete homes built by a native Malay man helping his people.
These kiddos are laughing at us…the white people…as a baby stares at…???
For the children’s ministry portion of the meetings, we put on a comical rendition of Noah’s Ark.
A classic Malay snack…milk tea + crackers!
We saw God move in incredible ways throughout the villages as we prayed for healing, and laughed with the people. Worship was stunning…a picture of heaven on earth. At our final village we prayed for a woman who was about 2 months pregnant. We heard testimony that her womb had been barren just a few months before. She and her husband were not Christians at the time – but they had attended a service in their village while another world race team visited. They prayed and accepted Christ as Savior and Lord…and discovered just a few months later that she was now carrying life. We had the privilege of celebrating this miracle God had done in their family and marriage – and spoke over the mother, father and baby destiny and life. What a JOY is it to serve the Lord! He moves in incredible ways!
Revelation 12:11 says this…
“They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony;
they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.”
Praise God for new life…and the work He is doing among the beautiful people in Malaysia!
