I posted this blog in a rush and now that I came back to actually write something I noticed that I talked more about Australia than I did about Malaysia. So now having learned from my lesson, I guess I’ll update you on Malaysia. And just for a correction and I think I might hear it from my team-mate if I don’t correct it: it is KATY GURLEY and NOT Courtney Gurley … Sorry Katy.
This was my first time sleeping in an international airport.
Slept next to a construction site actually, and was constant awakened by people
talking and NOT the jackhammer that was going of a few feet from my head (yes
there was a barrier wall between me and the jackhammer). Had a swollen eye-lid
for some unknown reason, it’s gone now though. Road three trains to get to the
bus station, bussed over the Singapore boarder, parted at a bus stop down the
street from the Twin Towers here in Malaysia with team Fruit of the Groom. Road
a luxurious double-decker bus to George Town, Penang, Malaysia. I was blessed and
got to sit at the front of the top of the bus and God showed me so much of His
beauty through the mountainous landscapes here as we entered (no I didn’t get
pictures : ( sorry Brittany). Then we taxied to our
hotel that is across the street from YWAM Base Penang.
The ministry I get to do here is a diverse ministry. Unlike
all the places I have been so far there is such a diverse group of people here.
There are Chinese, Indian, and Malay each having their own culture and belief.
There are three or four masques that I have counted so far in walking distance
around where I am staying and a few Buddhist/Confucians/Taoist temples in
walking distance around here as well. Some might have been Hindu temples, I am
not sure. I get to minister to all of the different faiths through Kawan,
meaning Friends in Malay, Christian homeless shelter on Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday, and I get to prayer walk the city on Saturday, and there is a street
ministry that our contact wants us to help with that ministers to “night
walkers” I think on Tuesdays. Thursday is this month’s day of rest.
Also
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (New teammate)
