here
is an overview of the last two months of asia, which consisted of maylasia and
thailand. it is really hard to pick just
a few pictures and stories of what has happened in these months, but here is
the best pictures and descriptions!!
please enjoy!!
also,
i want to thank you so much for supporting me thus far on my journey!! it has
meant a lot, not only to me, but to all these people who i have come in contact
with over this year. just as a reminder,
i still have about $2700 more dollars to raise, until i am fully supported!!
thank you so much!!
april: in maylasia we were in the jungle. this is how we had to get to the jungle. first we had to drive 3 hours outside of
kuala lumpur, to a smaller town, and then from there another hour and a half to
a random road on the left. this road
could only be taken by truck or motorbike.
on this road it was another hour, which by the way was an extremely
bumpy dusty road, to get to the area which we lived. all of the people in this village lived in
bamboo huts, which are exactly what they sound like. they are huts with a floor, walls and ceiling
all made out of bamboo. they did have a
cement church with a dirt floor, which is what we slept on. it was not as bad as it sounds, because it
did have a stage that had carpet on it, and so we all piled on this stage to
sleep! it was fun! the jungle was very primitive, because we had
no running water, no electricity, no bathrooms, had to wash everything in the
river, and had to cook over a fire. it
was quite an adventure. we were there
for about 3 weeks, and of course they didn’t speak any english, but that wasn’t
a problem the first week, because we had a translator. but for the last 2 weeks, we had no
translator! it was really fun trying to
communicate with the people. they were very
friendly people, who always welcomed us into their homes! so what we did in the jungle, is we taught
the children english everyday, because they don’t go to school. the nearest school is like 2 hours away and
costs money, which most of the people don’t have. so we taught them the
alphabet, colors, shapes, animus, numbers and different songs. it was a lot of fun! the guys would go down by the river and help
build three more bamboo huts that will house future missionaries! we would also help with the cooking of lunch,
which took place down by the river. it
was really fun learning how to cook on an open fire! we would also visit people around the village
to tell them about jesus. it was hard
but good, because they saw that we cared about them, which of course we
did. and so because of your support that
you gave me we were able to bring food to these people in the village, get
different teaching materials for the children and of course bless the church
and the pastor of that village.
family in front of their home
of the kids learning english
may: in thailand, we lived in another small little
village. we stayed with a thai couple,
who didn’t speak any english, and they also were the only christians in that
village. they have a truly amazing story
of how he used to run the village and used to gamble and drink, but one day he
heard about jesus and decided to give him life over to him. and so from that day on, they both have
changed their lives and live it for christ!
god is great! we did have a
translator, who was absolutely wonderful!
she’s actually from alaska and has been living with ‘mom’ and ‘dad’ (our
contacts) for about 2 years. she worked
with ywam and felt called to stay in thailand!
so cool! so everyday we taught
the kids in the village english. just
like we did in the jungle. we would
teach them how to say their names, colors, numbers, shapes and songs. that is what we did in the mornings and then
during the evenings, we would go down to the park to met different people from
the village. they would come down here
to play football (soccer) and volleyball.
so of course, we all played volleyball with them!! (even though, im
probably one of the worst players ever!! just ask brook about australia!)
it was a great opportunity to build different relationships with the
community. some of them spoke a little
bit of english, so we would have some what of a conversation. i felt like we were there to encourage them
to stay in school or to work. it was a
very poor village, where a lot of the girls would work in the sex industry to
make money. a lot of the guys would
gamble in hopes of making money. we did
a lot of prayers for that community, that they would see the light that is
christ. we also traveled to surrounding
villages to meet with fellow christians, some of which were the only ones in
that village, to encourage them to continue to walk with god, because most of
them would be shunned by other villages for being christian. we also went to a different village to do an
english camp (picture below). it was a
lot of fun, because it gave us an opportunity to share with gospel in a place
that you cannot say the word god. it was
definitely god opening up doors for us.
we spilt up into 2 different groups, one group taught little kids and
one group taught the older ones. we did
this for 2 days. i taught the older
group both days and did body parts. they
were very smart kids and knew english pretty well! very impressed! and so because of your
support we were able to buy materials for the kids to teach them english, buy
local items in the community to support their economy, and bless our contacts
in so many ways!
teaching
english at a school in a different village
someof the kids of the village that we taught
