SarawaKian Kee

This would be an account of my Sarawak Trip:

Jesus Christ is Lord and Saviour. Hallelujah!

I really want to thank God for embarking with me on this trip to Sarawak. It was truly relaxing a joyful trip. I wished I could stay there forever. Sarawak is paradise. Ok, actually we lived with these people called the Ibans. They lived in the jungles of Kapit. We needed to take a boat ride into their village and imagine how fun it was! It was just like a discovery channel documentary where you head deeper into the woods. I want to thank God for answering my prayer too, on restoring my vision. I'm short sighted. At Rumah Lulut, the village's name, it's greener than Singapore. It's surrounded by jungles all its perimeter. It's so green, so how can I tell me eyes not to heal? I'm sure my vision improved a bit, but not totally restored to 6/6 though.

I will just give a general outline of thanksgiving. I want to thank God for bringing me there. It turned out better than I expected. All the friends that I have made, the serving I had done for my Lord Jesus. Because I have less things to focus on myself there, my mind was totally thinking about the doing things for the Lord Jesus Christ, practising the art of servanthood. I invited the presence of Jesus wherever I went, through this trip I've drawn closer to God. Reempahsizing on the fact that Sarawak is paradise, let me derive my explanation. The Ibans live a simple life. They do not have many aspirations or desires. Every morning, the men of the village will wake up around 6am to sit by the river cliff to stone. They are not really hooked to television or computer games, rather they were not rich enough to buy personal computers. They live on simple entertainment like talking and for the kids, they played with bugs, go fishing, swim in the river, play skipping stones in the river and many more. It's definitely unlike Singapore where we have casinos, pubs, movie theatres, shopping malls, computer games to entertain our lives. I thank God for letting me cherish the life I have in Singapore, to have all these entertainment devices and mediums. Sarawak is worry-free. I seldom miss my Singapore loved ones or my house there. Truly, because I'm so burdened here in Singapore. My sheep, my studies, my life. At Sarawak, there's nothing to worry about. There's always breakfast, lunch and dinner and a mattress to sleep on every night. Everyday, it's just do the work you are assigned to and upon completion, you can rest. So simple. I like it.

I believe through this trip, I have becomed more independent myself. I have learnt to take care of my own safety, I have learned ruggedness, endurance(through the tedious construction works), tolerance to people's complaints, seeking the needs of others before self-interest, and many more. It has been a marvellous trip beyond words could to describe my experience there. I hope my adventure of Sarawak would be dated in my memory forever. Oh ya, the most interesting was to bathe in the river. Havoc! It was so cool and refreshing but bearing in mind that the water is not clear. We assumed it is and we just continued our daily washing up. A toast to my Lord, for making this happen in my life. God is good. He made me realise that I've been worrying too much in Singapore. I must give Him all my burdens and concerns so that in my heart, His peace would reign in me forever. Amen.

Dear Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come. Give me Your daily bread, forgive me trangressions and deliver me from the hands of the evil one. I thank God for this trip to make me enjoy every detail of it. I wish I hadn't part from Sarawak. However, I know I have God's work to do locally. I pray that through this I would treasure Your blessings upon me more, may my lips be filled with endless praise for You. I want to testify Your love for me. I want to worship You sincerely. God, I pray that You will continue to renew my mind each day with Your love, fill me with the fullness of Your grace. May Your Spirit lead me on to glorify You. I pray all these in Jesus' most Holy, Precious and Sweetest name. Amen.