|
IN PERSON
ANNE.TAN.LURONG
a.k.a ninong/nonis christian coke lover coffee lover "Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. " -philippians 3:12-14 Twitter 
SAY SAY SAY
NOW PLAYING LINKS Sprouting seeds - ben & my reflections/thoughts Photoshoppers Font Shopping Web Comic i like! Utterly Cool DIY stuff! Christian Guitar Resource John Piper's Christian Resources Animation lessons Rmit a cool blog with character designs from various artists cool blog from a disney 2d animator High end 3d Animation Meat Film/animation making sketching for visualisation and communication ARCHIVES
November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 December 2009 January 2010 February 2010 March 2010 April 2010 May 2010 June 2010 July 2010 August 2010 September 2010 |
This mission trip took 6 days - of which we ministered in the Bykota house, went to the province Takeo, and took a tour of New Life Fellowship Church. Steve Nicaud joined us unexpectedly as a replacement for David because David was stuck in America. But it was amazing how God opened new doors and how He touched and renewed the hearts of many missionaries in Cambodia also. so here we go! Day 1 the team arrived early in the morning in Phnom Penh! but they were too tired so they rested in the hotel till the afternoon, after lunch! While me, Kati , Danny and Madeline went to buy groceries for the province trip, we dropped by the hotel for a surprise visit! hehe then Dad, Kati and me went over to pick up the team, and when they reached the kids were asking me "who your boyfriend?" . HA HA HA! We dropped our suitcases at the Benz's house because we were going to the province tomoro, and we packed a harversack for convenience. While Paul and Steven ministered to the entire staff as well as the Benz family on the 2nd floor , the rest of the team did a children's program! :D The kids' first lesson was on footprints, and after a very short skit they made crafts tracing their own feet :D The kids and i brought the Singapore team over to the Bykota house to let them show them around! At 5pm, we got ready for dinner, brought the dinner table into the courtyard and set the dishes and all! Ate in the courtyard in a big circle! :D Then we went back,debriefed, and then got ready to go to the village early in the morning! T-T Day 2 took a 2 hour plus bumpy ride to the province Tungkea, village Takeo. Had to make a pitstop for toilet break. HA HA HA. and i managed to converse with the villagers abit! :D and they told me God bless me :)  on the road pitstop!after that we continued on the journey, and finally we reached Takeo! :D by the time it was already meal time- and we were to have lunch. During our trip last year, one of our members had diarhorrea for 2 full days after eating the food . So we prayed that the food will be ok in our bodies. haha. The meat was very mysterious and sticky (YIKES!) but it was ok............ haha after that, Steve and Paul ministered to the church leaders, Danny translated their sermon into Khmer, and the rest of us were either digging big holes (that was our assignment from the village chief hehe, so that they could grow trees from the big holes), or doing church programs. It was hard for us singaporeans to communicate with the village kids, becos they dont speak english at all, so thank God that Kati was there to do the children's programs. :D our Khmer were not fluent enough, so we can only play and use BODY LANGUAGE hahah:D but it was very fun, the kids are really adorable...  digging holes, and the boys fixed up the toilet door!  one little two little three little cambos... beautiful sky that took a long while, and before long, it was dinner! The days end very early in the village, because there's no electricity around.. Sleeping on the church floor at night in a sleeping bag was horrible! manymanymanymanymany insects, and it was too hard to sleep -.- we barely caught much sleep on the first night.... Day 3 The next day, Steve shared a devotion with the team, and prayed for us. After that we practised a short skit about Zechaeus who tried to climb unto the tree to see Jesus. Then it was the Christmas service- in Cambodia, they could celebrate Christmas day whichever they wanted- we worshipped together, and then the villagers put up performances and all.. Honfis, our translator, gave his testimony ...after we put up the skit, Paul preached, and after that we all prayed for each of the villagers who came up for prayer.  We had lunch, and then we split into 2 groups and went door to door to visit the villagers and prayed for their needs, if they were opened to Christians praying for them. Last year when we went, we prayed for a house that was haunted, got rid of the altars and we were happy to know that as we came this time, the house was no longer haunted and the couple could move back in to stay in their house :D  random scarecrowMany villagers were sick - there was an elderly lady who had very bad leg pains and she couldnt move much. We prayed for her... there was also a lady who had broken her neck from a motor accident and she had to lie on her wooden bed all the time. We thank God for such a golden opportunity - God opened his heart and he was opened to us sharing the Gospel with him... even though he didnt accept Christ in the end, we were very happy that we could plant seeds into his heart and be confident that God will surely grow them!  bedridden elderly man the guy we were sharing the gospel with lovely kids! they remember we came last year! From Steve's team, we were elated to hear that one woman accepted Christ! :D --- On our way back to the village, we passed by a Khmer wedding! very Malay-ish, very bright and celebrative colors! :D we also passed by a cactus that was 2 storeys tall!!!  the making of tarzan and janeWe had an early dinner and then headed back to Benz's to pick out our luggage and back to the hotel! it was already very dark and late! Enjoyed a long shower and a comfy bed for the night -.- Janet, Kewei, me and ben went over to the petrol kiosk to buy snacks and we ate icecream! wakakka! Day 4 The next day we went over and Paul and Steve had a meeting with the staff again, this time with other visitors , while we did our 2nd lesson! i tink that the team was so brilliant in planning this lesson! It was about how we can talk to God, and they taught the "Did you ever talk to God" song, and then we made the primitive cup-to-cup telephone! the kids loved it! but they very funny, they would speak so loud that it doesnt matter if they had the phone or not. HEH. In the meantime, Darren and Ben worked hard on servicing the computers in the house - most of them, used for educational purposes, were spoilt. The quiet laborers...  playing a game the cup thingy!After that we had a combined worship and ministry time for the kids as well as the staff and visitors. And it was amazing that God brought a Mexican couple over! While Paul preached, Kati translated in Khmer and Steve translated in Spanish. It was quite funny actually. But God spoke to this Mexican couple through Paul, and they were so lifted up after that! It turned out that they had been having a really hard time serving in Cambodia because they could not speak in Khmer or English, and other troubles they were facing. But God's word lifted them up, and only He can do it! :D God also spoke to many of the kids, and the staff - we also prayed for the kids who were sick - with HepB and other diseases. When i told Steve that one of the kids that came up to him wanted to pray for his HepB, Steve said he had it before and God took it away, so with that same faith he prayed for the kid :)  Steve and Paul praying for the mexicans Praying for HosannaAfter that, the kids went home while we fellowshipped with the visitors - Steve really loved the Mexican couple, (he used to minister in Mexico also) and it was great that he could be there to bless them and work with them in a way that the Singapore team can't.. In fact, he loved them so much and he shares his heart with so much of their troubles that he went back to Cambodia on the 12th Jan( after we landed on singapore on the 31st dec) , with his family this time, so that his wife could cook traditional Mexican food for them and that they can fellowship together... After that, we went home, had a debrief, some of us gathered to pray for others ,and then we slept! :D Day 5 Woke up early for breakfast, then we headed to the kiosk to buy 66US worth of biscuits and soymilk. we had 6 bags full of stuff!!!! Our next destination was to the rubbish dump! It is a gigantic place! at least 6 football fields wide, all filled with rubbish - people live there and scrape through the rubbish for food, and also things that they can sell off. Must bring tiger balm there for your nose, very smelly!  Last few years when we went, we could only distribute food in the same manner, and go back. 30minutes trip, 15 minutes to distribute the food and then back home, so this time i really prayed that God will open a new door for us to work there and minister to the ppl... Neeways , while we were walking to the rubbish dump and distributing biscuits one by one, things started getting chaotic as the crowds starting mobbing and snatching and tearing our plastic bags. It was very very scary! we were very scared -.- and after all our food were gone( within 10minutes ) we were frightened and at a lost of what to do. Steve and Paul decided that we should go and pray for some of the people there, if there are any one who was sick or needed prayer... that was really a problem for us becos we really couldnt speak in Khmer. Steve talked to this lady and she told us ( Danielle translated) that she does go to church and we could pray for her and her little boy, for his studies.. in the meantime, there were other men laughing at us and insulting the Americans who were speaking Khmer. We couldnt go on farther, so we decided to head home. It was quite sad that we couldnt do more.  ppl setting up shelters among the rubbish that's how high the rubbish was! higher than a monster truck! this monster truck pulled up beside us and emptied its juices. Yikes! praying for the lady and her kidBut while we were on the van heading out, we caught sight of a young blonde teenager playing with some of the kids from the rubbish dump! i told Paul to stop the van, and was very convinced that God had opened this door for us, becos in 4 years, we had never seen any other ppl here! Me and Danny went up to the guy, and we found out that there was a school in the rubbish dump! and out from the gates ran cute little cambodians! they came and brought us in - i guess we were gone for too long- the rest of the team left the van and came to look for us also haha. We talked to the person-in-charge and got some necessary contacts for us to distribute food and teach in that school next time. and we also played many games with the children! they could speak some english :)  a great vision! visit the webbie @ http://peopleimprovement.org/  kids that came out to say hello!  playin games   the classroom While we were talking to this Australian boy Luke - we talked abit and we realised that we are all christians and we were really excited haha. Guess what? He's from Salvation Army! He finished college and came to help out in the school with his girlfriend, and was considering being a missionary. With regards to missions- Steve Nicaud would be the best person to talk to cos he chairs a missionary school, and is a very anointed and experienced missionary! after staying there for awhile, we rushed back to the hotel to clean up - our clothes, hair, and shoes stinked of dung and rubbish and after that we went to New Life Fellowship for a tour of their ministry. Wow they are doing so much in Cambodia! They host computer vocational training for anyone who comes so that they can get proper jobs, children's education, health checks and awareness talks, they go out into provinces and villages and plant and equip churches, provide health checks, equip the villagers with skills like weaving so they can make a living , and the list goes on. Steve was very excited because these were avenues which he could send more missionaries to! There were still more villages to reach out to - on the big map of Cambodia that they have. They are also making plans to go into Laos! We had lunch with Pastor Jesse ( i tink he's american?) and Paul introduced him to Steve and they exchanged contacts and testimonies (we just sat there and eat hahaha, we small fry!)  we headed over to Bykota house again! :D We had a birthday celebration for the december babies and we enjoyed homebaked cake. Then, Paul and Steve ministered to the Benz family and the visitors that came, while we do our last lesson with the kids -trusting and obeying God! :D We ended rather early, and the kids were rather sad that we were leavin the next day, so i asked them to pray for us before we go back :) then we played with the kids and i gave each of the kids a sad departure hug T-T and then some of us went back to clean up becos we're going to eat at a nice mediterrean restaurant that night :D  Bee the birthday boy!  Mekerah the birthday girl! kids playin games!  SO CUTE!  Stephen and Janet teaching the lessonhad a great dinner- we love that restaurant! it's got such good food, and nice rooftop atmosphere... after that we said our goodbyes and farewells... :( The Benz girls came to stay over in the girl's hotel room and we talked abit.. but we were all so tired we slept halfway. hahha :D  beautiful sunset i caught! :D  the rooftop restaurant - very nice hor....     me and the Benzs family :)the next day -early in the morning! we go home! Ohh..haha at the airport, i took some Khmer sculptures to prepare for Asian Art history II . HA HA HA ...some Durga thingy thingy...    Labels: missions |