Back In SG..
Another awesome trip to Cambodia COSI..
It's so nice to be back there...
When I first arrived, i felt like crying. It's such a long wait.. A year before I could get on to the plane to Cambodia, travel such a long distance from the airport into the villages, before I could arrive at COSI to meet the kids..
Some were still around, Some left COSI, older ones went to live in the hostel, many more new kids, no more mother carol being in charge but now Pastor Francis & Mother Angela (ah gong and ah ma)..
Many things changed and it definitely felt different from the 1st one..
This time round, we did more.. taught more, village outreach to teach brushing of teeth, brought more things along with us, never did certain things but still as greatly blessed..
I love looking out of the window or from top of the water tank to the fields in cambodia with cattles, even though there is a drought now and there is little greenery, the country is still as beautiful. coz removing all things in SG, the tall buildings and shophouses Cambodia is simply a reflection of all the goodness God has provided for us.. The land, water, sky, trees, fruits, animals.. These we often forget. These I still often do forget.
Thank you for a great company of people I travelled with..
Julie for our 2nd trip tgt and being blessed greatly once again! wont be the same wout u, love! Sister Mango shimin for being able to know u better thru this trip. it's been awesome travelling with u, u're really a great nurse and fren. Germ for 2nd trip tgt too! it's been awesome, on for the next one tgt again? (: Zicheng for being able to be there with me, taking care of us and experiencing all tt I experienced last yr and being able to know each other better. I am glad this trip has been a great learning journey for u too. Sok Sam Samuel for making the trip so funny and happy. u r really our kai xin guo of the trip! making us laugh at ur randomness, losing of friendship, being so cambodian-ish and ignoring conversations unless it is directed at u! thanks for everything. Rifdi for being the great photographer of the trip, helping us take down all the beautiful memories even though u r not in many pics and making the trip such an enjoyable one. Junfu for coordinating everything and help take care of us too! (:
Mother Angela and Pastor Francis for being such an awesome couple.. A great reflection of God's love. Treating the kids really like their own. disciplining them and teaching them in the right way.. How can we ever know the many times they cry over these kids and the silence into the night where they feel lonely and sad, where there's nobody except God and each other to turn to. Thank God they have each other. Thank God they have really sensible and mature daughters.. and really envious of them.. to be able to be so loving even though they're both so old alrdy. to be able to still call each other dear and darling, their way of showing concern and love to each other.. ah gong, never failing to buy things back for ah ma everytime he goes out of COSI.. I miss them. I really treasured time with them.. Being able to sit ard them to hear them share stories of their journey as missionaries, of getting to know each other, of children in COSI, of how God has healed them and deliver them from poverty and really provide for them.. Their life testimonies.. Thank you for being such a blessing and encouragement to me.. Knowing God will see me thru my life ahead and when I am old that I will be able to share with people all that God has done in my life.. Knowing that God works thru all churches, be it big or small.. Will there be times where I can hear from Ah gong and Ah ma like that again, I really hope so.. I love them.
Being able to see the older girls at COSI, even though we may be vague in their memories because of so many teams that come. and also all the days spent with the kids teaching them, playing with them, going to village with them, farming with them, sitting ard chit chatting with them..to me, they've done a great deal in my life. They always ask us not to forget them as if afraid we would.. but never I will not forget them.. (: These awesome kids who have taught me so much.. and the feeling of coming back COSI after whole day of RNR at Phnom Penh with ah gong bringing us to eat good food, ice cream and massage, returning to Cosi with the kids running to our vans jumping up and down welcoming us.. I'll not forget that scene. so heartwarming, so happy.. Relationship is really the most impt thing in this world..
Mother Carol and the Emmaus' women too for altering our clothes and help to sew such beautiful clothes for us.. (: u all have been really awesome.. Reflection of God's patience and love.. it's just happy to see them being so proud and happy of their work..
Been an really awesome trip.. and travelling from Cambodia to Vietnam.. Zc's random trip.. leg swelling on the bus after random insect bite, visiting Saigon Hospital-- Tuoul Sleng look alike.. nice food at Pho 2000! red bean drink! buying vietnam yellow star red shirt, visit to a real hospital with commentary kept repeating Gacko! seeing for myself the kind of health care received in vietnam.. ppl lying around on the floor, waiting for docs to attend to u. i think we r lucky tt we dun have to wait coz of shan's uncle.. but who knows how long these ppl acty wait before the doc attend to them.. with no proper pillow and no proper bandaging even though some are bleeding badly.. no aircon and really crowded with ppl with motorbike accidents being sent in almost every other minute.. Then I really thank God for hospital in Singapore.. and according to shan's uncle, that's how healthcare is like is vietnam so it's really better not to fall sick coz it'll be either self medication or bad healthcare.. prevention is thus better than cure. Pray that zc will get better coz the swelling's still really quite bad..
mekong delta visit, eating by the roadside, crazy buffalo, cuchi tunnel-- tunnels used by the vietnam soldiers duing vietnam war. we crawled 40m and almost died-ed. watched a super random video abt some female war hero, introducing Cuchi a land of fruits of vegetables and meeting a "freaky" tourguide according to a caucasian.. super funny trip. then Pho Hoa which we took damn long to find, super yummy beef noodles and ice coffee. and finally resting in hotel and coming back SG..
Now returning to the hectic life back in SG.. but Lord, let me never lose sight of all the things u showed me back in cambodia.. results coming out tml. cant say i m not a lil anxious but i want to trust u Lord. and may your answer to the running of presidency be more clear.. and also finding job for june to fulfil my pledge.. helping me to be good steward of my finances.. thank u zc. coz i see clearer how imperfect i m.. how sometimes i m really spoilt and not mature enough, spendthrift and not keeping accounts of my spendings, wilful at times, still not willing to endure hardships, still very dependent, still a mama girl, still a escapist in many situations in life, always wanting to live in my own comfort zone.. help me grow up Lord and help me learn to take ownership for every area in my life..
Anna, thank u for ur email. it made me cry. seeing God's goodness in ur life. giving u that dream job to Japan, even though he witheld it from u in the beginning and left u sad and perplexed abt ur future.. it's really a journey of faith in moulding.. and thank u for ur encouragement for SEP. i will continue to trust and will be reminded that the God who saw u thru ur job application is the same God that will see me thru my SEP.. that with Him, nothing will be impossible..
I m missing many frens and cant wait to meet all of them one by one.. seeing facebook and how they've been. missing out alot of their lives! cant wait to hear form them.. met sandra today. ate with her frens and sister at geylang. she's flying off tonight. i m so gonna miss her.. sending her off later.. she's like so cool. being so brave, travelling to Vietnam alone and to all the SEA countries with her sister.. trying all the unique food like fried spider and crickets, and liking durian and atapche when her frens all shunned it after trying it the 1st time. i love her spirit of adventure, her optimism, simplicity and being so open abt everything in life, abt new cultures.. my 1st close SEP fren and thank God for her.. getting to know her better thru swimming and dance.. I hope we can continue to keep in touch and hopefully I can get to visit her at europe one day!
Hope I get the Adam Khoo job and be able to help facilitate camps.. and looking forward to meeting frens, to helping rag and to my MOE attachment! (: And gor's coming NUS.. I am very happy! Bless this holiday Lord! and be with me forevermore.. and thank you for family, frens and simply for the chance to live. Love you Jesus, love you my Lord! (:
