hofinally able to get my bum off my bed to write here again. Been sick for 3days straight since the last day of the trip. And have been silently reflecting and reminiscing the happenings of the 7 days in Chiangmai. 3 words it was worthwhile.
all the struggle for the 7 days to kp to task was one uphill task that char and our main leader "aunty" ruth had to face. frm the moment the plane lifted at 6.00am S'pore time to the last note played at the Wachi Warit Secondary Sch at abt 8.30am (chiangmai time), it almost seemed that at the rate we were goin everythin was impossible. But I'd say thank God that we pulled through despite the mishaps(well not reli mishaps cant think of better words) tat occured.
let me name a few, for a trip that required a detrimental amt of focus, we were tempted by the cheap and prolly fake goods(but look considerably original and sometimes better than em) that was available at the nearest night market, also with all you can eat buffets that range frm 4dollars to 8 dollars who wouldn't wanna whack the food down and go food trippin for 7days, even the long journey frm chiangmai to chiangrai to wawi village that took a whopping 3hrs plus i think was a struggle in itself as ppl started throwing up here and there. And I think for me the worse struggle was the attitude player that refused to play our music for us to sing and mime and ended up having a mind of its own and play a game of skip the music on the disc. There were many other struggles even before this whole trip began and the 5-6mths endured by our dear leaders is endurance only God could give.
On a whole I think the youth who embarked on this trip learned alot frm one another, i got to noe ppl whom I just see and know exist in church but never reli connected with. Got to understand em better and got to build up bonds btw em. And I hope the friendship doesnt stop there. Coz the fellowship we had was reli something. And I think its true that the feeling that we had up that mountain is all but memories that we all reminisce and wish to hv for a lifetime. As it goes down one thing is that this trip has alr been marked down as history.
Anyway enough of dat now abit on the ppl we ministered to, frm Fri to Sun we ministered to children at the mountain side of Wawi village. Our base for our Vacation Bible School was to be the church hostel (pic below) there which is a 45min winding journey frm the resort we were staying. And the thing abt this place is dat we come in the mornin then for lunch is 30min up to our lunching area. But the rides were cool lar hahas almost every ride included singing and screaming and just plain old silly fun and games...
Our crazy ride up...(anyway sorry for shaky vids...hahas)
our crazy singing on the ride up...
wells apart frm our tryin thai, hahas we did hear them sing the real thing... and i think this is one of my fave listenin to em sing. its been ringin in my head for days lar. The song they are singing is the Thai version of As The Deer. Goes like this lar,
Cit winyaan kha krahaai prajau
Dut dang kwaang nooi krahaai haa nam
Song pen khwaam prathanaa
Heng jit chai kha thii yaa sansen pra-oong
Song pen long kambang thii khaam kheeng
Song pen puu diaw thii khaa rak thaa thuun
Song pen khwaan prathana
Heng jit chai kha thii yaa sansen pra-oong
seeing them sing in the state they are full of voice, is beautiful yet poignant in a way that it makes me wonder wat they are feeling when they sing tat song...
but i dare say tat the amt of joy and fun i think we brought there was beyond anything that could be compared for yrs to come. As in comin at 10 every mornin for three days, givin em attention and havin fun with songs and games. i'd say it was reli a privellege to take part in such a trip. PLus i think in the past few yrs i dun think they've seen tat many kids, on the first day was 31, second was ard 82, and on the final day we were there it was close to a 100. It was really a God send. Coz we din even work the land and they just came probably through the persuasion of their own frens. But overall i think everyone frm the kids up received a special blessing. anyway a few more photos b4 i end. and no more vids less i cant compile em anymore...hahas i think i dun hv to explain em....just let the pics tell the story themselves hahas wells in the process of makin tat vid for everyone and i noe i still owe ppl stuff for vids and stuff hahas gosh...wat a busy christmas wk...
wells, just to orientate u abit, top photo is the kids i took care of and my assistant and u shd prolly noe who're my favs judgin by the photos. The big grp was all the kids and us. And the final one i guess is a pretty significant a pic. Its all of us in action in the sec sch. and i think wats significant abt this photo is tat all we could do throughout the trip is just look forward and despite all the resistance we met, we just took the way that He made...
unsure if i'll post more abt chiangmai. but its just a privellege tat i m in this trip after all... considerin dat i'd be in ns if i hadnt retained and dat furthermore if i hadnt met aunty ruth at all i wouldnt hv this chance to touch lives and be touched as well...hahas so overall i guess nothin is reli wasted. And i guess as our theme song goes, He will make a way for me....
with love and strength for each new day...
