hahah i just kinda came back from a mission trip, well which i went the day right after leaders camp. talk about getting properly rested. hahah. well personally ive been to quite a few mission trips already so this wasnt really an eye-opener (also can be sounded as I-opener, as a mission trip really does open up yourself too). aniwaes i went to malaysia, pahang to the orang asli. the orang asli here were slightly richer than the previous ones i went last time, considering their wooden houses seemed bit nicer and at least had more wood. well i went there to mainly start off the whole riverlife healthcare provision for the orang asli in that area, which will actually stretch over a long term period. (!!! attention!! aniwaes our church has mission trips every 2nd weekend of the month to the orang asli in pahang for this healthcare thing, which actually you can go on sat and come back by sun, so if you really wanna contribute but dont really have the time, this will be great :) )
well apparantly there's a pastor taking care of this whole area and his name is pastor eduard. turns out he's actually from indonesia, GPDI church, a missionary. its not really all easy to be a missionary here, well for starters we sort of helped to build his house from wooden planks, though we were more like wide-eyed singaporeans helping by looking while the pastor and a few of his helpers were like building most of it. i had the pride of helping by nailing 1 nail and passing the saw or hammer a few times, and helping to support the initial fragile structure of the foundations using my weight. hahah. well can you imagine actually living among the orang asli, living in a wooden planked house built yourself, drawing water from who knows where to drink bathe wash etc. and above it all, he's all smiles, saying God gives him strength. well that to me is revolutionary. its like living the outfield life, times who know how long.
well for most of us, we're not called to be a missionary, but we're called to support this whole mission work that God is doing. so lets be revolutionary in the areas God has called us to be, and lets also support the other revolutionist through our prayers.
well i also realised again how much the people need someone to tell of about Jesus Christ, so many unsaved people, so few workers. 1 pastor eduard is enough. maybe 1.5 will be good. ok no .5 means half dead. oh that sounds pessimistic, k .5 means half alive. hahah whatever, the point is that for so many orang asli, 1 pastor eduard is definitely not enough. theres so many empty hungry hearts, so few workers. well not just to the orang asli i suppose, but practically everywhere in the world.
Luke 10:2 - He told them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.
the problem's not with the harvest, in fact the harvest is waiting, dying for us to go in and take it all. the problem is with the workers, to plough the land, sow the seeds, reap the harvest. there's so much to take, but as the word says, the workers are few. lets be the workers, and ask the Lord to move his workers too :)
oh i realised i didnt put my name.
my name's daniel.
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