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05-09-2005, 12:49 AM
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Photos (FINALLY!) of my trip to Southeast Asia
Ok, I tried posting a thread earlier, but the pics weren't showing up, and there were too many problems, so I'm going to start all over.
 I've been meaning to post a few threads, on my 6 month missions trip... which started in Kona, Hawaii, for a 3 month class, followed by 2 1/2 months in Malaysia, and Indonesia. Unfortunately, I still don't have my Kona pics, a friend of mine has them on her laptop and she hasn't sent me the cd yet. So for now, I'll skip ahead and post some photos of Malaysia. Later I'll post the Indonesia pics, probably on another thread. We arrived in Kuala Lumpur (I don't have any pics of that city!) then after a couple days of orientation, we set off for Penang, which was to be our home for the next 2 months.  We stayed at the ywam location there, which actually was not bad at all... Our team stayed in 3 different houses, and besides there being no hot water, it was a pretty cool place.One of the first outings we had was a few days before Christmas, we went on a prayer walk. Here are some sights from that walk. Penang, Malaysia  Before I go on, here's a photo of our team... It's not the whole team, just a few who happened to be there when this pic was taken. We had about 16 people total. A family from Norway, a family from San Jose, CA (not in this picture) 5 single American girls, including myself, and 1 Korean girl.  From left to right: Amber, Helene, Carol, Eivind, Rebekka, me, Asle and MiYoung  Helen, MiYoung and Monica 
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05-09-2005, 01:05 AM
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We stopped by a few temples. Malaysia is, I believe, 80% Muslim, and the remaining amount is Budhhist, Christian, and other.
      The woman in this picture is Audrey, she was one of ywam staff. 
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05-09-2005, 01:30 AM
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Here are some pics of our Christmas in Malaysia. This was the day before the tsunami hit...
 (as you can see, this was when we first got there, so we weren't as close to eachother as we were after the 2 1/2 months!)   
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05-09-2005, 02:10 AM
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When the earthquake hit... only a few on our team actually felt it. So, we had no idea at that time the magnitude of what had just happened. Then later, we heard about the tsunami... After the first wave hit, a few people on our team went down to the coast, to see what was happening. They didn't know that another big wave would hit, right when they were there... Eivind happened to catch some of what happened on his video camera.
     We still didn't realize at that time how disastorous it was... It seemed that my family and friends back home knew more about what was going on than we did, cause they had CNN, so my mom called the ywam office, in a panic, wondering if I was even alive, because we were actually supposed to be in Indonesia when it hit, but the Indonesia trip had been postponed. But there was tons to do in Malaysia... After it happened, we knew that we were there for a reason. We began to work, on the coast, for the next couple weeks... there were a bunch of little houses that were completely demolished, and we helped go through the wreckage, picking up the debris, and mud-soaked personal belongings, and what was left of people's houses. One lady we helped lost pretty much everything, and her only concern was to find a bag of cash, that had something like 2000 dollars in it. We never did find the bag, but she was thankful for the help she got... There was a man who lived on that street, who had lost his house, and we found out later that this man was very anti-Christian. I think he came from a Budhhist backround, but wasn't a believer. He and his first wife had divorced because she became a Christian... then his second wife became a Christian, and his daughter started going to church. He was still against Christianity, and then after the tsunami, he saw all the people helping out on the beach, and he saw us working there, and he realized that pretty much the only people who were helping were local Christian churches. As I was shoveling dirt and mud, a man came up and asked me where I was from, and who I was with. I told him I was from California, and there with a Christian organization, Youth With A Mission. I later found out that this man, whose home was destroyed, was so touched by the help that he got, that he changed his heart about Christianity. So, that was wonderful news to hear, and we knew that even the dirtiest work, that no one was getting paid for, makes a difference, and that's what we were there for, to reach people for Christ, and show God's love in different ways.
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05-09-2005, 02:14 AM
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05-09-2005, 02:16 AM
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heheh, yeah.. we had a lot of great people on our team. We had a great time together... I miss it!
 I'll post more pics a little later, I gotta go upload more!
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05-09-2005, 03:55 AM
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These next few pics are of when we all went out to the 'night market'.
The first few pics were taken at a beach, near a hotel. Amber, MiYoung, Monica MiYoung, Helene This is where you buy stuff for incredibly cheap... and of course, you bargain. Monica
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05-09-2005, 12:30 PM
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cool pics.
The architecture is real neat. And those kids are adorable.
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05-09-2005, 12:50 PM
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Thanks!
Yeah, Penang is an interesting city... There's a lot of variety there, and different cultures, there are Chinese Malays, Indian Malays and.... just Malays. And yeah, the little kids on our team were super cute. It was tough for their mom though! She wasn't able to do as much as the others... the family with the small kids didn't go with us to Indonesia (except the dad for a couple days), cause they thought it might not be safe. thanks for posting!
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05-09-2005, 09:24 PM
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These pictures look wonderful!
I am glad you got to speak to the man who hated believers, the seed you planted may do wonders for the Lord!
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05-09-2005, 11:22 PM
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I'm glad you liked them! I'm going to post more later... I just gotta upload them and stuff. And yeah, I'm glad I got to be there, and speak to that man, it was so great to feel like we actually made a difference, and to be a part of that man having a change of heart. Quote:
You may not like that we did intercessory prayer as we walked through or around those temples/mosques. That was why we went there, not just to take pics. We thought it was interesting that there was so much plastic, and bright, fake gold.... to me it is like building a castle on sand, it may look nice, but...if it's not based on something solid, then what?
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05-10-2005, 01:24 PM
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 Think what you want, but there are parallel teachings between the Buddha and the Christ. The peace and serenity of the monk is a foundation I don't see very often from other people of any faiths... Ps, I do "intercessory prayer" when I walked through wall st. and the NYSE 
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05-10-2005, 02:03 PM
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Those pics are wonderful Cindy....I'll share them with my daughter when she gets home from school.
Something that I think is so amazing about you is even though you are a very strong spirit filled Christian....you still respect and admire the beauty of other religious icons. I think this is why people are probably very receptive to you. It comes from really loving the people you are ministering to. It takes a special heart to love without judgement.
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05-10-2005, 02:23 PM
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Aww, thank you so much Zoot. But I really think you've given me too much credit. I will openly admit that in terms of spirituality, I am still a toddler... I know that I've got a lot to work on (or I should say, lots of places where God is working on me)... This is why sometimes I want to quit posting on debate threads, because I get frustrated and my human nature takes over, and that's not usually a good thing. But I appreciate your kind words. I'll try to post more pics tonight. I have to leave for work pretty soon.
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05-10-2005, 03:25 PM
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wonderful pictures. I actually practice a cross between Kadampa Buddhism and Christianity (Episcapalian) so like Gabe I would loved to see many of these places for different reasons. I'm sure God heard your prayers and loved your intent.
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05-10-2005, 10:44 PM
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I haven't seen you around DA much lately. I haven't seen Kat much either. Anyway, thanks! ((hug)) <3Quote:
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