Connection Point

Sunday, June 06, 2010

Kuala Lumpur Update

It has been a hectic couple of days for us.  We have 2 great days of ministry and are now packing up for the morning drive to the start of camp.

Our first morning in KL started early thanks to jetlag.  Bryan and I were up at 5 am, way before we were planning on waking; and so began our Saturday.  Bryan worked out and I worked since we were up.  Then we had breakfast before we were picked up to head to the church for a sound check before the afternoon youth service.

Our hosts have been amazing and so hospitable to us and we are being well taken care of.  Here are some things we have been up to so far:

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Having lunch (Indian food on banana leaves using our hands to eat) with some of the pastors (L to R Pastors David, Chris & Susan) from Calvary Church.

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Peter attempting a fried bitter gourd.

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After lunch it was time for the youth service.

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Getting ready to do a Malaysian style line dance.

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The students in worship.

After the service, we were taken on a little drive to see some of the city and then grab dinner.  Here are some of the sights:

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Entrance to Chinatown.

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They even have a Times Square here.

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Our dinner destination, famous for their chicken wings.

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Peter attempting a fresh coconut.

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Bryan working the coconut.

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Chicken and beef Satay – so good!

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Chicken Wings, Baby Bak Choi, & Clams.  Bryan ate most of the chicken wings.

We called it a night after our sumptuous dinner.  Sunday came really early for us.  Again we woke up before of alarms went off.  We had a early morning sound check for the 2 services.  The morning services were great and we enjoyed worshipping with church and hearing God’s word.  We played for the offertory.

We had a relatively quick turn around before we had to back for another sound check for the evening services.  Tonight we lead the worship for the evening service.  One significant moment for me tonight was during the middle of the message, the speaker stopped and looked at me in the front row and prophesied over me.  He had been praying in the afternoon and God brought my face to mind and gave him a word for me.  I haven’t had one of these encounters in a while so it was interesting for sure.  God is good.

After the evening service, we packed up and headed back to the hotel and we hung out again with my parents and grabbed some dinner at the food court by our hotel.  We have a 4 hour drive tomorrow morning to camp so we are winding down now.

It has been a fun and eventful weekend and we are excited to what’s in store at camp.  It has been special for me as well to be able to see my parents and have some time with them.  Thanks dad and mum for making the trip out to see me.  I love you guys!

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The parentals.

2 comments:

Bianca said...

Hi my name is Bianca and I was at the church service you guys gave to us at Calvary Church.
I really enjoyed the song you guys had written, I believe it had the lyric "give my blind eyes sight to see" in the song?
Would you guys happen to have it on youtube or in some kind of mp3 format?
It's a pretty amazing song.

Jireh said...

Hi Bianca!

The song is called "Turn the World" and we have it on one of the CDs we sold and you can also find it on iTunes. Many people bought CDs from us so you might be able to ask around and rip it from the CD.

Thanks!

J