I had a great time in Malaysia last week. When you cross the Johor Straits the landscape is much different from the busy city life of Singapore.
We headed up to Malaysia so that I could renew my visa and so that we could finalize accommodations for the church camp in December at Fraser’s hill. Here are some pics of the accommodations and the view that looks across to some other hotels.
The best part of the trip was the food though – yummy fish head curry (eyeballs and all). I actually really liked it a lot.
It is great in Omega 3 content – very very healthy for you!
The Homemade Pizza at Ping and Melanie’s was pretty good when we got back too though.
Also while in Malaysia I was able to visit Mr. Ott’s learning center. It is very nice and spacious – unlike what you could afford in Singapore.
As soon as we got back to Singapore, we were busy with a 3 day conference and trying to find time to prepare for our messages. Also, the family doctor that I go to here in Singapore that attends our church came down with a severe case of Dengue Fever (caught from mosquitoes). It could have easily killed her if her blood platelets count continued to drop (causing Hemorrhaging). Usually it is at least 150,000 and hers dropped to 19,000. Also her blood pressure was escalating, which could cause bleeding to death. Before the conference we prayed that we would hear some positive news that the count would start going back up before the end of the night. Praise the Lord that the Lord answered our prayers that night (it went back up to over 40,000) and over the next few days. She was released from the hospital today but will still be weak for the next 2 months. Pray that she can get the help she needs at her doctor’s practice since she won’t be able to work the whole day for the next few months.
The weeks ahead will be the busiest part of the year – preparing for VBS, the Christmas Cantata, church camp, printing out the next quarter’s material for S.S. and working on producing the Youth Devotionals (and Parent’s meeting to set everything up).
Filed under: Ministry, Sight Seeing, Travel
Some of the food looks scrumptious ☺
Some of the food? Meaning what – the Pizza?
Actually I was really skeptical at first about the fish head (especially about the eye ball) but truthfully it does not taste weird at all. It really was very good. Actually the curry here in Singapore is much milder than the spices they use in India. My favorite Indian dish is called Prata (crispy pancakes dipped in curry sauce). Not sure if you were able to try some when you were in India.
Have a good day of teaching today. I am in the process of listening to the sessions from MACP. I am so glad that I am able to listen even though I couldn’t be there this year!
Kevn….Exciting to hear how God is usng you there in Singapore. We also praise the Lord that He is watching over you and allowing you to experience so many wonderful things. It’s amazing that you are ableto ride the bike! We’re praying for you and know that God is teaching you so much and others are benefiting as well. (By the way, we give you a lot of credit for trying and enjoying (?) all that exotic food.)
God bless you.
Thanks for your prayers. I appreciate them much.
Doesn’t Bob try the exotic food when he is in India
??? The spices are a ton stronger there though!!
Hope you are having a great year with the Golden Heirs. Keep my parents in line
(make sure you tell Ken I said hi and I am praying for him as he deals with his health).
Kevin