Cambodia with love (Part 1)

"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." - Matthew 28:19-20

I've been hearing this verse since I was young. This so called "Great Commission" was given by Jesus before He ascended to Heaven. I always wondered, when could I really go for mission? Would I have a chance to do so? 

Then here came the opportunity for me to go for mission. The story began from the beginning of the year 2012. GEPC, which is my church here in Malaysia, announced that they will have a mission trip to Cambodia in May. I just didn't bother about it because I was not that interested in it. Chinese new year came, and surprisingly I got, hmmmm.. I can say quite a lot of ang pao. I was thinking that with this money I could buy thing that I wanted since last year. Then my mind decided to buy that thing, which is Ipad 2. Everyday I did a collection of information about Ipad 2. But there was a night, I felt that God was speaking to me. He asked me to go to Cambodia for mission. Then I decided to go. That means I had to forgo my plan to buy the Ipad 2. 

So I went to talk to my Pastor that I'm going for this mission trip, then I registered. I spent all of my ang pao money to buy the flight ticket to Cambodia, which cost me RM 450 (around Rp 1.350.000) for return journey. And RM 400 (around Rp 1.200.000) for my meals, accommodation, transport, love gift to people there, etc. And it has not included the pocket money yet. After spending all that money, at first I felt quite sad. I have to forgo my Ipad 2 for the 5 days mission trip to Cambodia. I didn't know what we are going to do and experience in Cambodia, and I pray to God that through this mission trip, God will show something to me and the team.

                                             Say hello to Cambodia

So my team (Myself, Eld. Anba, Ben, and Marissa) went to Cambodia last week, from Thursday 17 May to Monday 21 May. We Had a GREAT experience there which explanation by words alone is not enough to show you all how great was our experience there. Now Cambodia has my heart. My heart is still there. I'm totally in love with Cambodia. How I love the people there. How I and my team is really blessed there. We come to bless people there, but we ourselves are blessed as well. And I totally don't regret of forgoing my Ipad 2 for this 5 days mission trip to Cambodia. 

This is the background and a quick glance of my mission trip to Cambodia. Will tell you the detail stories and show you the picts in my next post. :)

To be continued.... 

Mudik April 2012 (Part 1)

Jadi gini nih ceritanya bulan kemaren ntu gw dengan sukses nyelesein semester kedua terakhir gw. Cihuy!! Mencium bau bau sarjana nih. Wkwk.. Abis UAS yang melelahkan hati dan jiwa, akhirnya gw memilih buat mudik ke kampung halaman tercintah sepanjang masa tidak pernah berubah, Bandung. I hart yu bangets deh. Gw cuma punya jatah liburan 3 minggu. Mayan lah ya daripada manyun. Jadilah tgl 15 April tepatnya hari minggu gw dengan berseri seri landed di bandara Bandung yang superkecil, sekecil upil itu. Setelah 25 menitan, saia pun disambut sama jalan di taman holis yg kaya sampah sesampah sampahnya. Kesampahan jalan disitu dibuktiin dengan anjingnya temen gw, si agnes (maksudnya nama temen gw yg agnes, bukan anjingnya yg namanya agnes) yang dengan sukses mabok darat abis ngelewatin jalan situ. Mungkin dia harusnya dikasih antimo dulu sebelum menempuh jalan di taman holis, yang tepatnya mau ke arah rumah gw itu.

Anyway, although jalannya yg kaya sampah itu, tapi gw tetep cinta sama rumah gw. The best place where I could be. Bener dah apa kata orang orang bule sana kalo 'Home is where the heart is'. Ok jadi liburan gw pun dimulai. Hari senen, hari pertama liburan di Bandung, udah dibikin kesel sama si bedebah gatau diri yang bacotnya gede, yang maksa" ngajak maen gw + anak" gereja dengan maksa" dan akhirnya pundung sendiri gara" yg laen pada ga bisa maen. Faktor B kali yah. Faktor beungut sama bedebah. Ohsudahlah lupakan tentang si bedebah itu. Akhirnya hari itu gw pegi ke Hyper bareng ciwi ciwi. :D 

Kebanyakan hari hari gw sih diisi sama baca buku. Maklum, paket buku Supernova 1-3 gw baru dateng. Jadilah gw geek supernova yang ngabisin tuh 3 buku dalan 3 ato 4 hari. Nah jumatnya gw udah janjian sama sobat gw si beurit kerempeng bersuara sekseh yang ngaku ngaku ganteng dan keren. Phihhhh.. Padahal hidupnya abu abu n ga jelas. wkwkwk (piss yah sop). Jadi tujuan kite hari itu mau makan babi siagian nyang katanya enyak itu. Jadi kite menempuh perjalanan yang sangat dramatis dari desa holis sampe ke daerah gedung sate, gedung telkom, deket deket situlah. Sampe pantat rata. Masuk" disana, disambut sama anjing piaraan di kedai babi. Kasian juga, kayanya dia dipiara buat diipeuncit nantinya :(

Datanglah 2 piring babi panggang, 2 piring nasi, 2 mangkok kuah, 2 pisin sambel cengek, sama 2 pisin saos yang warnanya ga jelas. Ini dia penampakannya:

                                                                Babi Siagian

Tuh keliatan kan si saos yang warnanya ga jelas itu?? Selidik punya selidik, setelah dikasihtau sama si beurit sobat gw, ternyata si saos itu adalaaaahhhhh... jengjengggg.... Darah babi. >.< Jijey, jadinya gw cm nyobain setetes, dan gamau nyentuh tuh saos lagi. hiiiiiiyyyy.. Si babinya endange bambange. Maknyus. Lebih maknyus lagi soalnya ane ditraktir sama si beurit. wkwk. Makasi ya sop. Sering" aja. Sobat yang baik adalah sobat yang sering nraktir sobatnya. Semoga dia baca yaowooooohh. haha. Abis jadi babi setelah ngebabi, meluncurlah gw bersama sang tukang ojek ke toko buku togamas, mau nyari buku Partikel nya mba Dee, dan ngebeliin titipan novel dr temen di malay. Dan ini dia buku yang ditunggu tunggu. Tadaaaaaaa:

                                                                 Kece nih buku

Pulang dari sana isi dompet saia terkuras. Disana aja gw abis 230 rebuan buat beli buku buku. Hiks.. Ditambah lagi abis dari sana meluncur lagi ke palasari cari buku 1 lagi. Total 260 rebu dah gw beli buku. >.< 

Selesailah perburuan buku. Di palasari badan udah agak agak meriang ga jelas. merinding disko ga jelas. Yasudahlah mungkin waktunya buat pulang. Akhirnya kite pulang ke rimbaan masing masing. Gw di turunin si beurit di Rs. Imanuel. Mau tau kenapa saia diturunin disitu? 

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