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Going to school – privilege or pain?

Admin — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:25:19 +0000

For most of us, going to school is a pain. This is especially true in many Asian countries where schools are places where loads of information is poured into little brains. I remember hating school. Most of my teachers were boring. The only parts of school life that I enjoyed were the play times before

New schoolhouse in Sabah

Admin — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:28:00 +0000

They made this schoolhouse themselves in 2 days.

Related post: A day’s walk for 3 lady missionaries

Sabah Malaysia – fact sheet for missionaries

Admin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:40:58 +0000

Introduction:

Sabah is on the island of Borneo, one of the largest islands in the world.

Sabah is the 2nd largest state in Malaysia (after Sarawak) and is the poorest state in Malaysia. This is an anomaly because Sabah is rich in natural resources.

Sabah has about 2.5 million people officially and an unofficial population of between 0.5

A day’s walk for 3 lady missionaries

Admin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:57:33 +0000

I received this email a few days ago from our 3 lady missionaries (B, J and N) who reach out to Filipino “illegal immigrants” in Sabah by running literacy centers.

The people in this new area of outreach are all from the Tausug tribe – a tribe that is traditionally violently anti-Christian. “S” is a Tausug

Literacy centers all over Sabah!

Admin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:09:16 +0000

It has been about a year since we started to plant the literacy center in Sabah.

The kampong has been transformed in this past year. Shortly after opening day, the garage school-house could no longer hold all the kids. Four months ago, with donations from some dear Christians to buy lumber and cement and with the

Opening day at the literacy center in Sabah

Admin — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:47:59 +0000

We were expecting about 60 kids to enrol at our literacy center in Sabah, so we had prepared materials for 60. Sixty plastic bags containing an exercise book, a box of color pencils, a sharpener and a ruler were ready to be given to our students.

We were expecting kids from this kampong only to enrol.

Preparations for literacy center in Sabah

Admin — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:16:45 +0000

The garage in Sabah needed only a little touching up to make attractive classrooms. The community was abuzz with excitement. It would be the first time for the kids to go to school! At last they could be like other kids and go to school!

Our supervisor, Ning, was busy recruiting teachers and getting the classroom

God provides in Sabah

Admin — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:00:26 +0000

Since our coordinator had backed out of the Sabah literacy project we felt that it was not His will for us to continue renovating the house.

We prayed for His guidance and He opened a marvelous new way for us. The owner of the land in the kampong offered us her garage to be used as

Setbacks in Sabah!

Admin — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:01:21 +0000

It looked like we were all set to move forward in starting the literacy center in Sabah. After all, the place was available, the parents were pressing us to start and the kids were excited!

However, the Filipino couple who had first introduced us to this kampong had second thoughts about continuing with this project. They

First steps for a literacy center in Sabah!

Admin — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:54:32 +0000

At the village we walked on a few planks over the sea-water towards the sea and came to the potential literacy center. The lady owner was home. Our kampong friend told her about our desire to rent the house for a literacy center. She showed us around her little house which consisted of