Murud 2015 - During - Day 2

Thursday, 16th July

We woke up at 6am to have morning devotions together as a group.  Pastor Sabiyah was already up way earlier than us to prepare breakfast.  I am thankful to have her along with us in this trip.  The rest of us had only needed to help her in preparing the food or cleaning up or washing up after our meals.  Oh the smell of firewood!

Pastor Sabiyah at "work" :)

What did we do the whole day?  I can't recall now, but we must have lazed around a lot while nursing our aching bodies!  Barb and some other ladies went out to stroll and went to check my bag at the porter's station.  It had spent the night there as the porter didn't know where to take it to.  He then took it to the house.  Thank you Lord!

Edit 30th July - I recall now that in the afternoon, some in our group went for afternoon prayer under the leading of Guru' Pudun Tadem.  He is called Guru', which is either used for teachers or pastors - both are addressed as Guru'.  In this case, he is a retired headmaster of Ba' Kelalan school.  Lyd and I didn't bother to go for this prayer.  We had an afternoon nap :)

Later on in the evening, there was a trail of people who sang and danced throughout the wooden pathway.  This must have been a "must-have" event, I recall this was done when we were here in 2013 as well.  Our friend Maria joined them as soon as she heard them from the middle of her nap!  She just jumped out of her sleeping bag, down the steps and join the line (or was it lead the line??) Haha... such a spontaneous spirit is she!

Singing and dancing on the wooden pathway throughout the site.

One thing I remember us doing on that day though - we made Yu Cha Kueh!  Well, Pastor Sabiyah did.  We all just watch and help her by eating!  She mixed it in the evening and that night we had it for supper.  Yum!  It rained again that night :(

Yummeh Yu Cha Kueh

We all retired for the night after night devotion.  It was much better for me that night as I had my sleeping bag, my thick sweater and my magic silk sleeping bag lining.  Better sleep that night as we prepared our hearts for the next morning service.

While we were preparing for sleep, Uncle Salutan came to ask Ama's Paran permission to open up one of the unused houses as there were no more place for guests to stay.  Wow.  Were there that many I thought?  Yet, even as it continued to rain we could see lights upon lights of torches coming down the hill.  There were still many on their way.  Protect them dear Lord.