The year is drawing to a close. There's about another 2 weeks before 2011 comes to an end. Christmas is around the corner and this time around I will not be Kuala Lumpur for Christmas once a again.
A couple months back Kit and Sook Yuen invited me to join them on a short mission trip to Cambodia in December. As the year was coming to an end; I had a whole load of leave to clear off my plate as I'm only allowed to carry a certain number of days over to 2012. I prayed about it and decided to join them as I've never really been on one before. I figured it's something I should do before I get married next year.
So as I begin my 10 day absence from work today; I'll be flying off to Phnom Penh on Monday morning for 8 days. Through out these 8 days the team and I will be transiting between Phnom Penh and Takeo where we will be doing some work there. I'm more nervous than ever as this is my first mission trip; and it being abroad as well.
The biggest task for me over Christmas would be on Christmas day itself. I'll be taking the sermon for the Christmas morning service at a local church in Phnom Penh. It's certainly a daunting task as my speaking engagements have only been limited to darling's church; and that's to an English speaking congregation. But I've been praying about it and with help from darling I've decided to go back to the basics in what I will be sharing this Christmas in Phnom Penh. Besides the sharing the team and I will be handling Christmas services and programs for school kids and university students at a local church.
No doubt this would be a learning experience for myself as well as a good experience to be able to share God's blessings with the folks in Phnom Penh.
Gonna need all your prayers for a safe journey and over all protection of the team while we're there. Pictures will definitely be taken and rest assured there'll be a post on the adventure in Cambodia. Hey who knows we might even have time to slot in a trip to visit a UNESCO Heritage site; the Angkor Wat.
But the biggest issue will be the absence from KL to spend Christmas with darling. I'll be missing her tremendously over this festive period.
Till after the Cambodian adventure!
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