Colombo

Day 1

Disclaimer: This is going to be a long post!

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10.30pm at Singapore Changi Airport

our flight is at 12.50am flying  via Emirates

awaiting for boarding 

 Day 2

 After 4 and a half hours of flight we are at Colombo

 As we thought that DFS airport should be selling DFS items,

Colombo Airport has its specialty of selling washing machines.

Weird right!

2.30am at Colombo airport 

Colombo is 2 and a half hours behind Singapore time

and the journey is 8 hours from Colombo to Vanuniya

On our way to Vanuniya 

 Vanni Inn : The place we stay

 Scary Aircon!

Kate and I dont even dare to on it!

It seems like when you on it, insects will start running out of it!

Thank god that there are ceiling fan

 After dropping our baggages we headed off to the mobile CRS clinic as what we are objected to do in this Colombo trip.

we had some quick lunch at Pastor Surubi's house

Very soon it is sunset! So beautiful! 

 Look at my feet, swell till like mad!

Day 3

 God is good, the next day my feet are back to normal!

Amen!

Breakfast, but the scary part is the bread is mouldy!

Pray for sanification . .  . 

 thank God none of us are sick!

On our way to marketplace 

 

 Me and Corine!

 Our most happening couple!

Here for mission trip,

sister corine joined us after her Dubai trip, she fainted when we saw the hotel we are staying in.

For the last hotel she stayed in was a 7 star hotel in Dubai,

$4500/night

When she came to Colombo, she had a culture shock!

 Even thou, she said: I will go anywhere God wants me to help in.

Nevertheless, I have my loving husband with me.

 For those who have not seen a cow before, heres the cow

and

 This is cowdung! hahaaa

so many on the streets!

Stinks like mad!

 The road are so small and we have to carry the medical supplies and walk into our next mobile clinic on day 3

We are walking toward the Widow centre built by the city care group.

 The well where villagers get their water from.

 The small farm we have

The medical team setting up the dispensary 

 Caring volunteers caring for the children!

this place is filled with mosquitoes,

but love has got no barriers.

My heart really goes out for you, the Sri Langkans.

They are so poor and they cannot even afford to see any doctors even when they are ill.

We worked all the way till 8pm in the evening and had our dinner at 9pm.

Back to the run down hotel,

cold shower and bed!

Thank you Jesus for a fruitful day 

 Day 4

This is the mobile clinic on day 4

The condition is worst that the previous days

 Look at their Toilet,

the kampong 'Jamban'

Look at the amount of villagers queuing outside the clinic 

 Kids walking towards the clinic for medical treatment

Even thou, it is as hot as an oven inside the clinic,

every volunteer in this hot oven really serve with a heart full of love and care for the people.

I was sweating like a mad dog, and Doctor KJ is doing his best in treating all the paitents in the clinic.

Myself and other staffs were laying hands on the paitents for some suffers terminal illnesses, what we can do best is to pray for miracle.

We believe in a God who heals.

I was praying for an old lady who has pain in her knees and couldnt walk properly.

I really believe in a God who heals,

for those which are impossible for man to do,

God can make it possible!

She stood up and stretch her leg.

The pain were gone!

Thank you Jesus for your healing through me.

 

 So hot! hid inside the bus for some aircon!

Super buang face ^-^

As I was praying, how I wish someday God will bring the one I love to such meaningful trip with me.

Although it is definately not a comfortable trip to compliment about but my heart is really so touch with each out stretch of hands I made to help and to care.

 Finally dinner time is here and our day at the temporary setup clinic is close for the day.

Here's our medical team!

The lady with her hand up, has a name,

She is our Angelina Joie, our head nurse.

The lady next to her is our volunteer,

and her job amazed me for she is a prison warren officer!

So Cool!

 Our siblings team.

Kennedy trainee doctor in red with younger sister who is only 19 years old.

This team is so amazing,

the not only helpout in Sri Langka,

they were the ones who help out in Haiti earthquake, Sichuan, Archey and even in warzone iraq.

God, thank you for amazing team!

Day 5

Yeh! We're at the market place!

 This is their cooking oil

 Time to travel back to Colombo,

We missed Kilinochi warzone for the permit were not approved

we travelled 12 hours back to Colombo

and checked in our so called better hotel in Colombo.

Affter 12 hours of travel, we were all tired and drained

Pastor told us the hotel is slighty better, in fact all of us wouldnt expect much

but But BUTTTTT

Out of our astonishment!

WOah!!!! This is our hotel in Colombo! 

Raffles Hotel

Oh My God!

Thank You Jesus!

 and we opened our hotel room  wahhhhhhhhh!

 

 Look at their balcony with seaview!

This reminds me of Vietnam :)

 

 Day 6

 Breakfast by the sea

 and, look at my friend!

And here's the history of this century standing hotel we stayed in 

 Looking at this history, we certainly we can conclude that this place we stayed in must be haunted.

But for me, I mean who cares man!

 

 Very Raffles hotel yeh!

 and then, some camwhoring

 and then,

its time to head back to Singapore!

My takeaway for this trip, I will voice it in the next blogpost