Our last few days in KL

Hello,

We can't quite believe it's Thursday already and we're in the last few days of our trip. Here's what's been going on so far this week.

On Monday three ladies from SMACC 2 kindly took us down south to the UNESCO world heritage city of Melacca. The city which had been ruled by the Portuguese, Dutch and British over four centuries had left a distinctive European feel. We visited the ruins of St Paul's church and a museum before tasting Melacca's speciality at lunch, Chicken Rice Balls. In the afternoon we mooched around a few souvenir shops and visited Christ Church Melacca.


After a nice day out of KL, Tuesday was back to work preparing talks and bible studies. In the evening Wiggy led a Christianity Explored leaders' training session and Gareth and I attended the final study session on 'Just for Starters'. We spent time thinking about what it meant to 'Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person' Colossians 4:6.

Wednesday was another day spent studying, with an extended lunchtime break to visit a Taoist and a Hindu Temple. Nothing much took us by surprise. The Taoist Temple had a strong aroma of incense and a few different shrines. The Hindu Temple felt a bit like a museum with lots of different figures. As you can see in the picture, it was very clean and ornate!

This morning was my first go at leading a bible session at one of the schools for Chin Refugees. In the first part of the session I taught from Romans 13:1-7, explaining that all authority has been instituted by God and so we are to submit to authority in every context to avoid punishment and because we know we ought to. I knew this would be a sensitive topic and I found it difficult to teach, not being able to fully comprehend the hardships they and their families have been through because of bad authorities. The session on the second part of the chapter went well as we learnt that it is by loving one another that we fulfil the law, and that we should be motivated to do this as we see the Day of our Saviour's return getting nearer!

Thanks for reading. That's all for now :)

Nicky.