Cornerstone Yangon Youth camp

This is their youth ministry. and guess what. they're called Generations too. :)
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This is the view from our hotel.
Somehow when you're there, everything seems so beautiful even though its actually quite run down. haha. okay. maybe its just me. heh.
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Below: Uniquely Yangon. :)
- The street and their people.
actually i think the pictures were taken quite well. haha (i took them!)


Bottom Left: Myanmar currency or rather Banana notes. WOOOooo. makes us feel so rich cos its all in thousands. oh and i was the finance keeper then haha. So i get to feel the "richest!" :)
Bottom Right: That is actually their number plate? haha So chim looking. i think if we had this kind of number plate, all the summon aunty fatimahs will have a really hard time taking down our vehicle number. haha.


above left: That says PEARL MILK TEA in Burmese. haha. CHIMILOGY
above right: and that's our bible in Burmese. CHIMILOGY again. haha its worst than reading chinese.
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than its their water festival.
Its somewhat like their chinese new year there. but instead of ang pows, you get "showers of blessing" haha and apart from the whole religious cleansing purposes, the reason why the water festival is set during that week is because thats like the hottest time of the year! (40 degrees)
anyway. yes. The people are crazy when it comes to getting you wet. - Pails, water hose and just about anything you can think of that contains water is your worst nightmare. Some of them even added ICE into some of the pails. So when the water gets to you, its shivering cold.
Its like demon possessed really.... - Blasting techno music, Drunk people dancing (or rather most of them are drunk), vehicles piled up with men blowing whistles, etc. Its chaotic!
and we always get taxi's with no window, spoilt window, or we're just too late to wind up the windows. so we always end up wet before we even reach the church. haha simply hilarious. :)

See how the people are packed into one van? - thats their public transport. heh

and yes. Thats the part we all get wet. Donovan always gets to sit in the middle. so chris and i are always the ones blocking all the attacks.
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Waiting for cab. and Look at their faces.. The weather is really very hot. haha
The cab fare usually varies. We have to bargain for a good price cos they tend to Ke-tok us foreigners. haha So its always better to get a local to do the bargaining for you! :)
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The church.

This is the small lane leading into the Church. Its really kampong i tell you. haha

Kids by the streets and the very adorable neighbours of pst san-min.
Oh yes. Pst san-min's house is just next to the church. or in fact, its almost part of the church building. haha.

Their sleeping premises.
think your bed is too hard? check out theirs.
they sleep right at the back where we usually conduct our services. and guess what. right beside them is the toilet and the pigs. heh imagine the smell.

The toilet and bathing facilities. - that shed at the back is where the pigs are .
heh. i usually tahan the whole day and before going back into the hotel for whatever 'business' i have instead of settling it there. haha
cos yes. i'm pampered. - put me into the jungle, yes im okay. but give me a nice toilet pls..
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Oh yes. the campers. :)
The kids are really so cute. Some alittle "over-aged" for youth camp haha


Them during praise and worship and Don speaking to one of the youths. :)

Okay. this has nothing to do with anything. Its just one of Don's spastic moments haha. Good thing i didnt put the other more embarrassing photographs of him okay.

Pst san-min and i. he's the cutest pastor ever.
"smiling!" :)
above right: Their electricity is powered by a generator. So the power goes out like in the middle of the service etc. That was one of those times when we had to make do with a candle in order to see what we were eating for dinner.

Food glorious food.
Okay not my kind of food. but some of them are really nice. Especially the soups.
and we get served like by the church helpers and PASTORS who are way older than we are.
oh my. its humility and servant hood i tell you.
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CAMP
All that we did during their camp. haha

We taught them the hunter, squirrel, and tree game. haha.really funny. - and there is Dajie the squirrel.
Oh and When peihan and team went, they taught them the banana dance. so this time we taught them the chicken dance. haha Seriously. they're just so simple. They can have so much fun with such simple games that we people complain is its too boring. tsk tsk
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and they taught me some Burmese song with actions and all. haha its really FUN. and then one of the nights the campers made me sing and do the actions with them. haha
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Us. Preaching and teaching the word.


Bottom: Dajie preparing for his message and delivering the message. (he's their so called Korean superstar. haha) - oh no and i miss his hair. heh. okay nvm.


Above left: Chris and i taught them the song, Freedom we know , and got them to dance with us. dajie played the electric and don was on the drums. (KEYBOARD DRUMS to be exact haha)
Above Right: oh and Thats my first debut in Myanmar leading praise and worship with Mary (pst san-min's 2nd daughter.)
Bottom left: that fan i'm holding is our LIFE SAVER for a very hot weather. haha :) oh and that's the living room of pst san-min's house. where we rest, have our meals and chit chat in before each service.. its really crampy though.


them sending us off on the last night and here we are at the hotel for some good rest.
Luxury man! haha we ordered room service because we were so hungry and tired and We couldnt ta bao because all the shops are closed for their festive season.

above: us with pst san-min outside church

Dajie and "XIAO MING" haha. the very cute Burmese boy that looks so chinese.; Chris and I.
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Yup and that our team! haha (what were the guys thinking seriously)

So yes. that pretty much sums up everything about the trip. Yay! :)