Firstly, a brief introduction on STOMP. STOMP stands for Students Together On Mission Partnership. This is the 3rd STOMP and it's organised by FES(Fellowship of Evangelical Students). It is a cross-cultural mission trip and this time we will be going to Ulu S'krang of Sri Aman and Nanga Padeh of Betong, Sarawak from 12-26th June 2010. STOMP participants comprised of students from 8 campuses which are Uitm Kuching, Politeknik Kuching, iPBL, Politeknik Mukah, UMT(University Malaysia Terengganu), UM(Universiti Malaya), UPM(University Putra Malaysia), UNMC(University Nottingham Malaysia Campus). Yours truly is the only one from UM. *sob*
Basically it is a mission partnership between students from West Malaysia and East Malaysia and we will be visiting several Iban longhouses at the places I mentioned above.
DAY 1-2
All the participants from West Malaysia(STOMPERS)were to meet at a place called Crossroads in SS2, PJ. We had 2 days of training there. Among the things we did were getting to know each other through ice-breaking, physical training, preparation of testimony, and orientation for mission. I really enjoyed meeting the FES staff and the rest of the team. Thank God that there are an equal number of guys and girls! I would be terrified if all of them are girls. There were 6 girls and 5 guys including me. 4 of the guys are from UNMC. On the second day, we had an outing/dinner at Wai Sek kai, SS2.
Trying out the "boat"
One of the balloon sculpture that I learn how to make
The West Malaysia students with the balloon sculpture *master*
DAY 3
Departed from Crossroads early in the morning to catch the flight to Kuching. It was my maiden flight and we used MAS =) and I got the seat that was next to the window! God is good! When we reach there, we were brought to a coffee shop for a drink. Drank the famous 3 layer milk tea. Then we were brought to a church called "SHALOM" in Kota Semarahan. Greeted warmly by the Sarawakian students. They performed a 'ngajat'(Iban warrior dance) for us and we had a short session of ice-breaking before continuing the training with them. We were separated into 2 teams but we always have the training sessions together.
The original 3 layer milk tea
DAY 4-6
These 3 days was nothing but boring. We had tons of fun together with the Sarawakian students. And the pastor, Bishop Peter is so cool! He is a Lumbawang by the way. And his son David is soooo cute with his little pony tail >_< Even though its training, we did not felt that way. Among the things we did: learning the Iban language and culture, worship, preparing ourself spiritually, plan for the activities at the longhouse, station games, and physical training in the form of games like Captain Ball =) On the sixth day, we had shopping/outing/dinner in Kota Semarahan. We really bonded with them in just a few days.
The STOMPERS!
Bishop Peter
End of Part I
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