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| Crown Borneo Hotel, Tanjung Aru, KK |
The alarm went off again at 6am! But this time it was from my HTC phone ;) We made ourselves ready and gathered at the Crown Borneo Hotel lobby around
7am. We put all our bags and boxes on one corner while waiting for our
transportation. Just a few minutes later, the off-road cars had arrived
and we put all our things in and ready to go after a short prayer
outside the hotel. The boys (a.k.a Young Men) hopped into Uncle Jason's
Triton! We stopped by at the Kota Marudu town area for a yummy lunch and
we went to
Skycommunity Students' Hostel, Kota Marudu to pick up the Alpha Belia team.
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| KK- Pitas Road(Google Map) by Desonny |
The scenery was spectacular especially along the way from Kota Belud
to Kota Marudu .I enjoyed it very much. I traveled a lot from Sandakan to Beluran and all i could
see is just the palm oil plantation-left and right side of the road!
But the scenery along the road to Pitas was breathtaking. A long range
of hills dominates the landscape-Haalleluyaah~! The trees grew up thin
and straight, like pillars. They put out branches after reaching a
certain height and they spread out like an umbrella - canopy. I've used
the road before but i didn't really pay attention to the surrounding as i
was the driver at that time. How i wish to have a sight like that all the way to Beluran! (and a driver so that i can enjoy the scenery ;p )
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| Something like this! |
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The Arrival
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Finally, we arrived at our destination around noon.
It took us nearly 5 hours drive to reach Kg. Dandun, Pitas from Kota
Kinabalu city. Ah, finally i can stretched out my sore body and legs! The rain has stopped before we came. I stepped out of the car and looked at the surroundings. I saw some few adult villagers were busy cooking. The children were running and playing around.
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| Cheryl's kids! |
A few of the elders
in that community were there at that time to greet and welcome us. We could hardly see any youths
roaming around at that time. The first thing i noticed when we reached there was the church buildings! Yes, there were two churches standing opposite to each other on the ground. The new church is obviously the cream in color wooden church, and the old church is on the right side of this picture.
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| The Protestant Church of Sabah (PCS) |
These two churches depicts the positive spiritual development or needs of the people here years ago. The new church signifies the growth in faith as well as the population of the Christian community increases in Kg. Dandun followed by a group of strong and committed local church leaders. However, as i looked at the surroundings while unpacking our stuff, i could sense that there was something not right about this place. That 'something' was unexplainable. Then, the words which has been revealed to St. Francis of Assisi by God, came to me at that moment! "
Rebuild my church which has fallen into ruin! " Maybe God wants us to do more here... Maybe God wants us to lift up their spiritual awareness... Maybe God wants us to revive this land...Maybe God wants us to do some gardening and pruning... Maybe God..Maybe God.... There were too many 'maybes' running through my head. I shrugged it off my mind and continue to unpack our things!
(Continue here -> Part 4)
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| St. Francis of Assisi |
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