Second Day at Similajau

While sitting here at a picnic table, gazing at the aquamarine South China Sea, I wonder about my future. With all that is within me, I want to serve the Lord. But I also want to be a marine biologist or a veterinarian. People have said that you can serve the Lord in any profession you go into. I just pray that God will lead my every step and every thought about the future.

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I am so excited! We are taking a group into Bintulu to go shopping! I will hopefully get lots of pictures of Bintulu while I’m there. At first I pondered whether or not to go into town today, but if I don’t I won’t be able to get souvenirs from here at all. So I’m going, I think we’ll be back around 5:30.

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Wow! That was amazing! Pastor Ham ended up taking Danielle, Soojin and me in his car instead of making us ride the hot bus. When we got into Bintulu, our first stop was a gift shop. It was pretty expensive so I only bought a little key chain. Our second stop was to Pizza Hut!!! Yes, they have those in Borneo There were some other people there from our group and we ate and had a great time. Later, we went to a little mall where I bought some gifts for my family. It was super nice in there, especially since they had air conditioning!

When Pastor Ham dropped us off to catch the bus back to Similajau (because he had to go to a funeral and was not going to go back to the park), Danielle, Soojin and I were pleasantly surprised to find Pastor Del waiting for us to pile into his car to take us back to the park! So we played musical pastors and hopped from one car to the other, thus not having to ride the bus at all!

It was such a fun drive back. Pastor Del told us that we can’t leave Borneo and that we have to stay. We told him that we would be much obliged and that we should just turn around now and head back to the long house. So he jokingly started pretending to turn around : ) I will really miss our friends when we actually do have to leave. I just know I am going to cry.

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I saw a Horn bill!!! I was walking to dinner when I noticed some of the military men looking at a tree with binoculars. I looked up and there, happily eating cicadas, sat a beautiful black and white Horn bill! This is quite an experience because the Horn bill is Sarawak’s state bird thus their title: “The Land of the Horn Bill”. It was an unforgettable moment. I took as many pictures as I wanted and even got to the foot of his tree without him caring. I guess those cicadas are to die for! : ) When I got to the veranda where we eat our meals, I let everyone know of my second hand discovery and most of them went rushing out to see for themselves. I will never forget that moment.

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