One of the amazing experiences and learning you can ever have while in Africa is to be one with the people and how to do that? You must go where they are, and it can only be made possible through village visitation. This is where you will be exposed on what is happening in the community. I do not have photographs of every visit that we made but all are very special.
Every village visit has it’s own story and I love them all.
Hello. It’s me again. Have you read my previous blog about my unforgettable memories from my Pemba trip? If you did I hope it served as an eye opener to you and if you have not read it yet it’s in this link : http://wilmiepaguntalan.weebly.com/journals/next-page-have-a-look-in-my-life-in-pemba-africa
Shall we continue? Ok, here’s more:
Hi there! Ready for the next page of me bringing you all the way back to my trip in Africa? Well, ready or not, here we go! So what’s next? I thought of uploading some random photos of my daily journey in Pemba Since it’s over two months of stay over there It will be difficult for me to share with you a detailed story of how my life goes by back there and my memory might not be that reliable anymore by now. So I decided to write about some unforgettable experiences that I had when I was in Pemba. Experiences that may not be that encouraging at all, funny, embarrassing and of course those inspirational and life changing one. In short, it is a mix of both good and bad experiences? But I believe you will learn a lesson from both. So are you ready to have a glimpse of my daily life in Pemba? Well then, let’s begin!
Basically, we all need to learn not just the Theology but to do simple things to survive and stay alive while on a mission trip. We need to learn how to work and partner with different sets of people whom you will not always agree with. Not everyday is a bed of roses. You get frustrated sometimes and disappointed, not with the same page with everyone, be on an argument and just be human. Things can get too much at times but over all I had the best time in Pemba!I hope you get some enlightenment from the stories I have shared. I experienced all of that for a couple of months but the locals of Pemba they suffered with all of those their entire life. You may be in lack right now but some have not even tasted the life that you have. You lost your phone or something valuable some may not even know that gadget exists. You keep on wasting water? Some may need that badly. I know life can be hard sometimes but do your best to always appreciate whatever you have. Live a life of contentment. God bless you!
Ok. Let's stop here for now and let’s save the FOOD stories next time! Thank you for reading! Until next time! God Bless you! Ok. I saw my post back in Oct 2nd of 2016 and I actually said about sharing a certain photograph from my Trip in Pemba Mozambique Africa that “the Album might take a while so I will just share some photos randomly”, 4 years later I still have not uploaded the album, haha. Well, you can’t blame me, I got thousands of photos from that trip and I really don’t know where to begin my posts with. Plus, after my trip in Mozambique I really had a hard time settling back in Singapore. Like what they said in our debriefing after graduation it will take a while to adjust back in. While trying to settle in I faced back home the responsibilities that I’ve left in the Church. Then after that trying to settle back and go on with the responsibilities that I have, I began to get that call from God to go outside Singapore. Imagine the feeling of you still in the process of trying to get your head back in your normally daily life after such a life changing trip then God is already stirring your heart up, gearing you to move out and be somewhere else? What an absolutely indescribable and tormenting feeling and you only got you and God to figure all that out. How am I supposed to share my memories and learning from the trip with that condition? Not possible at all. I can’t even process all my emotions back then. So, time passed by, God really moved me out from Singapore and I have to process loads of emotion along the way and life goes on. So now, with the ample of time I got because of the pandemic, I would like to take you all back, all the way to my life changing trip in Pemba Mozambique Africa in 2016.
Are you ready? Here we go! So, I decided I’ll start with my arrival journey...:) From Singapore I flew a total of 11 hrs to get to Johannesburg South Africa. Like the usual I don’t sleep in the plane, so I got to watch a couple of movies again on the way. I travelled via Singapore Airlines (https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/ph/home#/book/bookflight), they have a good service. I have a little trivia about my flying. I have this travel bucketlist of trying to fly different flag carrier airlines to get to experience their services and just compare it and take the pleasure of getting serve by them. That’s one form of pleasure I want to experience while on board. Yup! I do have that thing! Now you knew it! I’ll write a blog about it some other time. So, let’s get back on my arrival journey. I landed in Johannesburg TAMBO Airport; fabulous SG Airlines they did a point to point pick up for my baggage since I do not have a visa for South Africa, super hassle free. Spent a couple of hours going around the airport, went to the designated lounge for my next flight and It was an amazing experience. I didn’t expect that actually. Then went on to my next destination à Maputo Mozambique. I flew via LAM (https://www.lam.co.mz/en) Mozambique Flag carrier. Oww my gosh, they got good food on board. It was another over an hour flight to get to Maputo Mozambique from Johannesburg and took a domestic flight from Maputo to Pemba Mozambique of the same airline with good food again. Thank you Lord! Then I finally arrived to Pemba Airport unknowingly with bunch of other mission students as well. All my luggage arrived safely, Thank God! I heard heaps of stories of lost baggage from my fellow missionary students. Then they picked us up and drove us to the school quarter. Settled in. Then one of my room mates orient me and showed me around! Thank you Katie! You’re the best! I got to witness the amazing sunset of Africa on my first day! What an amazing day to start my journey in Africa! And there it is! I finally arrived to my destination and it was 180 degrees turn from my bit of over the top journey to get there and I can already imagine the days to come, far away from the comfort of life and I am very excited about it! Bring it On! Thank you for reading and see yah on the next page of my JOURNEY ALL THE WAY BACK TO AFRICA! God bless you! |
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