A SLICE OF DAVINA'S LIFE (OCT 2008)

The school van perched precariously on the edge of the driveway (on the left is the steep driveway; on the right is the slope of the hill)
My AGST-MST friends at the foot of the driveway on a bright sunny day (in the background, the Straits of Malacca and the Batu Ferringhi road

JOURNEY MERCIES ARE FOR REAL!

Often times, before we travel, we would
pray for journey mercies—for God’s
protecting hand to be upon the travellers. It
may seem like a ritual but it should not be
so. We really do not know what danger lurks
ahead and we truly need God’s protection
upon our lives.
My fifth AGST-MST module was held in
Penang at the Malaysia Baptist Theological
Seminary. The buildings of the seminary are
sprawled across the slope of a hill and the
driveways are steep.
On our second night there, a local
student, Caleb, kindly offered to drive us out
for dinner. When we returned to the campus
after dinner, Caleb asked all of us to alight
from the van so that he could park the van
nearer to the side on the steep driveway. We
alighted and started to walk to our rooms.
Realizing that it was taking Caleb longer than
expected to park the van, we turned back to
take a look.
We saw Caleb struggling to engage the
brakes. All of a sudden, the van just rolled
down the driveway. We could only stand and
gasp in fear—“What if the van just rolled
over the edge of the slope?” Mercifully,
God’s protecting hand stopped the van from
rolling over the edge. One of the wheels hit
the kerb and rolled over, but the whole
vehicle came to a halt. Caleb came out of
the van, visibly shaken but unhurt. God had
protected all of us from a possibly nasty
accident. Thank you, prayer partners, for
praying for my safety!


With Grace (middle) & Crystal (right) from my family group; Crystal had just returned to Korea to prepare for long-term mission work in East Asia with her husband while Grace is serving her Filipino countrymen/ women at a local Baptist church

Thank you, my precious partner-in-ministry,
for your prayers and giving.
Davina

PRAYER REQUESTS

 To teach Greek 2 in a way that my
students can understand
 To mentor effectively the girls in my
family group for their spiritual and
personal growth
 To maximize learning and be in good
health when I attend my last AGST-MST
module (Education for Leadership) in
Bangkok, Thailand, in November (18-26)
 For complete healing of the recent
recurring bouts of hives
 For Casey to complete his initial thesis
proposal by November