A letter from my son, 'from Belgaum with love"

Igat flew to India on 13 July to start his 5-year degree programme in dentistry at the KLE Dental School, reputed to be one of the top dental schools in India. Dad and I sent him off to KL and I couldnt stop my tears from flowing when we bade our goodbyes. Some parents were no better: one father, a Chinese, was crying as he hugged his daughter goodbye. Sama ta bekesingut bala kami ke indai, apai urang malam nya...

Igat was the last to enter the departure hall as he was briefed by the JPA officers (Igat was chosen as the group leader) on the travel itinerary, contact persons and things to do on arrival at Bangalore. After he bade goodbye to someone significant who also saw him off, (pangan uhang meh nya), dadi and I blessed him and off he stepped on the escalator. Nasit mata tubah buntau udah bekau ngerami Maie ke nikah, nya alai tua dadi lalu tinduk udah tua datai ba rumah sa Maie di USJ, nadai endur emo. Ma enda, chukup enda nyamai, udah begulai bebala mayuh, nyu kediri tua melaki bini, ia ga rumah sa Maie puang, laban Maie enggau Dum udah nurun bebulan madu.

Two weeks had passed and thanks to ICT we can skype with Igat regularly. Our earlier anxieties were dispelled on hearing that he is adapting well to the new environment. When I read the email he sent us last weekend, I thanked God for His providence, for answering our prayers for Igat's wellbeing. Here's the email Igat sent us last week..

"HELLO PEOPLE...!

Sorry this e-mail took so long. I was busy settling in. On weekdays there were classes and by the time I got back to my hostel at the end of the day, I was exhausted. On weekends like this, I go shop for stuffs. Hehe.. Exploring Belgaum. Trying new eatery each time. Since we are just here for a few weeks, we were advised by seniors to take Hotel food only. Hotel tu kira Indian standard la. Baka hotel bala sida Riverfront ba kitai din. 2-3 stars. Maioh utai ulih dicerita aku. Hehe..

For our 1st year we have 5 subjects. 3 Medical subjects which are Biochemistry, Anatomy and Physiology. For Dental Subject, we have Dental Materials and Dental Anatomy and Histology. But for our exams, we sit for 4 subjects only excluding Dental Materials. Dental Materials tu dibelajar aja, but will sit for exam in 2nd year. Our class starts at 9am each day. One whole stretch until 1 Pm. Then we have lunch break for 1 hour. After that continue from 2pm until 5pm. For 1st half of the week (Mon, Tue, Wed) we mostly spend our time learning medical subjects at the medical faculty taught by medical professors/ Postgraduate students from the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC). For the 2nd part of the week (Thurs, Fri and Sat) we spend most of our time at the Dental Faculty. Which is called Vishawanath Katti Institute of Dental Science. As for Saturday, our class starts at 9am and ends at 1pm. Lectures are fun, and some are so so. The common thing is the knowledge is there for every lecturers.... Ulih ga aku ninga English sida ya. Bisi ke pekat endar Indianised English enda ku entu nemu. Haha... agi belajar ninga.

Makan everyday, kami ulih ngorder meals delivery to doorstep ari Momos and China Wall. China Wall bisi nyedia ka Msian food bala sida nasi goreng, char kway tiew etc. The closest to Msian food that we can have. About 60-150 Rps rega enti ngorder sekali. Enti ka mudah gik, makai ba MESS. MESS tu baka cafeteria. Everyday menu vegetarian everyday. Enti ka makai manok, telu ulih ngasuh sida ngoreng dibelakang. Sekali makai ba MESS tu bisi 80 Rps. Aku laban ke enda beleman, ulih aja makai. Just that, everyday almost the same food. Lelak ga makai utai sama kadang2. Aku nadai masalah ngirup ari ai filter machine urang ditu. Nadai stomachache apa indah. Ah Wei, udah kena stomachache. Balat ga ya kena ari nya. Dibai ke sepital tapi nda admitted. Thank God, kuman aku kebal gik. Haha....

Diatu udah single room aku. Umbas ya ga mal bebayar ke hostel fees ari nya. Room rate is rm330 per month. Taun tu 91K Rps kami perlu berbayar tambah ngau caution money. My room is comfy. Nadai ngiga lebih. Just that wardrobe betegal, kurap2 mimit. haha... But i'll live. Ka mandi shower suka ati, bisi heater maya pagi2 ti chelap amat. Electric and water bills all accounted for in fees. Bisi gym ga a room away from my room. Convenient ka workout taja equipment enda cukup. Senior ku workout ba gym luar. Enti ku udah cukup duit ila ka ngau sida. Pengawa kami, just meh belajar aja n adapt.

Ba class, kami bisi kira 60 iko org. laki 13 iko aja. kebukai semua local (tempe jako slang Msian ngagau local). Tempe manah ga ngau begulai. Tapi bedau nemu endar ga kati ati sida ya, lama2 ila temu meh, manah ke enda. Tapi, generally they are ok ga. Mai aku n Ah Wei meda wayang Hindi ba cinema sida saritu tadi. Ka meda wayang ba Nucleus Mall. Very small. Tapi bisi cinema showing Eng movies n Hindi movies. ;). Ba ditu, laki begulai ngau laki. Indu begulai ngau indu. Haha...

Weather is pleasant. Belgaum is 2500 above sea level. Highland. Nya alai maioh greenery ditu especially ba campus ground. Maioh old2 trees ka besai. Sejuk mata memandang. Hehe... Nya aja meh, tusah ka meda mata panas maya musim tu. Ujan aja2 tiap ari. But today, I can see the Sun!. ;)) Ulih la baju ke dibasu ku kering legi. Kami ba laundry ulih ngagau orang do laundry for us. Kira baka ama. Tapi aku ka nuci kediri. Bisi orang nyapu bilik n nuci jamban. Nya meh munyi ko aku tadi, nadai ngiga lebih ba hostel.

Learning environment kami mixed of old and new.Buildings peda aja ari luar baka ke tuai tapi utai di dalam canggih2 magang. Also applies to the lecture hall, class room n labs.

Actually living cost ba Belgaum is quite high kenu ko kawan tempe aku diri empu. They said in bigger places like Mumbai, Calcutta, makai sekali semina 20 Rps aja. Laban kami tu tanah tinggi, tusah ka beranjung supplies, engka nya mal kini. Aku makai seari bisi about 150 Rps. kira about rm10. Utai ditu bisi ke ridiculously murah, bisi ke ridiculously mal. Baka ari nya aku ka ngiga ironing board, RM 100 rega siti ! Pahai kitai. Urang tambi enda berterika baju kini. Haha... Laban Belgaum small "town", tusah ka ngiga utai ditu.... Tambah pan, urang ditu mostly maioh kurang mampu, nda maioh macam baka kitai, utai dikena. Haha... But I'll live. Have to improvise here and there a little bit..

In all, I think im settling well. .... I miss home. Yes, I miss u guys a bunch. Homesick. Nadai utai ulih ngelaban the comforts of home. But I'm strong and I will stay positive And I WILL study hard too.. For me being here, is an answered prayer. Not everyone has this kind of opportunity. Bendar sembiang ngambi ulih belajar ba overseas suba. Ba UK, Australia, angan2 suba, tapi tu utai diberi Tuhan, but I'll still be forever grateful n contented with what God has given me. For He will provide, and I shall never lack of anything. So I will keep going on and make the most of this opportunity. Keep me in your prayers k. ;))

Gambar, bedau aku upload. Buruk. Haha.... Gambar kawin pun bedau.. Meda gaya legi meh...
Maioh utai ulih dicerita aku. Tanya aja nama2. Hehe.. That's all for now folks..."

When I read the part about him praying for a scholarship, I remembered his disappointment when he found out that he will be sent to India. I consoled him, I told him not to look down at Indian universities, I told him to be humble. Kitai bendar besampi ngambika nuan bulih scholarship, tu Tuhan udah nyaut peminta kitai enda patut kitai enda beterima kasih, ku aku. To reject it would be disobedient. Kitai enda patut mikir we are too good for and dont deserve India but some better places, pia ku aku madahka Igat. I know that Mi, but it hurts nonetheless pia ku Igat. Puji Tuhan, Iya udah nyumanka Igat, diatu Igat udah nerima pemeri enggau ati ti tunduk. Thank you Lord.

Pengasai Baru

Sema urang nanya aku maya agi biak kelia sekalika aku kala berundingka diri empu belaki, nyadi indai, udah nya ngatur anak nikah, dah nya bisi uchu (God willing), saut aku sigi nadai, nadai mikir utai kia kelia. Tang diatu, munyi ku kenang aku dulu agi ari tu, nyu udah datai maya ke ngatur anak belaki, nyu ngatur ga tua dadi, Alex enggau Dot. Nasit meh kami tu sekampung, nyamai betemu, berandau. Sida Dot diau ba pesisir pantai Kidurong, kami diau ba pesisir pantai Tanjung Batu.

Au, Maie & Cris high school sweethearts. Udah Pom 5 Cris belajar A-levels, dah nya nyambung pelajar ka US. Udah tembu belajar Cris gawa di New York, lebih setaun, dah nya pulai ka menua. Udah nukuka Maie, Cris nurun belajar baru ka UK. Bakanya ku sejarah seduai. Aku tu ngambi risk nusi jerita urang ka kita, pahai aku di “mami!mami!” Maie legi ma iya macha blog tu… nya enda tau mayuh utai ditusi ditu pasal jerita urang ke bechinta munyi ku niang ini Sudan…

Aku ka bekunsika pengasai diri ngelamatu ke ngatur anak ke ka nikah.

Netapka ari bulan maya besabung jadi

Maie deka besabung jadi taun tu, bulan tujuh. Enti kita ngumbai netapka aribulan nya utai ti senang, think again, laban berapa kali kami nukar ari bulan, ketegal diri sebilik enggau kaban belayan ke semak minta aribulan ditetapka maya sida ulih datai. Pengujung dadi stepped in, don’t postpone until the end of the year, just choose a date that is most suitable for you and Cris, for it is your wedding, said Dadi. Family and friends who can make it will come, those who can’t will just have to miss it. Enti enda pia nyu kasih ga tudah anak nganti diri ke ulih nikah (ngasaika diri empu kelia he he). Tambah Maie begunaka sijil nikah kena iya minta upis sida mindahka iya gawa ke KL. Ma laun nikah, nyu laun ga minta pindah, nyu lama agi ga tudah anak be LDR.

So after consulting the parish priest, we had the date fixed – we ensured that it is not a feast day under the church liturgical calendar. Now we pray that our VIP loved ones – Sudan and Joo (Cris’ brother) will be there for the wedding for Maie & Cris want them to be the bridesmaid and best man respectively.

Milih endur ngadaka pengerami

Di Bintulu tu semina siti endur ti besai alai begempuru, ke ulih muat 100 iti mija.Tang bala anak enggai dia, piam meh dia ku jaku, kelalu besai meh ku jaku. Tua Dot ngeriut kening ngenang bilik jamban ke semak endur urang nyediaka pemakai, dipansa urang kin kia. Eh, ku dadi, ni kepala menteri, tuai pemegai menua, dia meh makai. Eh, ku aku nyaut, sida urang politik badu enda, begunaka endur besai betemu enggau rayat, nya alai enda milih.

Dah nya dadi sekali agi nukik pikir kami, munyi tu : Clinton naka pemesai pangkat, udah nyadi Presiden Amerika. Enti nunda ukai mimit urang dikelala iya, tang lebuh anak iya Chelsea nikah, muti 500 iku aja urang ke dibai iya rami. Enti tusah ngiga endur ke chukup, enda ulih kitai ngemimitka urang ke dikanggau, pia ku dadi. Alex madahka enggai nyadi enda nesau mayuh urang, laban bangat mayuh kaban, tambah sama-sama anak tuai ke nikah. Sigi enda bula, bala ba gerija udah madahka diri datai ila, taja pin kad tesau bedau diberi. Nya utai ti manah, bala pangan sama gagit, ka ngunsi pengaga kami ke nikahka anak.

Pikir punya pikir, kami lalu netapka dua iti pengerami di Bintulu, urang di menua dikanggau ngagai pengerami ti deka di atur di menua ga ila. Kami arapka bala kaban enggau pangan enda ensiban ati sema sida diungkupka endur ti enda nitihka peneka ati sida. Ukai ka nempina, tang laban bisi penanggul ba enalan, ditambahka enggau penanggul logistik.

Kami udah booking hotel & restaurant, pia mega udah baum ka bansa pemakai ke dinah maya lunch & dinner receptions.

Betemu enggau Paderi/Kursus Nikah/Kursus Natural Family Planning (NFP)

Nitihka atur gerija Katolik, sebedau nikah di gerija, seduai meseti kursus Nikah enggau Natural Family Planning. Father Michael (parish priest kami) lalu madahka aku, anang ngasuh seduai nikah ba JPN dulu, asuh nikah ba gerija dulu, ma enda setaun tikah enda diberekat ila ku Pada. Pahai wai enti sema aku udah bulih uchu dalam timpuh setaun nyu enda ulih dibaptisa tudah uchu ketegal apai indai ke sabung jadi dulu ba upis JPN, enda ba gerija dulu. Enti ngelanggar adat tu, Cris & Pi pin enda tau nerima holy communion semadi tikah seduai udah diberekat. Pada ngaga atur ti bakanya ukai nama, enggai ka bala anak ta begulai dulu meda diri ke udah nikah ba JPN, nyu enda nganti nerima sakramen sabung jadi ba gerija.

Puji Tuhan menyadi enggau ika aku sigi bisi peneleba meri kursus nikah, nya Maie & Cris udah kursus maya taun baru Cina tu kemari. Kursus nya ngentapka agi ajar pengarap senentang adat melaki bini, kelebih agi reti sakramen sabung jadi, ngajar kitai meseti tebuka ati nerima anak ke diberi Allah Taala, ngajar kitai anang nyekat diri beranak ngena chara ti bukai kelimpah ari natural family planning, bekeni ku kitai bekomunikasi sereta mutarka penyarut enggau pangan diri, senentang pekara wang, senentang ngiring bala anak, macham-macham meh.

Aku nyinuk diri ninga Tuai & Ayai ke ngajar seduai, kelebih agi ninga chunto ti diberi seduai. Kadang-kadang sigi tusah amat, ku Tuai, sweating blood, baka Jesus. Reti nya, kitai laki bini enda tau enda sedia meri diri empu (sacrifice) ka pangan diri, bala anak, baka Jesus ke meri nyawa diri ke kitai. Bekeni ku meri diri? Ngenuluka peneka bala anak/laki/bini (enti peneka nya patut) ari peneka kitai empu. Aku nyu teingatka ajar Patrick Madrid, siku Catholic apologist ke tebilang, ke diambi gerija kami ngajar sida ke lelaki taun 2009 suba (aku enggau dadi maya nya), apai iya suah ta ngirup kupi aja ma pagi, laban ngelakka kengka pemakai ti bisi, dipakai sida menyadi, laban sida ke mayuh tubuh, tambah kurang penatai pemisi.

Aku tuchum dalam ati ngenang Maie ke nyendiaka diri betemu enggau Fr Mike - bendar amat iya macha utai ti diajar menyadi aku, ni ke macha ari bup Catechism of the Catholic Church. Eh, panik aku tu mami, berasai enti aku enda nemu nyaut utai ti ditanya Father legi. Malu aku enti pil, ia ga seduai Aunty Dot ta sama pengajar pengarap, pia ku Maie. Just try your best to answer, enda Father nanya lebih ari utai ti di ajar enggau batang pengarap kitai, ku aku menyamai ati iya. Maya seduai betemu enggau Fr Mike, Pada muti nukuka peneka seduai jadi enggau pangan diri, nanyaka pengangkun seduai ke ajar pengarap - sigi meruan tanya saut ti ditulis dalam siti pom. Dah Pada puas ati enggau saut seduai, Pada lalu netapka aribulan maya besabung jadi.

Dah nya Dot lalu meri Maie surat ajar pasal NFP, puji Tuhan laban Dot kepala Human Life Service kami di Bintulu. Maie di asuh berengkah charting (nitihka Billings ovulation method) ari bulan dua suba. NFP ngajar natural family planning methods – no pills, no IUCD, no rubber, no patch, no injection. Mayuh bala pangan ke udah pas amat ngena NFP, sida ulih nyarangka diri beranak.

Pengepas tauka enda nitihka NFP sigi bepanggai ba pengulih kitai melaki bini nagang diri begulai maya bini ke subur. Maya ke subur ulih ditemu nengah charting – kitai ngerikut maya kitai indu bisi pansut lendir. Kitai indu ngeluarka telu sekali aja sebulan, telu kitai ke mansau ulih idup kira-kira 12-14 jam aja. Enti ia enda disuburka ai urang lelaki maya nya, telu kitai mati, dah nya kitai datai kutor. Ai urang lelaki semina ulih idup enda ngelui ari 3-5 ari ba tubuh kitai indu, ia begunaka lendir kitai kena iya ngelawa telu kitai. Enti kitai beleman enggau laki maya ovulation period, nya kitai ke ulih ngandung. Enti kitai begulai enggau laki ba maya bukai, selamat pok!

Nitihka adat gerija, laki bini meseti sedia nerima anak ke diberi Tuhan, seduai mega enda tau nyekat diri beranak ngena chara bukai kelimpah ari NFP. Ku gerija, marriage is a covenant, each time a husband and wife consummate the marriage (ma seduai begulai), seduai ngemaruka sempekat, so God uses it to give new life. To renew the marriage covenant and using birth control to destroy the potential for new life is profane – it is profane laban kitai enda masa utai ti kudus, laban marriage is a covenant, it’s sacred. Pia mega gerija nagang kitai indu bebuai. Ba Bup Kudus, (Genesis 38:9-10) Onan di ukum Allah Taala, iya mati tekalanya, ketegal iya muai ai ti tau nyadi anak lebuh iya beleman enggau Tamar (coitus interruptus – ia nya nyabut utai iya sebedau ai mani pansut, ngambi indu enda ngandung).

Kelia semua gerija, nyengkaum gerija protestan, nyengkaum tuai reformasi gerija protestan – Martin Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, Knox, sigi niri negika adat ti nagang beranak ngena chara bepakaika pil, tauka chara sekat bukai ti enda semulajadi, tang dah nya semua gerija bukai ngelekaka adat nya. Gerija Anglika ngelekaka adat nya ba Council of Lambeth, dalam taun 1930. Nya alai diatu semina gerija katolik ke negika adat nya.

Baju, bungai, kad

Bulan dua tu kemari mega kami duai menyanak nempah baju kena Maie nikah di gerija. Mula ia aku bepikir bekeni ke stail ti ngam ba anak aku, kada aku nemu milih, ku ati aku din. Tang nyamai amat diatu laban bisi internet, nya Maie lalu shortlist ni bagi tukang ngaga baju bridal gown ke ka enggau betemu. Kami duai nempah baju iya ari bridal boutique di Damansara. Nyamai amat laban tukang ke ngaga baju ngembuan peneleba, iya ngelukis dua iti pisin baju, ni pemilih tua menyanak. Dah nya milih kain. Maie rinduka lace, nya alai kami duai milih offwhite, vintage French lace. Bulan empat ila, udah abis musin Lent, baru fitting.

Maie enggau Paulyn, tukang ke ngaga baju kena iya nikah ba gerija.

Ba kedai nyual bungai di Petaling Street - sida ulih ngirumka bungai ka Bintulu, kitai semina nempah & mayar dulu. Enti kitai empu ngatur, kitai meseti minta permit ari upis betanam. Enda tusah bulih permit laban sida nulung kitai meri maklumat ti dipinta upis betanam. Enti nengah florist ke bisi di Bintulu, kitai enda ibuh minta permit, tang rega sigi tinggi agi laban kitai meli ari florist ditu. Jauh amat bida rega, ditu sepating bungai lily RM25, di KL semina RM8 aja. Bala pangan aku ke sigi ngaduka floral arrangment di gerija, betuaika Helen, deka ngaduka floral arrangment ba gerija ila. Maie deka baum enggau sida, bekeni ke atur rias ti dikedeka seduai Cris.

Aku mega nyempulang Maie & Cris betemu enggau urang ke ngaga kad jemputan di 3rd Mile Square, Jln Klang Lama. Seduai ngarang kad kediri empu, udah meda chunto kad ke bisi dia.

Sambil menyelam, minum air

Maya di KL kami mega sempat makai begulai enggau bala pangan, Judy (Ju) & Rose. Sida Rose menyanak diau di Chengdu, China, laban Peter gawa din diatu, tang anak iya Osbert (godson tua dadi) udah berengkah gawa di KL, nyadi engineering konsultant. Ju diatu nyadi urang KL, agi menyamai ati din udah Simon ke nadai - (may God have mercy on his soul). Baik bisi enggau Maie begulai ila, laban sida menyanak pin sama meli unit ba condo di USJ, bejiran sida.

Begambar udah tembu makai ba sebuah restaurant di SS2. Rose milih endur nya, ngambi tua Maie ulih meda butik ke nyual baju pengantin dia. Apu, pemanjai dirit jalai nya, seberai-seberai, sigi penuh enggau kedai ke mandangka baju gaun pengantin. Sigi pawar mata kitai meda, enda nemu ni bagi ke ngam ma utai nyu udah kelalu mayuh. Nasit kami duai sigi udah netapka ngasuh Paulyn ngaga.
Oswald, Osbert & Cris

Maie & Yon. Yon, anak Ju ke biak, diatu sekula ba Sapura Smart School, akak iya Yen ba MMU, belajar law.

Tua Maie mega shopping ngagai Jln TAR, meli kain kena ngaga baju flower girls & bridesmaids. Sempat belelak ngirup kupi ba Coliseum cafe - nyamai snek tu, coklat besalut pisang goreng.

Malam ari siti kami tiga Cris makai ba Tony Roma. Tengah ari tua Maie sempat merarau di Ikea, makai meatballs. Nya meh sebengkah ma ka KL, sigi ngisi perut, kelebih agi makai pemakai ti dikerindu.

Utai bukai : tukang ngambi gambar, video, tukang makeup, tukang ngias pentas

Cris & Maie udah bulih urang ke ngambi gambar & video. Dah tu ila tua menyanak deka nguji siku urang ke direkomen bala pangan aku, ke pandai ngesep urang. Convener ba hotel pin bisi meri nama tukang makeup ngagai Maie, sama urang lelaki ga tukang nya. Enti ta chun, iya meh ngias Maie ila. Tu ka nangi-nangi aku, laban diri ke enda nemu ngias sema ta enda manah makeup, kasih ga tudah anak. Nya alai ta bai aku nguji ila, enti enda chun makeup siku, ngiga tukang bukai ga ila. Diatu aku benung ngiga urang ngias pentas, simple aja ku ati aku din, nitihka peneka sa anak. Ngiga bala urang Melayu aku, laban sida sigi pandai ba pengawa ti bakatu.

Kami serumah mega udah baum, nyendiaka diri ngatur pengerami ba rumah panjai. Puji Tuhan bala sepenemu, nyamai amat endur ngatur pengawa. Nyu tekenyit aku ke pulai empai lama tu kemari, ninga urang bebelika kerusi, pinggai mangkuk Giacomo ari indai Kumo, meli kain tabir jendila.. oo, lawa amat kita neh, ku aku. Eh, nganta ka urang ke ka melah pinang ah, pia ku sida. Aku lalu tuchum, maklum la urang rumah panjai diatu udah manah amat ekonomi, ketegal ke sawit udah mansutka asil, tambahka getah agi. Ma nangkal sari tubuh dua, bulih RM200 rega getah. Puji Tuhan....

The Home Run

"Hello, saints of Miri!"

That was how Father Gino Henriques greeted 700 of us who attended the Women's Conference at Mega Hotel, Miri, from 18 to 21 March 2011. The conference was organised by the Women's Core Team of our diocese (Miri) and it drew particpants from KK, KL, Kuching, Sibu, Labuan, Marudi, Limbang, Long San and Bintulu. It was for us not only a time for renewal, but also a time for fellowship.

700 women praising and worshipping God, 700 voices praying in tongues....so Fr Gino said he was "blessed among women"..he he..

Last year the theme of Fr Gino's teaching was "Set Free". God gives Fr Gino the gift of healing spiritual and physical illnesses. Last year he exhorted us to seek spiritual healing first, in line with what Jesus teaches in Mathew 6:33 "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and its righteousness. And all of these things will be given unto you". Fr Gino told us that each one of us is unique and precious to God, and God loves each of us like the tenderest of mother (Isaiah 49). He told us that each of us is beautiful, that beauty is not in the face, shapely body or long legs, but in the heart and personality. Fr Gino was good in affirming us, so many were healed of low self-esteem, negative emotions, and many were able to forgive themselves and those who hurt them. During the healing service, many were healed of their physical infirmities - of cancer, athritis, back pain, heart problems. The most dramatic was a lady who could not walk well due to a bad back pain. She was healed, the pain went away and she could walk straight after the healing service. She cried joyfully and gave thanks to the Lord for healing her through Fr Gino. Indeed, many were set free, spiritually and physically.

Anak menyadi aku, Kumang, mega bulih penyuman maya nya suba. Kumang pemalu, iya ngasaika diri baruh, ngasaika urang enda paham iya. Kendua menyadi aku Jacinta ta kebil-kebil mata lebuh Kumang enggau Maie ngenang ajar Fr Gino ke madahka apai indai ukai semina enda tau nyamah tang enda tau kasar jaku enggau anak, laban tubuh kitai "temple of the holy spirit", "the sanctuary of God". Dini meh kendua menyadi enda kala kasar jaku, lebuh maya ke enda liat ati.

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Father Gino obliged my request for a shoot with him. Fr Gino is a Redemptorist priest, based in Singapore. He is gifted by God with the gift of healing.

This year Fr Gino's theme is 'The Home Run - We Are Made For Heaven". Each of us is called to be a saint. To be a saint is to be holy 'You shall be holy to me, for I, the Lord, am holy, I who have set you apart from the other nations to be my own" (Leviticus 20:26). To be holy, we must "love the Lord God with all our heart, and with all our soul, and with all our strength" (Deuteronomy 6:5; Mathew 22:37) and love our neighbour as we love ourselves (Leviticus 19:18; Mathew 22:39). These, as you know, are the two commandments of our Christian faith. Fr Gino gave us a tip on how to love someone who is difficult to love - look at his good qualities and pray for his bad attitude. Ka pritis aku, nguji rinduka urang ke ka amat ngemaruhka pengarap kitai Kristin.

Fr Gino mega ngajar bekeni ku kitai ulih kering ngelaban penguji. Penguji datai ulih pengingin kitai - kitai mayuh utai di ingin, nya alai enti kitai enda nemu nagang pengingin enggau manah, kitai sigi labuh ngagai penguji. Nya kita indu, enda umbas sepasang dua pasang kasut, meli mayuh-mayuh, nyu enda alah kena, ku Fr Gino. Kena sumpit aku wai, ngenang diri ke suah meli kasut. Dah tu aku nguji nagang diri, aku besampi awakka Roh Kudus nulung aku, laban aku lemi.

Desire must be guided by the mind, inner spirit and the Holy Spirit, pia ku Fr Gino. "Walk by the Spirit and you will certainly not gratify the desire of the flesh" (Galatians 5:16). Reti "Flesh" nya ukai semina pengingin tubuh, tang nyengkaum semua pengingin ti enda ditagang kitai. Ba Galatians 5:17, "works of the flesh " dirintaika bakatu: ngereja utai kamah, utai ti jai, nyembah engkeramba, bemanang, bemunsuh, belaya, kepapas, ringat, beripih, bedengki, mabuk, ngintu pengerami kelalu iga enggau kamah (orgies). "Anang nitihka adat dunya, tang awakka Allah Taala ngubah runding enggau ati kita enggau chukup" pia ku Romans 12:2. Ayat Romans 12:1 madahka bekeni kitai ulih enda nitihka peneka dunya, ia nya nyerahka diri empu nyadi piring ti idup ngagai Allah Taala. Kitai nyadi piring ma kitai ngasaika pemerinsa (suffering) ngelaban pengingin, lalu kitai nyuaka pemerinsa nya ngagai Allah Taala. Pemerinsa mayuh bagi, bisi mental, physical, psychological enggau redemptive suffering.

Ngambika pejalai kitai nuju menua amai mujur, Fr Gino meri survival kit bakatu : selalu besembiang, selalu macha Bup Kudus, nerima sakramen Ekarist, Reconciliation, rinduka pangan baka kitai rinduka diri empu enggau meritaka injil. Ba senentang pengawa ti meritaka injil, tiap iku kitai Kristin dikanggauka Jesus megai pengawa meritaka injil (Mathew 28:19-20). Siti chara ti pengabis manah kena kitai meritaka injil, ti ulih dikereja semua kitai nya besaksika Jesus nengah pengidup kitai besari-sari. Ma kitai besemak enggau Allah Taala, Roh kudus ti diau ba kitai deka ngadaka buah, ia nya pengerindu, pengaga, pemaik, pengeliat ati, penelap, pemadas, penaluk, pemaruh ati enggau runding ti ulih nagang tubuh diri (Galatians 5:22).Kitai besaksika Jesus nengah pengerindu, pengaga, pemaik, pengeliat ati, penelap, pemadas, penaluk, pemaruh ati enggau runding ti ulih nagang tubuh diri.

My sister, Jacinta, with my cousin Philomena (in white cardy) and an old friend Alice, from Batu Niah. Tetegu ati aku ninga utai disebut Philomena. Iya nusi bala kami serumah bukai enggai dibai iya, laban nangika enda nemu utai ti ku urang, ketegal ke kurang ba jaku omputih. Aku enda beduli wai, ku Philomena, yes ku urang yes ga ku aku, urang sembiang dalam jaku urang putih, aku sembiang dalam ati ga, pia ku iya. Itu dia! Philomena mega tukay neo, tiap bulan iya nyual bepuluh-puluh tan buah sawit.

With a Franciscan sister, Sister Maria. She was based in Bintulu once, now she is in Marudi.