Friday, March 13, 2009

Delivering toilets on door/送厕所服务上门












A Burmese girl painted some green powder on my face and I dressed up as a Burmese woman, and pick a Burmese name, carry some Burmese books, then went to a remote village deep in the mountains with 3 of my Myanmar colleagues. The reason that I have to pretend to be Burmese is that we have to pass a check point of the central government which they don’t allow any foreigners to pass. We went to do a very interesting work in the village—teach them to build clean toilet. Villagers are so kind to prepare us very tasty dinner. However before we ate, the chief of the village has prayed for a long time, because most of the people in this village are Christians. Later I asked my colleague, what was he praying, he told me, that chief thanks God for the food, and for the latrine that they can have new toilets soon…… It was a remarkable prayer before dinner! All the houses here are huts built by bamboos, it feels so cool and fresh to be in, I called it 5 star hut, for we can see many stars in the evening. Even better than Hilton Hotel.

前天经过一番精心的乔装打扮,我的缅甸同事给我脸上涂了当地的防晒绿粉,取了个缅甸名,在车上假装读缅甸书,就上路下乡去了。此次下乡身负重任,要给村里的人送去干净的厕所。村长带头在村口迎接我们。把厕所卸下来后就进村长明亮宽敞的茅草屋里乘凉喝茶。顺便做我的问卷调查,乡亲们都好淳朴,一个字一个字认真的读,仔细的想,这种问卷质量可真是高啊!聊天过后就是吃饭,因为全村都是基督徒,饭前村长带头祷告好久,谢谢神赐饭给我们,还赐给他们那么多干净的厕所等等,真是很有趣的饭前祷告。我把他们住的茅草屋叫做五星级茅草屋,因为晚上从茅草屋可以看到很多星星,比希尔顿酒店还棒!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Stay faithful and be encouraged.
--ron

Anonymous said...

We love you and are praying for you and for your work. We look forward to your safe return and to hear more of your wonderful stories.
--ron

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