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I am currently serving in Malaysia through the Young Adults in Global Missions program with the ELCA. My job consists of three parts: 1) Working at Cheshire home with mentally and/or physically disabled persons. 2) Working at Care Haven (an orphanage) teaching English and math to four of the children. 3) Each Sunday I have the privilege of working with the 2nd KK Girls Brigade unit in the afternoon.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Ayer Kampung

One of my favorite tours we went on while in Brunei was to the Ayer Kampung or Water Village. For this tour we went down the waterfront and located a water taxi driver. From there we loaded up and headed out to enjoy a ride on the river and see the amazing structures of houses, school, a hospital, business built on the water. I couldn't find an exact number one how many people live there but from what I've gathered it is near or over 30,000. At one point (when it was only houses) the government tried to get the people to move on land but they didn't want to leave their homes. So, the government said they could stay if they established schools and a hospital. They did and are still living there today. However, to my understanding, if something happens to a house now they aren't allowed to rebuild on the river and are basically forced to live on land. Words can't fully describe what these structures are so here are just a few pictures for you to see a glimpse of what I saw. Enjoy!
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