#prayforsabah

Good morning world. This post is dedicated to the people if Sabah who was recently shocked by the earthquake. I am not Sabahan, but being someone who live here since 2010 makes me a part of the community. This is another home of mine.

I would like to take this opportunity to share my thoughts on this event. I was actually in Sarawak when the first tremor occured and when I saw the news on TV with messages overloaded in my WhatsApp group, I was in a great shock knowing that Sabah which is a part of Malaysia experience a phenomena which I normally heard from other country. Come to think of it, the climate change and the weird, unpredictable weather can make everything possible. I does not really feel the fear at first because I knew that place, I lived there nut because I was not there when it happened for the first time, I can only have a 'thought' that it must be terrifying. However, when I came back on the 8th of June everyone asked me, am I not scared that it might happened again? When they asked me such question, I do feels like "Should I be scared? Or excited? Or pretend that it would not happen just to calm myself down?". Seriously, I do not know. Now, on the 13th of June, the second strongest tremor happened again with the scale of 5.6 Richter, 2.30 am, I was sleeping in my living room when I heard the cracking sound of the earth (which I thought at first) and the building (when I realized there are lots of cracks on the wall). I woke up immediately and was blurred for about 2 seconds. My friend who was laying down next to me sounds nervous and the only thing that came to my mind when it happened was, do a sign of cross and started to recite Our Father and Hail Mary prayer. At that moment, I do not know what else to do and if its meant for me to begone at that hour, I can only hope my prayer is heard, Then, when the building stop shaking, later I asked myself, what should I do for real when it happened? I do not know for sure, but most people told me that I should run, but then I asked myself, where to?. Here's a message for myself and everyone. God is always there, He knows us very well, He knows our fear and He always protect despite of how stubborn and rebellious we are. So, never forget to pray in our good and bad times because God never choose when to be with us. He always there for us.

Anyway, I would also like to announce something here. Due to the heavy rains and earthquake, some areas in Sabah were badly affected. The biggest problem now is, lack of clean water for their consumption. So, we are trying to get some fund to supply clean water for the villagers. So if you are kind enough to donate some money for the water suppy. You may do so by donating some money or drinking water. We have placed the donation box in the main office at Pusat Penataran Ilmu dan Bahasa (PPIB), Universiti Malaysia Sabah. If you have anything to ask or planning to donate via account transfer, do let me know. I'll guide you from here. whatsapp or sms or call me at +6011-25375047 or email me at adamgeordreyjames@gmail.com . Thank you and God Bless,

With Love,

Adam Geordrey