National Day Hike

Wednesday, August 9, was National Day here in Singapore.  Because it was a public holiday and people didn't have to work, the members of our church gathered at Windsor Park for a hike.

As always, we began with singing and an exhortation.

Huggy leading the singing

Josiah giving an exhortation based on II Timothy 3

After that we had an hour hike.  This included a spot on the trail where monkeys were sitting on the railings and looking for food to steal from the hikers.  We have somewhat of an American view of this--"How neat to see monkeys in the wild!"--but are also adapting a Singaporean view of them:  "They are such nuisances!"  I say that especially after one snuck up behind me on the beach a couple weeks ago and took off with one of our bags, thinking there was food inside!

This is Jonam...

...and this was Jonam's snack.

The rest of the hike was uneventful!

Jason and Elijah

Daniel Tang, who has always provided so many pictures for this blog!

Bernice and Naomi

After the hike we had lunch.  We were joined for this whole outing by Prof. & Carol Dykstra, who are in Singapore after participating in a conference in Australia.

Good fellowship and fun