COGWA - Sri Lanka

On January 31st I departed on a trip to Asia and the Middle East to visit our members scattered across this vast geographic region.  I arrived in Bangkok late night on February 1st and continued on to Colombo, Sri Lanka on the morning of Wednesday, February 3rd.  After landing in Colombo, I traveled to Mt. Lavinia to visit with our members and then continued on to Hikkaduwa to visit our FOT site for 2016.  Rodney and Jean VanHeer accompanied me on the trip.  Thursday, February 4th was the Sri Lankan Independence Day and it was very enjoyable watching the ceremony at the hotel – national anthem, speeches in various languages, more music and special sweets.  After the ceremony we toured the Citrus Hotel which should be a nice facility for the FOT. 

Friday, February 5th I traveled to Kuwait City.  I enjoyed spending the Sabbath with our member, Priyantha and his two sons Mark and Steven.  It is always difficult for isolated members such as Priyantha and he would appreciate your prayers as he faces some difficult personal trials.

Early Sunday morning I departed Kuwait City for Dubai on FlyDubai Airways.