Pakistan Day 1

CREST Team Malaysia leaves for Karachi 755am. Courtesy of Pakistan International Airlines, all our relief supplies accommodated except for 12kgs. In total 14 cartons of blankets, winter clothing and children’s toys.


In-flight service by full-grown bearded male stewards! Great service, abundant food.

Team tired and slept most of the way.

Towards end of flight, all team members seen to be doing planning, writing notes on tasks, learning essential Urdu, brushing up medical skills, and meditating on the Word.

Joan and I read Psalm 23 to each other – especially struck by ‘valley of the shadow of death’ as we pictured Balakot in all its destruction.

Arrived Karachi, harassed a little bit by airport officials and touts, but finally cleared to Islamabad. Lost one piece of luggage there – mostly our medical supplies and equipment!

Received by Chaman Nadeem, national coordinator of HCF (Hospital Christian Fellowship) who is our guide for the next few days.


Unloaded all our supplies at a house in Islamabad and caught 4 hrs sleep in Skyway hotel in Rawalpindi (twin city of Islamabad).

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