Wendy Grey , Arnold , and pupils of the mission school in Tongud on the Malaikat mission launch.
A sentence in that article struck her: “Whom shall we send and who will go for us?” — words from Isaiah. She knew it was a sign.The first thing Grey experienced upon her arrival in Kuching was the “heat and humidity”. The natives, who were friendly and hospitable, lived in fear of evil spirits and tried to appease them with various rituals and practices.
“I suppose that was when it hit me how isolated I was going to be from urban life. The journey of 560km took five days, and we passed no settlements along the way, just timber camps.” Despite the elevation of their shared home, it did not keep out unwanted visitors; she once spotted a scorpion on the wall and even caught a snake living in the walls.
She would even partake in a game of Scrabble with the nuns in the evenings. They were, as Grey remembered, “very happy times”. But Grey found herself in dangerous situations more than once. She was in a capsizing boat full of people, including a patient they were taking to the hospital.