The orang asli tribe we went to was the Jakun tribe. They used to live deep in the jungles but now stay in Kampung Bukit Serok Baru, a government planned settlement. Most of them have been allocated plots of land by the government. A majority plant palm oil. Others who do not want to work lease out the land for RM400 a month. There is a single lane tar road (with potholes of course), electricity, and......ASTRO in some of the better houses. The houses are half cemment and half concrete. The people there are friendly but the gospel is still hard to be preached. There is a lot of pressure to convert to Islam. Every year, a big shot minister would come and give each orang asli RM1000!
It's also hard for them to receive the gospel as it is new to them. Or they might accept but not fully understand the meaning. Life there is slow and unambitious. A lot of youths especially the guys drop out of school at age 15-16 and do not work but just hang around riding their motorcycles and chatting away.
Ibu Rokiah is one of the few members of the church we went to. She is a widow. She's very interested in praise and worship
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