To be a testimony of Christ and set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity (1 Tim. 4:12). Do whatever is true, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, whatever is excellent and praiseworthy to God (Phili 4:8).
| Monday, 6 December 2004 *.* Dompak... *.*
It's my every first time to a mission trip with my church and we went to Dompak. Though it was only a short 3 days trip, but that 3 days I learnt a lot of things.
We went there to distribute rice and children's ministry. I experienced a lot of things that cannot be found in Singapore anymore. Imagine bathing in a open toilet that uses well water and obviously the water is not very clean as in Singapore. Imagine throwing all your rubbish into the sea, realizing that only get fine here in Singapore when a single little rubbish is thrown elsewhere. Imagine the place that you are sleeping can actually be your kitchen and cooking your own dinner. Imagine when the night gets darker and you need to go to the loo yet knowing it's too far, you can only do it somewhere near. Throughout this trip, I realized how fortunate I really am. I told my friends that I will appreciate all the toilets that I will ever visit, that at least there is a toilet because there wasn't any proper toilet there and water is so so precious. Only clean waters are used for cooking. I'm glad that I went because I finally realized and gone through what does it mean of living out of your comfort zone. I also realized even though people so near me, around me can don't appreciate my care and love, but the kids need it, so much. Just by playing with them, talking to them, singing songs together can make them happy. How fortunate we all are! We can't even be contented with the mobile phone our parents bought for us, yet always wanting the latest and newest phone in the market. Kids there will even pick up the balloon when dropped on the sandy ground, will want to pick their (unopen) sweets up when dropped into the sea. People may not like what you do now, people may not appreciate all you have done for them, but don't give up because people out there need just all your care and love. I would like to go again because I want to make a difference... posted by Michelle at
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