the team
Sunny Soh
（Chairman)
James Weng
(Advisor)
Raja
(Secretary/Treasurer)
Nigel Ng
(Programme Coordinator)
Serene Seng
(Programme Coordinator)
Leong Jiamin
(Publicity I/C)
Estelle
(Publicity I/C)
Desiree Loo (Logistics I/C)
Sabrina (Logistics I/C)
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Hi guys!Late last month to early this month, my school, together with other campuses and the National youth Council, jointly organised a Community Service to Yun Nan, China. The objective is to help ex-lepers who are living in a village to build a 200m road to improve the road condition.
The trip was 2 and a half weeks. There were many first-times for both my team mates and I. Things like cutting grass with a spade, pushing vehicles up slope, being a chef assistant, washing clothes and drying them, feeding pigs, carrying sand and rocks for 8 consecutive hours each day, and many more. Throughout this trip, I have learnt a lot of things. Good things and bad ones.
No one really know about this but it was difficult for me at that time because it was my first time leaving my family and loved ones for so long, especially my beloved grandmother who just had an operation on her knee few weeks before the trip. Everytime I called my grandmother, I couldn't hold back my tears. And to prevent my team mates from seeing me cry, I'll hide in a corner while on the phone. It was pretty emotional during this period of time but after each call, I'll try to present myself as if nothing has happened so that no one knows about it.
During this time where no one was with me, God is the only person whom I lean to and called onto whenever I am vex over some issues or worried for some stuff, and it was through this kind of desperate conditions that I learnt to trust Him more and more each day. And the greatest encouragement was that the entire villagers are Christians. And the way they treated us totally reflected how Christ loves us when He died on the cross to save us from our sins, showing us such pure and perfect love. My host (house owner who allowed my group to stay in her house) taught me how to wash clothes for the first time in my life, not washing machine, but manually. Indeed God has been gracious to me.
Here is a group photo on a bridge near our village (click on it to enlarge):
Have a great week guys! =D
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