Simplicity

I have just uploaded some photo taken during my One-day Charity Trip. As I looked at them, it gave me a kind of joy seeing the simplicity of life those villagers have. Life goes on in a simple way...



Back to myself... what kind of life do I want to lead?

At times I feel a little ambitious in my career, based on my personal accomplishments so far and all the compliments I received during almost all interviews I attended (that I am a "high flyer"). Yet where will that leads me to? The sky is the limit, so the saying goes. But will that make me happy? Perhaps for a little while only.

Sometimes I feel I just want to do a simple job, earn a little income and spend my free time to do what I enjoy doing. But well, I have realized that whichever position of work I take (from executive to director), or whatever salary I received, the stress level seems to be the same. Guess this is the Singapore culture of works. :( Perhaps the only way is to work oversea? I am quite tempted to try... let's see...

One-Day Charity Mission

Just got home from the Charity Mission Trip last night at about 11 pm. Though it's only a 1-day trip it's quite tiring for all of us... but rewarding of course. :)

I was asked to share a simple message with the villagers at the last minute, when we were boarding the ferry. Hmmn... that would be my first time doing it. Not only that, I was asked to share it in dialect so that another person could interpret it into their local language initially. Erm, hmn... I hardly converse in dialect for a long time. Even if I do, it won't be for sharing anything from the bible. Well, I managed to make a compromise... sharing it in English for another person to interprete it into their local language. *sigh of relief*

I decided to share the passage from my Friday devotion, What Matters Most. I shared the story from the whole of chapter 9 about the blind man. My interpreter was also doing it for the first time, so we kind of fumbled here and there (like the blind man). Yet God touched the hearts of the listeners and many of them wanted to believe in Jesus, just like the blind man in the story. Even the pastor's wife was moved to tears. Wow! That's the work of God, not mine. :)

I personally was touched to see that the villagers were so 'hungry' to know more about Christ and to experience Him. I also felt honoured that God could use my humble sharing to move others. Praise God!

I shall post some pictures here later when I have time... very late now, need to zzzzzzzz

Charity Mission Trip

Friday:

My new work had drained off all my energy, as I did lots of physical work last week helping in setting up of the new office. I was dead tired after my work on Friday night but still went for our Cell meeting as usual. When I got back home around 12 midnight, I just 'collapsed' onto my bed like a 'log'... very unlike the usual me. The worse part was I had to rise early for my charity mission trip the next day. I wondered how I would ever make it if not for the strength from God.

Saturday:

Worked up very early around 6.30 a.m. for my trip. Still felt very tired physically along the way, so I sms a few close friends to pray for added strength from God for me. Indeed it worked! Thank you friends! I really felt the added new strength from above in helping those needy people out there.

We were concerned that the rain might affect our activities in the charity work. I prayed for good weather and true enough God really 'turned off and on' the rain for us just like a 'tap'... the rain started and stopped just at the right moment for us all the time. We were blessed with cool weather. :)

We also organized a Christmas Party for the needy people there in the evening... they were so happy. Great to see and hear their laughters.

Sunday:

Again God was in control of the weather. We went to another village to distribute food stuff to the needy people and also sang Christmas carols for them. Both the young and old danced along, clapping their hands as we sang. One grandma remarked that the village had not been so happy before and that we had really brought life into the whole village. They were very thankful for us to be there.

We went for a body massage just before leaving for home to relieve our body aches. It was a successful trip indeed!