On Saturday, our team Manila had opportunity to go serve Arnold's community. Arnold, who is only 19 years old, saw the poverty going on near his community and decided to work at YMC. We went to his village, and Arnold gave a little tour for us. Then, he gathered the kids on one side and started to give a lesson about Bible; he talked about the story of Jesus feeding more than 5,000 people. Because there were at least 30 kids, it was so difficult for our whole team to get the kids' attentions. But imaging Arnold doing this alone all by himself, I was amused by him and his passion. The kids were listening to Arnold very well, and they loved listening to Bible story. After Arnold gave Bible lessons to the kids, we had some time to hang out with them. The kids loved hanging out with us and asked questions to us before we even asked them. I remember every time I came here, I felt like God is unfair, just because I did not go through any poverty while these kids did. However, after seeing Arnold and his community, I changed my mind. Even though they are poor, God still did not give up on them and sent people like us to provide any needs for them. And through those processes, the kids got to know and learn about God. I can't wait to see how God will work more in Arnold's heart and how that will impact his community.
Monday 12 March 2018
Joann Paul
Today me and two teams went to the feeding. The car ride was long but the way was very beautiful as we were going up hill. At one point we stopped to take some pictures of the villages in the valley below.
Half way through the trip, I was told I need to come up with a fun Bible story and act it out to the children. I am used to doing impromptu things and so the immediate thought that came up was that it would be easy but it did take some time. Now I knew a lot of Bible stories but I had a hard time thinking of a fun but also not that famous Bible story. I got recommendations from the people in the car and I decided to act out the story of Zacchaeus. So through the rest of the trip I had to make sure I knew the story, decide what parts we had to act out, and find other people to help me in acting.
We arrived at the place and quickly, the children started to gather around us. There were even small babies who came for the feeding, being carried by their mothers, who came to the feeding. At first I was not nervous but as we started praying and I was called to the front, I really did not want to disappoint the kids and I was panicking inside. Luckily I had Robin, Sihan and Cyrus to help me with the play and it went pretty well. They also improvised and made it more funny for the kids. We had a translator form KIM with us and so she made telling the story much more easier.
After we were done with our skit, Ms Lafferty and Sihan came to the front and played from worship songs and we introduced motions for the kids to do along with it. The kids looked like they were having lots of fun and they danced along with us. It was fulfilling to see their smiling faces.
Half way through the trip, I was told I need to come up with a fun Bible story and act it out to the children. I am used to doing impromptu things and so the immediate thought that came up was that it would be easy but it did take some time. Now I knew a lot of Bible stories but I had a hard time thinking of a fun but also not that famous Bible story. I got recommendations from the people in the car and I decided to act out the story of Zacchaeus. So through the rest of the trip I had to make sure I knew the story, decide what parts we had to act out, and find other people to help me in acting.
We arrived at the place and quickly, the children started to gather around us. There were even small babies who came for the feeding, being carried by their mothers, who came to the feeding. At first I was not nervous but as we started praying and I was called to the front, I really did not want to disappoint the kids and I was panicking inside. Luckily I had Robin, Sihan and Cyrus to help me with the play and it went pretty well. They also improvised and made it more funny for the kids. We had a translator form KIM with us and so she made telling the story much more easier.
After we were done with our skit, Ms Lafferty and Sihan came to the front and played from worship songs and we introduced motions for the kids to do along with it. The kids looked like they were having lots of fun and they danced along with us. It was fulfilling to see their smiling faces.
Friday 9 March 2018
Cyrus Lee
9 March 2018
Today I got to see around the neighborhood near K.I.M. There was much that had improved, and that surprised me. Many houses had risen since the 2 years I had come here here before for WWW. It was nice to see that people were building up and having better places to stay. I also got to play with the dog there, even though there is one dog where there were three before. The heat here in Manila makes me appreciate the air-con in Singapore as well as the conveniences we take for granted in Singapore.
9 March 2018
Today I got to see around the neighborhood near K.I.M. There was much that had improved, and that surprised me. Many houses had risen since the 2 years I had come here here before for WWW. It was nice to see that people were building up and having better places to stay. I also got to play with the dog there, even though there is one dog where there were three before. The heat here in Manila makes me appreciate the air-con in Singapore as well as the conveniences we take for granted in Singapore.
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