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Regina K
21; Holding a Diploma in HTM I love coffee-art and colours Have an interest in photography, but don't exactly have the talent :P ******* I pen down things worthy to remember. Even with the toughest struggles in life. Because when I read back in future, I will remember and know that God has brought me through I have decided to follow Jesus! No turning back Credits
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Service (I) in Hong Ngai Primary School became a wake up call for me, to really appreciate what I have now, to thank God for growing me up in a better off environment and also to give what I have to help the people who needs them. I couldn't resist having emotional attachment with my class even though it was only a total of 4 hours of teachings and games with them because they were just so joyful, so innocent and so appreciative of what we have planned for them even if it may be impromptu. Their enthusiasm to see us, their excitement when there is a camera in front of them and their eagerness to learn new things! Even though there was a language barrier with minimal help of translations, God has made it possible. :) The finale of chicken dance and gangnam style has filled the whole school with screams of joy and laughter, and many of them stayed behind just to give us a real goodbye when we board onto the bus. Many of them were crying so badly my tears were reaching my eyes and I really don't wanna part with them :(
  
Service (II) in the school was to paint the school wall for them. I first felt a cumbersome especially when we needed to scrub off old paint because the dusts were making my eyes irritated but hey, that wasn't the attitude to serve. But I am really glad that all of us had worked hard to paint the whole entire long wall within a day (2 hours), and the second day to paint the designs and touch up on the uneven tones of the wall. Felt so touched when the children of the school kept running towards us whenever there was a 5 minutes break and the whole stretch of wall was surrounded by the kids waving at us and smiling and laughing! Such small contributions from us were actually great values to them.
 
HAHAHA throughout this trip I really enjoyed the moments I had with clique 09 and also with the IGs, meeting new people and chatting more with my course-mates! Additional stuffs we did were a visit to KOTO (a school similar to htm with training restaurants)/ cyclo-tour in vietnam style trishaw/ rice distribution at HSVC/ a visit to Ha Long Bay/ Night Market. Marks the 6 days of my OCIP trip is a quote: "Blessed to give than to receive"
Never felt so heavy hearted while travelling in my whole life, but this trip seemed to have pretty much things that whirls in my mind all the time. When I start to ponder about my life with God, how much I should thank God for placing me in a better off environment after witnessing the lives of the poor, asking God how He would ever use me to bless other people, the different ministries that I should consider joining to start serving God, friends, families, trust, independence and lastly the big fat R which I hadn't been pondering much for almost 2 years! Yes the big fat R word has been haunting me for the past few weeks as I start to ask God if it was God planned. Many a times I kept telling myself that it will never be a choice for me to choose from but.... it doesn't seemed to be the case anymore.. Flashbacks of the different scenarios have led me to thinking that it may really be God's planned, but I don't like it :( Sigh. 3 more weeks of holidays :( And I am hoping for time to pass slower because there are many things I need to confirm and do before the hectic semester starts again. Meanwhile I should just sleep early. Goodnight x.
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