post trip reflection - Joy
Time for post trip already.. so fast..
I still remember the departure day.. all of us still feeling enthusiastic about arriving Cambodia in a few hours time.. Parents arrived with most of the teammates.. Bidding farewell to their kids, who’s going overseas for the first time, to a foreign land, doing service learning, without parents, with new found friends n 2 lecturers.
It's in FGA that we really opened up to the kids, interacted with them, shared tears and laughter, them helping us with the painting and footpath, adapting well into the culture, got used to the food, learning new and interesting things along the way.. It's there that we hung all clothes and underwear for the first time together with 23 others, slept with spiders n their webs beside us, toads and lizards outside on the walls and ground, I think, a rat.. Plus plentiful of mosquitoes..
Still remember the banner that was up at the gate of BAC.. They had misspelled Ms Chew’s name as ‘Nelie’ and ‘Ngee An’ instead of Ngee Ann. Haha.
It is their new dorm that we’re bunking at.. Though it's still under construction, with a lot of things still to be done. The toilets, kitchen door, the window grills, the 3rd level, etc.. But its okie! We made do with what we had. The kids here are much smaller in size, do not look their age, just living the fullest with whatever they have.
Jonny is the boy who loved soccer a lot, and remembered the time of BAC celebration, he was the first at the booth, and came back again to keep playing whenever there’s no other kids at the booth. He also asked for permission to play with the green soccer ball together with the other boys when we’re all busy at work/out for outreach. I’m sure he’ll b a great soccer player one day.
Washing clothes with well water, hanging more clothes, brushing teeth just outside the dorm, rushing to toilets at the church and mission house (both abt 20 meters away) when we want to do business.. There are also lots of first times for the team here.
The whole team kinda got split up into 3 grps at BAC.. The mural team, the basketball court team n the delicing team.. I think each group had done a meaningful and fantastic job in the respective areas, which would definitely be remembered by each individual on their work. I have the mural’s picture as my handphone’s wallpaper/screensaver! I look at it whenever I miss the team or whenever I miss the things in Cambodia.. The sun in shades definitely made the day. I’m sure the rest of the team do have the pix on their handphone too!
Overall, it is a BIG THANK YOU to all 24 of us, with our different roles, working hand in hand, to change another person’s life, as well as our own, to bring hope and a helping hand to all we’ve visited. We have definitely brought back inconspicuous benefits and wonderful experiences that we can pat on the shoulders and say to each other, “Hey, it’s a job well done!” and “Let’s go back there and/or to some other places of similar situations!”.
Joy
I still remember the departure day.. all of us still feeling enthusiastic about arriving Cambodia in a few hours time.. Parents arrived with most of the teammates.. Bidding farewell to their kids, who’s going overseas for the first time, to a foreign land, doing service learning, without parents, with new found friends n 2 lecturers.
It's in FGA that we really opened up to the kids, interacted with them, shared tears and laughter, them helping us with the painting and footpath, adapting well into the culture, got used to the food, learning new and interesting things along the way.. It's there that we hung all clothes and underwear for the first time together with 23 others, slept with spiders n their webs beside us, toads and lizards outside on the walls and ground, I think, a rat.. Plus plentiful of mosquitoes..
Still remember the banner that was up at the gate of BAC.. They had misspelled Ms Chew’s name as ‘Nelie’ and ‘Ngee An’ instead of Ngee Ann. Haha.
It is their new dorm that we’re bunking at.. Though it's still under construction, with a lot of things still to be done. The toilets, kitchen door, the window grills, the 3rd level, etc.. But its okie! We made do with what we had. The kids here are much smaller in size, do not look their age, just living the fullest with whatever they have.
Jonny is the boy who loved soccer a lot, and remembered the time of BAC celebration, he was the first at the booth, and came back again to keep playing whenever there’s no other kids at the booth. He also asked for permission to play with the green soccer ball together with the other boys when we’re all busy at work/out for outreach. I’m sure he’ll b a great soccer player one day.
Washing clothes with well water, hanging more clothes, brushing teeth just outside the dorm, rushing to toilets at the church and mission house (both abt 20 meters away) when we want to do business.. There are also lots of first times for the team here.
The whole team kinda got split up into 3 grps at BAC.. The mural team, the basketball court team n the delicing team.. I think each group had done a meaningful and fantastic job in the respective areas, which would definitely be remembered by each individual on their work. I have the mural’s picture as my handphone’s wallpaper/screensaver! I look at it whenever I miss the team or whenever I miss the things in Cambodia.. The sun in shades definitely made the day. I’m sure the rest of the team do have the pix on their handphone too!
Overall, it is a BIG THANK YOU to all 24 of us, with our different roles, working hand in hand, to change another person’s life, as well as our own, to bring hope and a helping hand to all we’ve visited. We have definitely brought back inconspicuous benefits and wonderful experiences that we can pat on the shoulders and say to each other, “Hey, it’s a job well done!” and “Let’s go back there and/or to some other places of similar situations!”.
Joy
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