in giving u receive

Every time I go overseas or do work or volunteer at a job that does not come naturally to me I realize I am stretched mentally and this is very rewarding.
I finally stepped into S.L. hospital on sat. And whoa, it was a lot bigger than it seemed. Tons of facilities too. Clean and cosy. Most of my cell group had to pull ourselves out of bed in the morning just to reach on time. I was fortunate to live nearby.

We waited like 1 hour 15 minutes before the Heard nurse came to brief us. Waiting really pays, come to think of it, maybe God is teaching us all a lesson to wait. And the rewards that stem from waiting. During the waiting period, we were engaged in small chat in our own groups, the guitarists trying to get their chords together and also practicing. So our waiting was not in vain. I see this as a good metaphor for waiting in life. Most of the time, a lot of good things need time to happen and this doesn't involve blind sitting around and moping but preparation and anticipation or expectation.

Finally when we could start our "show", the starting part was a bit messy, songs wise. But they LOVED our little efforts in the song choices - Theresa Teng was their favourite singer, Chinese song of The Gift was received great. At first there was no chance to share the Good News (gospel). We were chatting with them only. Then we were ushered to a special ward where there was an old lady bedridden, supposedly having quite serious dementia. She, however responded! she teared during the song and i saw her expression change. at first i thought it was merely a nostalgic reaction to Theresa teng's songs or CHINESE songs. But when we asked if we could pray the salvation prayer with her, she said yes in chinese. And she followed sentence by sentence the whole prayer.

This wasn't the first and only case. It followed by another old lady (oops, senior citizen), who clapped and sang with us. Followed by the prayer.

Then this sweet old couple. The lady was in the wheelchair as the guy had his legs amputated so she had to go over to the male ward to hear us sing. They were holding hands throughout the whole songs session. No I am no kidding. My cell group was like
"Ohhhh.......soo sweet. Look at them. *gush* " these comments include the males in the cell group. Hahahah.

Then this other old guy who spoke perfect english. He teared and said the prayer too. I didn't expect nor imagine the "senior generation" of people would be sooo...open to THE GOOD NEWS. Come on, it's the good news! accept it, Embrace it, people all over e world!

Ahh.....i wish i had the ability to write a book on relationships and love. But i'm not as equipped yet. but there is the passion lying low there. latent energy. paper journals, get ready! I heard so many interesting stories this week. Stemming from the counselling-mode/motive i have to hear people's stories out and offer prayer for them. Praying for salvations of the senior couple too.

The road to anywhere worth it is never easy but in the end, clean hands (no bad actions) and a pure heart (no bad motives) will keep me in God's will. I hope.