A Fun Day At The Home

Today, Bluewerks came to the Children's Home to bless the children with magic show, carnival, lunch, goodie bags and gifts. There were a few games stations, the Rifle range, the ring a bottle, the cake box, soccer game. The most pupular one has to be the ring a bottle where the queue is always the longest. The game requires the child to throw 6 hoops over the neck of many nicely placed bottles on the floor. With each hoop on the neck, they get a goodie each. The face painting was very popular as well, we have spiderman, tiger, butterfly etc After that the children decorated digestive biscuits and had a good time eating what they have created. Thank God for the people who came down. It is indeed more a blessing to give than to receive. The smile on their faces is worth the while... :)

After work, I met up with 2 sponsors who paid for the expenses (school fees, tuition, miscellanous etc) of 2 of the children in my Home for the entire year 2009. I am very touched by their humility and their genuine extension of help to the children. It amazes me that during the period of economic crisis, there are people who will not look to themselves but choose to give to the the less fortunate. They asked me what are the guidelines they should follow and for advice on relating with the children. I shared with them that sometimes when the sponsors get too close to the children and lavish gifts on them, unrealistic expectations set in. It will also breed jealousy among other children. Hearing this, the sponsor said that he will pass the money to the Home to get the gifts for the children instead, choosing to remain anonymous. This really struck me as it shows that they do not ask for recognition for what they are doing and are willing to go down to the level of the children, to understand them from their perspective.

"And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." - Matthew 18:3