St. Barnabus Grade 10 MAD Project

So Eudice, Natalie and I have decided to help out with St. Barnabus as our MAD project this year. Most of us have been there for at least two times together to help out as somewhat waitresses and served  the St. Barnabus people food. It was during that time where we got to interact and get to know more about those people. We also did some chores of sweeping and mopping the floor. We got the priviledge to being able to worship with the people and see their joyful, smiling faces seeming to show that they were drastically changed by the love of God even if they are the less fortunate of the society. We also got involved in "teaching" them how to write the chinese with the blacked inked brush on the . But our roles were pretty much switched as they were really the ones who taught us. They were really good at it and made fabulous "fa chun"s! In our latest help out, we served them late afternoon tea time snack and taught and assisted them in making a swam with beads. They all turned out to be beautiful and we had a wonderful time with them!(:


Unfortunately, we weren't able to take photos for every help out but here are just a few pictures of me during our first help out:

                                                                Me serving the food

                                                   Another picture of me serving them food




Being able to serve the people of St. Barnabus was really a priviledge for me. I learnt so much about life through their optimism and joyfulness. I learnt how we should not drown in our guilt or depression in life but enjoy the most you can in life, that even if you have nothing or very little necessities or goods in life, our attitudes should not turn to pessimism but to think of the bright side of things. Through my interactions with the people, I got to experience how God changed their lifes, how they are touched by God's love as they grin widely and laugh at and be grateful for even the smallest things in life. This project turned out to be very succesful and one that I learnt a lot from. I enjoyed every minute of it!