Fruitful sunday

hello dear, how are you? 😊

sorry that I’ve been a bit silent for the last few days, as I had a really fulfilling but also tiring weekend, and I wanted to give myself some time to rest and digest before sharing it here with you.

Yesterday on Sunday, it was the first time that I participated in a serving role called “marvel buddies” at my church. it’s actually a SEN children ministry and my role is to be the “buddy” of 1-2 SEN kids in the Sunday school classroom.

I signed up for this serving opportunity a few weeks back, after my trip to taiwan. It’s actually on my list of “things i want myself to consider trying” to get involved in a serving role at my church this year. Last year, not sure if you remember, but I went to a mission/service trip to Vietnam. And this year, I kinda want myself to try something different. I know that it would stretch me a little bit that I have to step out of my comfort zone to do so, and this opportunity actually came up the Sunday right after I prayed and thought about this during my taiwan trip, that they were recruiting summer volunteers. So I decided to sign up for it.

Not sure if you remember, but nurturing children has always been something that is close to my heart. I served at my previous church as a Sunday school helper for years, but it is quite different when it is to work with SEN kids, which I had a little bit experience but not a lot. So I was a bit nervous at the start. But when i met my “marvel kid” who is this 18 year old boy called Ethan, my heart just instantly got softened.

He’s such a smart and disciplined boy and enthusiastic about singing. He can be a bit “strange” sometimes when he’s too excited, but he’s such a sweet boy and easy to communicate. I think the staff knew it was my first time so they assigned me to a kid that is “easier to handle” haha, because in the same classroom, there’re clearly kids that are way more difficult to control/manage, making super loud voice and jumping around.

Overall, I really enjoyed the time serving in this role (being his marvel buddies). I am really glad that I made my step to step out of my comfort zone to give this a try, because I realised that I actually don’t feel that uncomfortable being with these kids that are different, and I am guessing it’s because I too myself often feel different when being around people, and being with these kids actually makes me feel less alone to be different (even though I guess it’s a different kind of being different), and I’m really glad that I get to demonstrate love for them.

unfortunately i can’t show you their faces, but I got captured by the other helpers, haha

After that chung and I went out to sai wan and stanley for the late afternoon and evening, I enjoyed the time a lot as well :)