I was in Sarawak for 2 days last week to meet with the lovely kids that beau and I sponsor who by the way, did awesome in their mid years. A little something in me dies everytime I meet them because their livings lack so much in comparison to a lot of us. They don't even have easy access to basic necessities, they still think it is okay to hunt for food in the woods for leisure and going to school also still means hassle and so much trouble to them.
Breaks my heart all the time.
When I got back in Malaysia, I was aware of the enlarging number of NGOs helping refugees in Malaysia and I got a bit sad. Sad thinking that while these Malaysians are helping the refugees, a lot more Malaysians are in poverty and even the locals can hardly get basic necessities in life - as simple as education. I'm never saying that helping the refugees is bad but it's really not good to be delivering help to outsiders more than the locals themselves get.
And it is regrettable that people like myself can only do so much...
However, my mood is always lifted seeing how it's the spirit that matters to these people. I will occasionally get texts from these kids saying how the new boats beau gave for school are utilized perfectly and how getting to town is now more convenient with better vehicle. Sometimes, even texts on how they've progressed from failing to passing and from skipping one whole month of school to just one week :P
They say that once we leave this world, we leave nothing behind but our deeds. For all that I lack, I hope this world will keep me in their prayers through the connections built from their hearts to mine.
Amen.
2 comments:
you are such an inspiration. May Allah bless you and your family.
baby booboo freida! missed you so much since our ucl these days ended. finally found your blog and this made up all the loose ends. hope to meet you amazing woman soon when I finally visit korea. Bisous.
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