Monday, December 21, 2009Y
2 wonderful and amazing weekends
i am constantly amazed by how things fall in place....
volunteered to help out at a blood donation exercise on 12 dec and was told that a proposal for a whole day craft workshop is happening on that same day! i really wanted to be at the blood donation drive and yet the craft workshop was something that i have always wanted to do. the wonders of prayer....the workshop was cancelled. however, another one was happening on 19 dec with 18 participants!
12 dec - blood donation drive at riverwalk - it was a fun event with games being played and snacks being served. we had an angel, a santa claus and a santarina and lots of reindeers as well. it was also heartwarming to see members of the public coming in and a lady even made her way home and back again because she forgot her IC. another young lady could not donate because the nurses could not find her veins so she went for a meal and came back again asking them to try one more time! mankind has got hope of redemption. heeheehee...
after that, went for my handicraft session at clementi west. it was a really enriching experience. to be able to immerse myself in my passion with a group of like-minded people, to share and learn at the same time, i could not ask for anything more. we had so much fun, stayed on for almost 3.5 hours.
13 dec - service at expo sitting with the hearing impaired and watching the seniors sign the whole praise and worship, announcements, sermon and everything, i am in awe. it's so beautiful to sing and sign at the same time. gives a different feel to the whole song. after that was preparation for the christmas party in roland's seafood restaurant in marine parade. we had an overwhelming response of about 90 people - volunteers and the hearing impaired with their families. i sat with 3 ladies whose husbands are also hearing impaired but their kids are not. i salute them. how they discipline their children and communicate with them and still keep the bond with them without a voice humbles me. they are just like you and me. they love having fun, they love having friends and they know how to enjoy themselves. they are just as normal as anyone else. everyone in the room were just having so much fun. my batch of volunteers signed a christmas song - the last christmas... and the batch after us signed another song - o holy night.
our performance...it's a facebook link.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=15257060622&ref=ts#/video/video.php?v=1218370771786&ref=mfthat's one wonderful weekend of sharing, learning and serving.
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