Latest news, the man, Linteng, called to be with the Lord yesterday evening at 8:00PM local time. He was 60+, was baptised recently. Amen!
Do you know how is it like to be hardcore poor?
A group of us visited a church member in Tudan this morning. The husband has been suffering from cancer and it has spread to the eye.
I think most of the dwellers in Tudan were previous squatters from Canada Hill, etc. They are equipped with basic amenities, like road, water and electricity. However, there is no street light. The settlement in Tudan is simply a group of mostly hardcore poor native. I don't think there are many whom I can call them rich, perhaps rich in a different sense.
We visited them with some provisions...
This is the ultra simple house, with zinc roof. They have windows but no louver. The portion on the right is the kitchen and the roof was blown off during the recent storm. You can see a small fenced up area in front with no roof. Well, the roof was also blown off and yet to be fixed. It is the washing area. Not urgent!We asked the women in the house who did the repair work? Believe it or not, it was fixed by the women themselves.
On the path to the house, I noticed that it is lined with this kind of grass. It is very soft and provided them with a kind of insulation or protection. This reminded me of my childhood days when this type of grass was in abundant.
Inside the house, there is nothing between the floor and the roof. The room is very warm and there is no fan. There is hardly any furniture in the house. The wall is made of unpolished timber planks.
We brought along some provision for them.
We talked to the wife and find out how she is coping.
Amazingly, she is very calm. She take care of him to the best she can. She fanned for him to keep him cool. He can no longer eat any solid. Neither can he talk. She is by his side all the time. I called this love. They have so little and they have love! Many of us have plenty but no love.
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