Limeng's Reflections
Finally the long awaited trip! The night before the trip before I went to sleep I checked my phone to ensure that the trip was still on, after the previous two cancelation of the trip, nothing much could surprise me. To be honest, I was rather skeptical about how much we could learn in a mere one day trip, however somebody close to me once told me this “how much you learn is ultimately up to you”, hence I decided to put this to the test.

One thing I learnt from this trip is that all humans have needs and wants and we all yearned to be cared for and loved regardless of how old we are. On the boat I managed to initiate a conservation on the deck with some elderly adults and found out their purpose to the Island for most of them were for “company”. In the village itself the children really seemed to enjoy our presence and this could be due to their parents often being away due to them being at sea. These two incidents showed me how care and concern was important to us and how just a little of it could make a person happy, just like the many big smiles I saw at the village.

Be generous and willing to share, that was something I took back today. It cost us nothing to show concern and care for the people around us, yet it is something we are so stingy with. The small things that we do may mean nothing to us, yet it could make a person happy for a day.

“Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.” 1 Timothy 6:18