Dear Lord
Today began with much frustrations in my heart. In the morning when I woke up, I could not help but kept feeling frustrated. Did not know why.
When I reached office, I was surprised to see Maikal. He was supposed to be on full day OIL but he came in the morning. Then before our activities began, I went to the multi-media room and was shocked to see the dirty floor. I asked Jess whether she checked the cleanliness of the centre before letting Chik Yee went home. She said she did. So I asked her why she did not notice the dirtiness in the room. She just said that Maikal did scold him yesterday. Sigh!
Then came the time for activities. After Andrea shared the news, I did the announcements. At first, I was thinking of letting Jess do it but felt that I should do it instead. As I mentioned about the lunch on Wednesday, 20 July 2011, there were only 11 elderly who wanted to go. Then Andrea asked Jess what would happen to her Current Affairs since the elderly might be having the lunch sponsored by a temple. Jess looked very blur and said that they could do it first after their lunch. Apparently, she did not even notice that the lunch time coincide with her activity. Then Maikal halted us and asked how many elderly were needed for this lunch. I told him that Lye Chee had reserved 20 seats for our elderly, it was organized by a temple and the food would be vegetarian. Maikal was shocked that the sponsored lunch was from a temple and mentioned that he did not know that. So I asked Jess what was conveyed to Maikal. She said, 'Yea, I told you, Maikal, that it was from non-Christian organization'. Immediately, Maikal's and my reaction were: 'You should mentioned it was from a temple'. So Maikal disapproved of this and the invitation was canceled.
During our Chinese strokes session, I did a blessed draw with the elderly. The 4 gifts were supposed to be for the whole assembly of elderly today. But I was very pissed with Pech Ying and Phee Chin. First, Pech Ying wanted to change the elderly's t shirt because it was too long for her. But I told her that she should not look at the length but the size. But she insisted on changing to smaller size. So I told her to hold on first. Then she approached Andrea and requested the same thing. Andrea showed her a L-size and the length was about the same. So she kept the original size. Then Phee Chin mentioned that she did not know whether she could wear the t shirt. Andrea told her that it was measured according to her size. At that, I was so pissed that I commented that even if we gave free things to you, you would not appreciate it and kept making noises. So I withdrew the 4 gifts from them and let those who are studying since they made the effort every week to come for lessons.
Then in the afternoon, after lunch, Lye Chee came to ask about the lunch. So I told her that Maikal had disapproved it. Lye Chee was so mad that she stormed off. But she called me at night and asked for the reason. I told her that Maikal said that since it was from temple, we should not offer to the elderly. But I told her that I was following instructions.
Sometimes I wonder which angle we are looking at when people offer things to the elderly via our company. Like in this case, the temple is giving free food to the elderly. They are not promoting anything. Just lunch and goodie bags without offering to their idols. While I understand that Maikal may be afraid that it would cause confusion to the elderly, I feel that maybe giving the elderly a chance to choose may be better.
Whatever it is, I hope that this incident will not send a wrong message to the elderly.
Lord, tomorrow, as we are going to Jurong Central Park, I pray for good weather, Your protection upon each of us and a great time doing the pinwheel and other activities. Even for the sharing by me to the home visits team in the afternoon, I pray for Your presence to be with me as I speak forth what is required.
In Jesus' name I commit all these to, Amen.
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