How can you make the most difference to a child’s life?
It breaks our hearts whenever we hear stories of children being abused, abandoned, neglected and even murdered. In Singapore, there is a Fostering Scheme, an alternative care arrangement for children who are in need of such conducive and healthy family environment to grow in. Under the scheme, foster homes (temporary) are for children whose parents...
Letter #2 to Bridge of Hope Children
With Chinese New Year looming nearer and nearer, spring cleaning is the top to-do-task. I was spring cleaning this morning and I saw the few letters we received from the Bridge of Hope children whom we sponsor on my desk . They have been sitting there on my desk for months waiting for us to...
Bought a smile with a little coin
On the last Saturday of 2012, we brought our niece, nephew and Dot to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in the morning. Then we went to AMK Hub for lunch and after that their dad came and picked them. We shopped for our groceries and were ready to head home. As we were walking through the...
It’s more blessed to give
It was Christmas eve. Our family of three went out for lunch. I asked Dot,”What do you want to eat?” She replied,”Din Tai Fung. Eat noodle.” I replied,”Let’s go Malaysia Boleh. Ok?” Off we went to have Malaysian local food for our lunch. I was actually craving for the sinful Penang laksa! Dot was playing...
An abandoned dog saved by kind souls
In the afternoon, Dot and I were on our way to the bus-stop. When we were at the void deck, we stopped and chatted with the elderly who were at the gathering area. We noticed a cute little dog in the arms of one of the elderly whom we always meet there . Dot walked...
Random acts of kindness are good for our souls
A Kindness Story – True story One evening, S and D saw an old man pushing a cart loaded with stacks of cardboard behind them when they were crossing the busy road to get to IKEA . He walked and pushed the cart in snail pace and halfway on the road, his cardboards fell off...
Would you allow your children to eat mud?
The World Bank estimates that one third of all the very poorest people in the world live in India. Though with a booming information technology industry, the number of children that are severely malnourished has not improved. Here in Singapore, we would worry when our children miss a meal or two for a few days....
Would you give a Christmas gift to the “Untouchables”?
I came to know about Gospel For Asia (GFA) when I read “Revolution in World Missions“. I was touched by how God uses GFA to be a blessing to the poorest of the poor. I love what GFA is doing and I am glad that 100% of what we give goes to the field for...
