Never one to turn down the very attractive look of canteen lady I donned the hair net in order to help pack food parcels in "Celebration of Hope: Hunger and Thirst" at Willow Creek church. It was only two hours out of my day and it was a great cause - packing 4 million food parcels for children in Zimbabwe.
It was very well organised, with people working in stations to pack hydrated vegetables, chicken flavour, soy and rice into plastic packs. Obviously we had the Mok-Ong team (Chris, May Yen and the awesome Ong kids - Rachel and Nicky - and myself) working like a well oiled machine in the process packing line!
We were told stories of kids who were so hungry that they would eat stones or mudcakes - which were literally made from mud, just to have the feeling of something in their stomachs.
It was very humbling to know how well we live and how other people in the world still do not have basic necessities like clean water and sufficient food.
wow, that's a very meaningful activity to be involved in:P -June
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