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2月17日 ‘Be strong and do the work’It is already half way through my Careforce year since coming to the Woodlands in September last year. In the past few months, I have been involved in quite a range of work, from mums and tots to youth works and some work with the elderly as well. So far it’s been exciting but challenging as I have been taken out of the comfort zone that I have always enjoyed as a student, instead I have been challenged to do things that I have never done before and didn’t know if I was capable of. Especially from this term, I have been given more opportunities at some youth clubs, along with more responsibilities as well; I have started to lead a small group at TRASH and do the Bible teaching at EXPLORERS. I have also helped to run two lunch clubs at Woodlands School with youth workers from other churches. It’s been great and the generous support I have received from people of the Woodlands has well equipped me to get on and do unfamiliar and challenging work with confidence. Of course there have been times I felt terribly homesick; times that I found myself in a difficult situation where two distinctive cultures clashed; times that I struggled with building up relationships, either with people or with God; times that I was so fed up with ‘fish and chips’ and craved a real Chinese meal, (definitely not Chinese take-away) And I am still constantly experiencing these frustrations, which tempt me to doubt the worthiness of what I am doing and put my trust in God. ‘Thank you for your giving heart’, said a mom coming to the Acorns. Ever since then, I have been constantly challenged by asking myself, ‘do I really HAVE a giving heart?’
At the end of his life, King David passed over the throne and the task of building the temple to the young and inexperienced Solomon. In David’s instruction, he encouraged his son twice using the phrase’ be strong and do the work’ (1 Chronicles 28:10) after centuries, these same words still ring into my life as a Careforce volunteer at the Woodlands. I need to ‘be strong and do the work’ and most importantly, the only way to achieve this is to find strength from the ever-present God, for ‘I can do everything through him who gives me strength’ (Philippians 4:13) 评论 (11)
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