[This took place at a backpackers' place in Kuching a couple of weeks ago]
Ordi and i were talking before we went to sleep. He was in a chatty mood that nite and altho i was tired, i din mind at all.
He was telling me about his mission trip to Indonesia - and how poor the street kids were. For example, the kids only had 2 t-shirts. One to wear while the other was being washed. Ordi and his mission team mates felt so embarrassed! He said that he prolly had hundreds of t-shirts and people in Germany were so well off compared to the poverty he witnessed.
His team members and him were so moved that at the end of their trip, they collected all their t-shirts they had with them and gave it all to the street kids.
The funny thing was that the kids weren't too excited about it. No, they were not ungrateful. It's just that they did not know wat to do with so many t-shirts!!!! They had 2 and it was enuf.
It really struck me - how much i have. T-shirts are really a good example. I have at least one from every place i've been to. And how many Liverpool jerseys do i own?
It's only when we hear accounts like this - or see it for ourselves - when we realise how blessed we are. And how we have so much - too much!
*Their 6th no. 1 hit in the UK, their final top 10 hit in the US, and the original song from their movie, Spiceworld.
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