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Love Beyond 2013

Saturday, 22 June 2013

Had a rather bizarre dream (or more appropriately nightmare) this morning. In fact when I think about it, there were actually two of the same ones. Why bizarre? Cause its actually the first time I experienced a dream in a dream in a dream haha. Inception much?

Dreamt that I woke up super late for Love Beyond, around 10am and was puzzled as to why my alarm didn't work. I would then wake up and be relieved that I was having a dream and that it was still early, 7am. Then I noticed that it was strange that every time I looked at the clock it keeps showing a different time. I was like 'woohoo!' I'm definitely dreaming and I can do crazy stuff like shoot fireballs but then I woke up. I would then proceed to have a re-run of the same dream until my actual alarm woke me up. Some crazy shit there. And it made me terrified twice that I was late.

So anyway, part of two of Love Beyond! After the completion of the first house, we went on to the second house. The first house was in a really good condition and it really surprised me the first time I went in. The second house, however, was worse than the first...and perhaps at the same level as the house I did for the very first Love Beyond in 2011. Finished painting for today, and tomorrow would perhaps see some cleaning done and then it's finished. Got to relieve some good PJ times as the house was in the vicinity of PJ!

This year's Love Beyond was more memorable and fulfilling to me at least. There was more interaction between us and the families we are impacting. I also got to interact with the neighbours passing by questioning us on what we were doing and where we were from. Most would guess we were from a school doing our CIP project.

Perhaps what God has showed me this year was the power of a parent's love. In this case more so on the motherly side. For the two houses, just watching the mothers taking care for their disabled son in a such a affectionate manner was really moving. I can't imagine just how much grief they must have felt and how they could manage to carry on in a positive manner. What would happen years later? Who would take care of the son?

I'm just glad that we can help these families (however small it may seem) and hope that we have impacted their lives in a way that they may know God. (Though I would agree its really difficult. For one, we cannot revisit them).

Oh and the haze subsided in the afternoon and for the first time in many days the air is (relatively) fresh and the sun is back! Oh how I missed the sun heh.

@ 11:22 pm