26 May 2011 (New STK)

Today was spent speaking to the medical team to bring them up to par on the situation on the ground. There is quite a bit of excitement and I guess its going to be something new.

This is the first time we are hosting medical students, prior to this we only worked with doctors, nurses and physiotherapists. So this is also a new learning area for us!

The struggle i'm facing is of course a financial issue, on one hand I'm obliged to earn decent money for the social enterprise so that we can continue to doing our work. On the other hand, i also understand that some of these students do not come from the richest of backgrounds.

A friend this evening commented. "Wah, with such a low margin, why do it ? Its not worth it especially when there is so much time and effort involved" Its not really a margin even. In fact the cost is so low it cannot even cover all the manpower cost.

But i guess, its not just about the money.

Its also about being able to join hands with a group of people who will in the near future lead & craft our medical scene. And if this trip can help them see what I see, who knows we may have a whole generation of doctors who will be willing to give up creature comforts to join hands with us to serve the poorest !

Talking about the poorest & marginalised people. Our boy Meang is back... Again. This poor boy lost both his parents to HIV and since have been pushed around by his own relatives. The little boy is seen as a liability and no one really wants to care for this child, pushing him from one uncle to another, from one family to another.

I guess after many years of being pushed around, you lose a sense of value in your life. I last heard that this child is getting in quite a big mess in school and the teachers felt that he was no longer manageable.

So, that's where we come in.

Today as I shared with my staff in Thailand. "Our ministry is a simple reflection of how Christ loves the church."