{"id":78200,"date":"2023-02-06T10:40:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T02:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sbc.edu.sg\/?p=78200"},"modified":"2023-02-06T10:40:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T02:40:49","slug":"our-cebu-mission-trip-23-30-june-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sbc.edu.sg\/zh\/our-cebu-mission-trip-23-30-june-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Cebu Mission Trip (23\u201330 June 2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"

L<\/span>ooking back on this special week in June brings back so many lovely memories which, to be serious, I didn\u2019t think was that lovely at the time. We tend to complain to God about our difficulties and challenges. But sometimes, when we look back on those experiences, we forget all the troubles and see the beauty of God\u2019s leading hand in them. The Cebu mission trip was one such experience.<\/p>\n

After the trip, I thought to myself, \u201cI\u2019m never going to join any mission trip, ever again!\u201d Being the first mission trip in my life, I thought it had failed because we had \u2018received\u2019 COVID. But God didn\u2019t seem to think it was a failure to get COVID, as we actually had been able to do children\u2019s ministry in the mountains of Bonbon barangay, serve in church and school, and do an impromptu family fellowship with a widow and her children\u2014 all on-site. And when we came down with COVID, God still used us through online platforms. Isn\u2019t that amazing?<\/p>\n

God was our provider. At the beginning, only a few of us had to go into quarantine. Who would have thought that we could eat the whole day on a mission trip? Because of the quarantine, we had three meals of rice with a lot of snacks in between, a very comfortable hotel, and I had closer bonding time with my soon-to-be campus roommate, Yutaro.<\/p>\n

Soon enough, the number of COVID \u2018recipients\u2019 grew. The good thing was that we could then mingle with one another, play some games, and laugh at silly jokes. My voice became very low in pitch, which I happened to enjoy because I could finally sing as a bass. During the day, we would watch the blue sky with different cloud formations and exclaim at how beautiful they were. Every evening, we would call everyone out to the balcony to watch a famous light show: none other than the sparkling lights from construction workers who were welding steel frames on a tall house.<\/p>\n

So many things happened within this small group in our quarantine chambers. The quarantine\u00a0 <\/span>reminded us to appreciate even the small details in God\u2019s creation. It was also a time when we cared and prayed for each other. Friendships grew stronger among ourselves and with God. I am grateful to Pastor Richard Ong for organizing this trip and for the support. Above all, I thank God for bringing us closer to him.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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