1st painting project : Boon Keng!
Monday, January 21, 2008
Finally, on 20th Jan 2008, our very FIRST painting project at Boon Keng was launched! Apart from Ryan our “lao da”, and Cutcake the natural painting pro, the rest of us were amateur painters and only equipped with painting skills attained from our kindergarten/primary school years! Haha but it didn’t matter, because our hearts were all set and eager to help the old folks and bring smiles to their faces :) Ryan’s personal dream to achieve the goal of “ming tian hui geng hao!” was definitely infectious! Haha.
We set off in separate teams since there were 2 apartments to be painted. The first team (6th floor) included Weiwen, Abigail, YanYin and ACB! The second team (7th floor) had Ryan, Cutcake, Suet and HuiYing! Halfway through, Feng Hui also came to participate in this project! Thanks so much for coming! You not only helped us lots, but you also provided lots of laughter and entertainment which definitely brightened up our painting session! Haha.
Below are some photos taken during the painting session:
6th floor team! :)

7th floor team! :)

getting the paints ready!

paint everywhere!
BEFORE! (1)

AFTER! (1)

BEFORE! (2)

AFTER! (2)

Half-time: a very welcoming LUNCH BREAK! :)
Slackers... haha! ok no la haven't started painting yet...

The 6th floor team's "quan jia fu"with a happy grandma! :)

The 7th floor team's "quan jia fu" with grateful grandparents! :)
I believe all of us can’t wait for the upcoming painting sessions! It’s really wonderful and meaningful to be able to show love not only to people within the church, but to also let this same love be extended to people outside of church. The painting session definitely allowed everyone in the caregroup to interact and get to know each other better! It also made us more aware of how we can influence and touch other people’s lives with God’s overflowing love in us. Hope that as this project continues over the next few months, we can truly be a blessing to many old folks by a simple gesture of helping them to paint their flats! :)