Hello! Hope that everyone had a great CNY week! I'm really sorry for the slow update on the painting efforts at Beach Road area! Heh here are some photos of the really small team of 3 in the morning!
Ryan and Zelanie!
Zelanie and HuiYing!
Ryan and HuiYing!
Even though our painting team for the first half of the day was so small, and we definitely could do better with more help, I think we made an awesome team! Everyone was very encouraging towards each other and helped to boost the spirit to serve despite being disgusted by all the droppings, flies and cobwebs on the walls and in the corners. And we accomplished painting large portions of the flat at amazing speeds compared to our first painting session!
Hard at work:
Beautifying the kitchen!
Finally some light can pass through
the greasy and blackened window panes!
Ryan - The MAN of the house.
(Doesn't his charming smile prove it all? =p)
Here are some photos of the flat before we painted. We didn't manage to get any photos of the painted and cleaned flats though! =(
For the second half of the day, the NS guys from Derrick's CG came to join us! Here are some photos of them in action!
All in all, painting the 2 flats at Beach Road was definitely a great challenge for us, with issues such as lack of manpower in the morning such that we could only start working on 1 flat first, and some other problems that occurred later in the afternoon like a lack of paint. So actually while everyone expects a normal, happy ending for this painting project, it wasn't so happy for the Beach Road side. We left the place with one flat only painted less than halfway. And for the other flat, even though it was painted well and cleaned thoroughly, we had problems like the flat owner claiming that we spoilt his telephone and then his clock. The problem for the latter is more or less settled, but after this CNY break, we probably have to return to Beach Road to finish painting the other flat. Oh well, I guess these events were quite unexpected for us, and left us pretty frustrated after such a tiring day of hard work, but God was sure there to help us and guide us anyhow. Things could've been worse like the flat owners launching huge complaints about us. Hmmm but it's okay, it's a good experience still, reminding us of how much effort we have to put in if we say we will serve the community, and also reminding us of how much more we have to rely on God to help us in unexpected times like these. Yup, I'm sure we'll do better next time! Jiayou projectPAINTBRUSH! =)
