Sharing session

I have always encountered difficulty in saying experiences that i have been through, but somehow it feels a wee bit better when it's posted here.

mystery friend
- mission trip @ YunNan

i am ALWAYS in awed by the stories that she has to share. it's not only interesting but captivating that it sends you into a spiral of thoughts, and as always i thanked her for the insightful conversation just now over a platter of fish n chips.
but afterwards she said: ( something like this )
I was awarded with such opportunities that i hope through sharing these experiences, messages will then be spread or awareness formed about these not so fortunate communities.

Mission trip in YunNan (writing from a first person's POV)
We were housed in a 'hotel' without any heater and the toilet facilities there gave out a stench.
YunNan being only 14 Degree Celsius at that point of time, some of us were disgruntle at the condition of the 'hotel'.
This changed a few days later...
Could you imagine having to use water from villagers that had their supplies cut off for a week?
In order for the hotel to have sufficient water supply for 32 of us, 3 villages actually had their water supply cut off for a week.
How could your conscience live with that?

How would you feel if people gave you their year supply of protein?
yes, 32 eggs, 1 for each volunteer. To add on to the guilt, these eggs were red eggs (specially for newborns). The villagers were severely malnourished and, how could we live with it if we took away their scarcity supply of vitamins.
We gave them X34567 eggs back the very next day.
Fyi, their normal diet only consist of vegetables and staple food.

Having visited the local school, we intended to cook a feast for 300.
Some children asked for 2 servings, some asked for more to give it to their families.
But there was 1 particular who was worried,
worried that we didnt had food for ourselves...
at the end of the day, we had ongoing servings from 9am to 6pm.
and yes, we didnt get a single bite the entire day because we were bursting with satisfaction and fulfillment that the kids had eaten to their contentment. ;)
The very next day, parents, families came down personally (5hrs walk) to thank us for the meal that we cooked.
It wasnt particularly tasty, just luncheon meat, broccoli, beans and rice.
but they said: Thank you, I have never been so full in my entire life.
Hearing that, we know we just had to keep on with this initiative. ( did it for the next 3 days )

* Jess: I was thinking about how often i gorged myself with green bean soup and junk *

Apart from food, we prepared toothbrushes and toothpastes.
This necessity that we prepared, was their first prized possession.
In fact, it could be their first property that they have ever owned.
You should have seen their faces when we were teaching them the techniques of brushing their teeth.
Their gums were bleeding but yet they were beaming at us. It pained us to see such a scene, to witness how bad the conditions of their gums were :(

-the end-

the difference of this post is about the focus on this post on mission trip.
( instead of the usual macro view that was often talked about, i hope this post has conveyed a message )
depending on individual, the message would be viewed positively different from others.
:)