St. Barnabas Society



Passing out candy to the elderly people at
St. Barnabas' Society

 On December 18th, I accompanied people and teachers from my school to St. Barnabas's Society. It was sort of a Christmas celebration, and my fellow students and I passed out treats and food to the elderly people there.

St. Barnabas' Society (HK) was formed by Jackie Pullinger, and is ministry of outreach to street sleepers, the poor, and the homeless in the Western and Kennedy Town districts on Hong Kong Island.

While we were there, students from ICS formed a worship team and sang hymns and Christmas carols with the elderly people. Then Mr. Tim Wong, the elementary principal, shared something about how God is merciful. Then another elderly man shared about how he had turned to Jesus, and it was a joyful time for everyone. We served food, drinks, snacks, toys and soup to all the elderly people there.

At first I only went because it counted as a MAD project, and I was a bit unhappy that I had to "waste" a day of my vacation serving these elderly people I didn't even know. But I found that serving these homeless and poor was very gratifying and satisfying, in a way. I saw those elderly people smile as I passed out plates of food and bags of toys. I found myself having fun attempting to talk to these elderly people. Instead of the boring trip I expected it to be, I had a great time serving those who were less unfortunate than me.

This was a great experience, and I don't regret going at all.