a Visit to Berkat Children's Home

It was on a Saturday morning, 27th of March, 2010 that a team of people visited the Berkat children’s home at No.44A, Jalan Dapat Kampong Baru, JB to show their care for the kids and to convey to them the story of Easter. The team consisted of Wei Ting, Wei Cheng, Ye Chow, Chin Lee, Ivy Tan, Zoe Lim, Choo Teen, Eunice, Pearly, Tiffany, Chi En, Ee Kiat, Patrick, Gerald and Jey Shin. With the money contributed by TnT, we bought cooking oil, rice, biscuit and milo for the children.

As some of the older children went to school that morning to receive award for academic excellence, there were only about 6 young children at the Berkat house. Therefore we played some light games to get to know each other better. After the ice breaking session, we continued with a praise and worship session led by Chi En and Chin Lee.

As we sang our last song, the other children came back just in time to join us for the song. Ivy then took charge of the next session with some group games. The games were exciting and both the children and adult enjoyed the interactive session.

After the games everybody was treated with some healthy and delicious food prepared by Ye Chow and Zoe. We took the opportunity to mix around and got to know the children better. There was laughter here and there as we chatted with the kids.

When the eating session was over the children were put into 4 groups, each consisted of 3 children and 2 adults. Jey Shin did a short presentation on the story of Easter with the aid of some pictures and assistance from Chi En and Patrick. Pictures were put in a box and taken out as the story progresses in order to capture the children’s attention.

After the short presentation, a snake and ladder game was played to test the children’s understanding of the story. The huge board game was made by Ee Kiat, Wei Ting, Wei Cheng and Chi En. Each group sent a representative to act as the moving pieces while the team members answer the questions. Each group participated eagerly and their positions in the board were very close. Finally the game ended when one of the groups managed to reach the last spot. Each group was given a prize for their participation. They also received some special gifts made by Eunice.

The session ended with group photo-taking and a prayer by one of the children. All in all, the children enjoyed the day and they managed to understand the importance of celebrating Easter.

Dear friends, please remember the person in charge Bro Raymond Choong and these children in your prayer. As most of them are Christians, do pray that they would have spiritual maturity. Aside from that, do pray that God will continue to care for their needs and lead them in their daily lives.

- written by Jeyshin