On the first Sunday of every month, some members of the church will take on a second profession. A job that will not add extra dollars to their pay cheque. BUT, this is not what they are looking at. Definitely, not the dollars and cents. Then what are they up to...
My husband and I visited them at the Klang Methodist Church last Sunday. Really an eye opener. I went into the kitchen of the church. When I opened the door, I was greeted by some young adults, a few youth and grown children and a "young aunty" i.e. Wei Ling. They were cutting and washing the cabbage and carrots.
Then, I saw the chef, minus the tall white hat, with her rosy cheek from the hot flame, she gave a broad grin and with a loud "Hi" she waved at me. As I got nearer, wow, she is having a huge kuali in front of her. As she was cooking she was also coaching two youth, guys, on how to cook. What an impressive sight!! Not only that the "chef" is willing to teach, the two youth is willing to learn.
There was another spare kuali and stove so Sally, the chef with the rosy cheek asked if I would like to try to cook. Oh yes was my reply without a second thought. When the kuali is on the stove I suddely realised that oh no, I have never cooked that much in my life. I am suppose to fry potato chicken. Turned to Sally to get some tips. Finally all the potatoes were done. Then comes the cabbage and carrot. The whole kuali was filled with cabbage heaps of it. I dont even know where to start stirring. Huray, help came.
When all the food were done it was kept in rows and the young adults and children and the "young aunty" helped to pack the food in boxes. Meanwhile, the Sergeant, with her van drove to another church where a service is on going. She invited me to go along. I wondered why and guess what Sergeant is doing. Oh... delivering drinking water to the church. On arrival, we, together with two children unloaded the water and collect the empty boxes and drove back to the Methodist church. We then load the boxes of rice into the empty water boxes and sent it to the other church again.
I left after that. Know how many boxes of food were being prepared on a Sunday like this. About 250 to 300 boxes. Who are they cooking for??? Foreigners, mainly labourers, who are making a living in our country. These foreigners attend night service at a few designated churches.They are mainly Mynmarist and Vietnamese. May God bless those in MMK
Will try to get some pictures of those serving in action.
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2 comments:
it had been a year since i first join MMK, and everytime i look back, yes! it is great to work together with that group of kaki!
the few of them who take main responsibility had put in so much effort from calculating the budget, think of the menu, marketing, marinating the day before really cooking and then transporting, preparing foods, cooking, packing, washing till cleaning up Methodist's kitchen and do the checking for the left over stock then listed down what need to buy the next round...
that is tuff!
-.-'
the reason i bring josh is to let him see how MMK works. by preparing the food ourselve instead of buying, that is to show our love to those foreigners. with a heart that have the power to love, and the physical strength He gave us, we want to send the message:
we love coz He first loves us...
it is fun to have u with us, and i'd learnt a lot from u, Helen's mum and also the rosy cheek aunty shirley! ^^v
i thank my God every time i remmeber u~
Yes, this is a good start and good learning time. For me, I never cook at home. But at here, i learn from basis that how to prepare the raw food before cook :)
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