Lee came in to volunteer with HopeKids for the second consecutive day. She is working out the roster for the HopeKids LIVE! for next quarter and I notice how complicated our roster has become. As complicated as it is, it isn't as detailed and elaborate as the Snow Queen children musical I saw last week at the Esplanade Theatre. 'The Little Company' the organisation that produces it believes that great productions are not just for adults but for kids too. The many productions they have made proved their stand. The children ministry shouldn't be any less in its stand and commitment to give the best to children. Though its a lot of hardwork it is worth it. Lee is a Thai national used to be a member of our church in Bangkok, she is now married to David a faithful member in the HopeKids team. She is a diligent lady typical of what I see Thai Christians to be.

We have lots of diligent people in the ministry. I realise I spend so much time with those who are devoted to the cause of a God who has given them freedom. It is a privilege and God's way of keeping me humble. They do not work for power or economic reasons but purely for the sake of the call of the person they are indebted to. I am also among people who are driven by profit and self interest. I catch up with them now and then. These people help me too. They help me contrast life. I'm indebted to them too. I should do something good for them sometime. God, help me do something for them.

A big part of my work is to be at peace with these people around me and challenge them towards charity because we are first and foremost God's most important charity and our treasure is not on earth but in heaven. Volunteer is such a technical word for someone that is so much more spiritual and meaningful. I like the word sojourner. Why don't we call each others sojourners for we are in this temporary place to built something not made of brick on earth but of lives and souls in heaven. Though we may be physically home, we may not really be home at all, all of us in this land of our sojourn. And since we are at it, let's just stick together cos its a better thing to do than to do it all by ourselves. I appreciate our volunteers more because they are fellow sojourners in this place together than they are volunteers.