One thing about living in Singapore - there is no shortage of food. True, some restaurants are considered expensive, but for the ordinary person like me, I can get food fairly cheaply. There is the Kopitiam, or the Hawkers' Centre (only that they don't hawk!) Prices are reasonable - depending on location.
Cuisines of the world have migrated to our "little red dot". I notice the younger generation like to dine at Japanese, French, Mexican, Thai, Spanish; you name it - foreign cuisines are here in Singapore. During the week, we went with three friends to Food Haven, the staff canteen at the Singapore Polytechnic to have buffet lunch. Where can we get a buffet lunch for the price they charge? Food is good and inexpensive and we really enjoyed the fellowship and meal together. We were blessed by such good friends.
The next day, we were invited to a French Restaurant, Poulet. A set meal Promotion Price $9.90! for lovely roast chicken plus bread or mashed potatoes, soup and a glass of lemon tea. Delicious meal.
When we arrived home we found a plastic bag containing local nyonya kueh keuh (cakes) on a stool at our door. A friend came to see us and left the goodies for us. Two of us could not possibly consume that much and we put it in the refrigerator hoping to share with someone.
Lo and behold that same evening, eleven off duty nurses and students turned up at our door. Normally we have these Indonesian young people on the first and third Friday nights, but someone had mistaken the date and turned up on this second week of the month. Well, the first week was New Year and public holiday, so they took the 8th as the first week. Never mind we did not want to disappoint them and invited them in. And we were blessed.
The cakes came in handy. We cut them up into smaller pieces and they all enjoyed them. God knew they were coming and prepared the refreshments for supper. We had a great time singing and discussing English. They are keen to improve their English so at every meeting, we use the song book or Bible, make them read in English, correct their pronunciation and explain the meaning of words. Indonesian is similar to Bahasa Melayu or Malay which is familiar to us.
We thoroughly enjoyed the evening with these young people all in their early twenties. Even at our age, we thank God there is a ministry for us.
Take an interest in life and in people and discover a whole world of richness and value. Life is not boring, we always find something to do, someone to minister to.
"Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart" Psalm 37:4
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